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RACHEL HARRISON GORDON
STORYTELLER
Rachel Harrison Gordon is an award-winning writer-director whose work challenges expectations of race, motherhood, neurodiversity, substance use disorder, and the complicated, nonlinear ways people come of age.
Her debut short film, Broken Bird, premiered at the 2020 Berlin International Film Festival, where it launched an award-winning festival run that included the Heartland Indy Shorts Best Directorial Debut Award.
Since then, Rachel has developed a slate of original features, shorts, and television projects, including The Playground, which was selected to pitch as part of the 2026 AT&T Untold Stories program at the Tribeca Film Festival, and Buddy Boy, one of five projects selected for the 2025 Tribeca Chanel Through Her Lens Women's Filmmaker Program.
Rachel's interest in storytelling grew from seeking different perspectives through journalism, government, and behavioral data, both in the United States and abroad. She blends humor, surrealism, and intimate character studies across film, television, commercials, and music videos.
Before filmmaking, Rachel served as a Presidential Innovation Fellow in the Obama Administration and worked as a consumer insights data analyst at The New York Times. She also creates political media and campaign content for candidates across Philadelphia. Rachel is a 2020 Sundance Blackhouse Fellow and earned an MFA from NYU Tisch School of the Arts, an MBA from NYU Stern School of Business, and a BSE in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.