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About Rachel
Rachel is a storyteller on a mission. A daring and passionate filmmaker, Rachel completed her B.F.A. in Film Production at Chapman University's Dodge College of Film and Media Arts.
Rachel's most recent short film, A Marriage, is an award winner at the New York International Women Festival as well as the California Women’s Film Festival, and an official selection of the 2023 Nevada Women’s Film Festival. Her previous short, The Most Beautiful., is a featured project on Film Shortage, won best director at the NYWIFT Online Shorts Festival by iWomanTV, and won several awards globally at festivals including the 2020 Pasadena International Film Festival, the 2020 Nevada Women's Film Festival, Lonely Wolf: International Film Festival London, and many more.
Her goal as a filmmaker is to empower the rise of the feminine in this new era of cinema. In embracing the totality of the feminine experience, she creates ambitious, thought-provoking, authentic, and intimate portrayals of womanhood.
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![Rachel Irene Wilke directing actors. Madeline Blomdahl. Writer and director for hire in Los Angeles and New York. Female storytelling. Women in film.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62ec411744669f25d0eec7a3/1667420228395-K6X33H578DW0398EG8OE/LRG_DSC03395.jpg)
![The Most Beautiful. female director Rachel Irene Wilke, female filmmakers](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62ec411744669f25d0eec7a3/1667420165124-KPQX9FCLJ0U248SP36CS/TMB_WEEKEND_01_00-66.jpg)
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![Woman in the Arena, short film - Mei Pak, Rachel Irene Wilke Female Director, Female Filmmakers](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62ec411744669f25d0eec7a3/1667420348546-AVQXUMTHVWZYU0ERX6JV/BC8I8879.jpg)
![The Most Beautiful, short film, Rachel Irene Wilke, Madeline Blomdahl. Female Director](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62ec411744669f25d0eec7a3/1667420088747-74FFD4T6434DIDW6YLXR/Facetune_30-12-2018-00-42-11.jpg)
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![Woman In The Arena, short film. Rachel Irene Wilke, Autumn Harrison, female filmmakers, female director. Films about anxiety.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62ec411744669f25d0eec7a3/1667420019309-BJ0TNW4JTYGZDIWK0AZS/4E350A7C-1976-441A-9282-1B639D1BD246.jpg)
![Rachel at the Nevada Women's Film Festival 2023](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62ec411744669f25d0eec7a3/1689987755841-E8030OO5OS8GPOJKK7F6/0C43CE92-61D7-48F0-8CE3-019EC7F2F42C.jpg)
![The Most Beautiful. short film, Rachel Irene Wilke, female director](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62ec411744669f25d0eec7a3/1667420064101-3JYCAH4M26FN6Q6RCPY0/E5B56962-0FA9-465C-9C99-67AB4DFD113E.jpg)
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![Rachel Irene Wilke speaking at the Nevada Women's Film Festival 2023 for "A Marriage" Q+A](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62ec411744669f25d0eec7a3/1689988594670-IWRUH1RGSMWEKBVE2YIT/Facetune_27-06-2023-12-57-58.jpg)
![Seeds, Nikki Neufeld, Rachel Irene Wilke, short film, Chapman University, Female Filmmakers, Women in film.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62ec411744669f25d0eec7a3/1667420200955-7QZ6XLLLNCXU3BYYTFBS/IMG_3393.jpg)
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![The Most Beautiful., short film, Rachel Irene Wilke, Sofia Alvarez, Chapman University Dodge College of Film and Media Arts, films that empower women.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62ec411744669f25d0eec7a3/1667420292458-HCLB9S0NEOTIM88PVQO6/TMB_WEEKEND_01_00-169.jpg)
![Rachel, Ernest, and Madeline for A Marriage at the Nevada Women's Film Festival 2023](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62ec411744669f25d0eec7a3/1715743932795-FUUDUU00PZ2MUOWGNT6A/Facetune_23-06-2023-00-23-30.jpg)
![The Most Beautiful. short film, on set. Patrick Frey, Rachel Irene Wilke. Women directors.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62ec411744669f25d0eec7a3/1667420327740-AG4H2SRZ4JCLYVCQWEWW/TMB_WEEKEND_02_00-40.jpg)
![Woman In The Arena, Sofia Cristina Alvarez, Rachel Irene Wilke, writer and director, women in film. Films about anxiety.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62ec411744669f25d0eec7a3/1667420269459-8UJYBB14G0BI4ICT0QDV/BC8I8798.jpg)
![The Most Beautiful., Matt Thompson, Patrick Frey, short film, Rachel Irene Wilke writer and director. On set. Chapman University.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62ec411744669f25d0eec7a3/1667420313825-6R0DZ9GR2MBV6FL81APQ/TMB_WEEKEND_02_00-38.jpg)
![Rachel Irene Wilke, Ernest Stifel, Patrick Frey, on set of A Marriage, a short film about self-acceptance. Female Director.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62ec411744669f25d0eec7a3/1667420368197-KIV32HWL6RZWM3CJ8YSD/_JRP3427.jpg)
![Woman in the Arena. Written and directed by Rachel Irene Wilke. Autumn Harrison as Juliana. Films about anxiety. Chapman University.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62ec411744669f25d0eec7a3/1667420246264-95QQ9XA4QTCX3LKU7U8R/_DSC1760.jpg)
![Rachel Irene Wilke](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62ec411744669f25d0eec7a3/1715743908831-RCFSTD0ABP0JO96V5EG0/IMG_5027.jpg)