- Address
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33 Tenney Street,
Georgetown, MA, 01833, United States of America
- Web Links
- http://rachelspoonerthomas.com
Rachel Thomas-Medwid
Rachel S. Thomas-Medwid is an award-winning screenwriter, director, author, and independent filmmaker. As a storyteller, she likes to explore the darker instincts of human nature as a means of shedding light on important subjects.
Full Bio
Rachel S. Thomas-Medwid is an award-winning screenwriter, director, author, and independent filmmaker. As a storyteller, she likes to explore the darker instincts of human nature as a means of shedding light on important subjects. Her short film The Squirrels in the Attic takes on the topic of sex offenders and the multiple levels of fallout that can occur from this crime. It is currently in the festival circuit and recently received the Audience Award for Outstanding Short at the Film Invasion Los Angeles Festival 2020, is an official selection in the upcoming Austin Revolution Film Festival, Global Lift-Off New York, the Montreal Independent Film Festival, and Mystic International Film Festival, and is a semi-finalist in the Academy Award Qualifying Flickers Rhode Island International Film Festival. She recently won the Female Filmmaker Award at the 2020 Lonely Seal International Film Festival and as part of the award the film will be taken to the 2021 Cannes Film Market at Cannes Film Festival.
Her other screenplays two features, a television pilot, and numerous shorts have won multiple awards and have provided her with incredible opportunities to network and learn more about the craft of filmmaking. Her most recent screenplay, The Influencer, was the Grand Prize Winner in the ISA s Shoot Your Short 2020 contest and is currently in preproduction. She also recently directed another of her award-winning screenplays, In the Company of Crows, which is in postproduction and scheduled for release in 2021. She was recently named a finalist for the New England Film Star Award for the project. Rachel feels that stories are an extraordinary tool that can help both empower and humanize individuals that may not have that voice in the real world. There are so many stories to tell and she s looking forward to continuing that journey through both writing and independent filmmaking.
Her other screenplays two features, a television pilot, and numerous shorts have won multiple awards and have provided her with incredible opportunities to network and learn more about the craft of filmmaking. Her most recent screenplay, The Influencer, was the Grand Prize Winner in the ISA s Shoot Your Short 2020 contest and is currently in preproduction. She also recently directed another of her award-winning screenplays, In the Company of Crows, which is in postproduction and scheduled for release in 2021. She was recently named a finalist for the New England Film Star Award for the project. Rachel feels that stories are an extraordinary tool that can help both empower and humanize individuals that may not have that voice in the real world. There are so many stories to tell and she s looking forward to continuing that journey through both writing and independent filmmaking.
- Professional Credits
- The Squirrels in the Attic (IMDb)
In the Company of Crows
- Industry Awards
- Film Awards
-Female Filmmaker Award, The Lonely Seal International Film, Music, and Screenplay Festival, 2020
-Best First Time Director, New York Movie Awards, 2020
-Women Filmmaker Award of Merit, Best Shorts Competition, 2020
-New England Film Star Award Finalist, 2020
-Audience Award for Outstanding Short Film, Film Invasion Los Angeles, 2020
-Best Recurring Nightmare Nominee, Nightmares Film Festival, 2020
Screenplay Awards
-ISA Shoot Your Short, Grand Prize Winner
-Sherman Oaks Film Festival, Grand Jury Price
-London International Filmmaker Festival, Winner
-22nd Annual Fade In Awards, First Place
-Women in Cinema International Screenplay Competition, First Place
-Filmquest, Winner
-American Filmmatic Arts Awards, Winner
-Shawna Shea Memorial Film Festival, Winner
-Massachusetts Independent Film Festival, Winner Best Short Screenplay
-Best Global Shorts, Best Screenplay
-London Film Awards, Second Place
-IMDb Script to Screen Award, Finalist
-StudioFest, Finalist
-L.A. Neo Noir Novel, Film, & Script Festival, Best Iconic Neo Noir Script Award
-New York Movie Awards, Best Short Script
-PAGE Awards, Second-round Finalist
-Table Read My Screenplay, Finalist
-Big Apple Women's Film Festival, Finalist
-Screenwriters Network Competition, Finalist
-BlueCat Screenplay Competition, Semi-finalist
-New Hampshire Film Festival, Semi-finalist
-Cordillera International Film Festival, Semi-finalist
-Atlanta International Screenplay Awards, Semi-finalist
-TV People s Pilot, Semi-finalist
-Borodino Film Festival, Semi-finalist
-Pageturner Screenplay Awards, Semi-finalist
-Nightmares Film Festival, Short Screenplay Finalist
-New York New Stories Screenplay Contest, Runner Up
-Florence Film Awards, Honorable Mention Best Short Script
-Film Pipeline, Semi-finalist
-Ojai Film Festival Screenplay Competition, Semi-finalist
-Evolution! Mallorca International Film Festival, Semi-finalist
-PAGE International Awards, Second-round finalist
-Hollywood Just4Shorts Film and Screenplay Competition, Finalist
-New York Cinematography Awards, Semi-finalist
-New Faces New Voices, Finalist
