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RACHEL HARRISON GORDON
STORYTELLER
Rachel earned her MFA from NYU Tisch and MBA from NYU Stern School of Business. She is a Sundance 2020 Blackhouse Fellow. Rachel's interest in storytelling evolved through pursuits of perspectives in journalism and in government, in America and abroad. She has studied people through quantitative behavioral data and through their stories, and hopes to create films, commercials and music videos that highlight the different ways people come of age. Her work challenges expectations of race, family and addiction.
The award-winning short Broken Bird was Rachel's first film, and celebrated its World Premiere at the Berlinale International Film Festival 2020. Rachel earned Best Directorial Debut from the Heartland Indy Shorts Film Festival, and is excited to expand this story into her first feature.
Rachel also works in the political space, serving as communications director for State Rep Chris Rabb's re-election campaign. She has created videos and other media content for multiple Philadelphia campaigns including Seth Anderson-Oberman's 2023 run for City Council.
Prior to NYU, she served as a Presidential Innovation Fellow for the Obama Administration, learning about Veterans and their experience returning home. She worked as a data analyst within a consumer insights group at The New York Times. Rachel graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering, where she studied Mechanical Engineering.