Rachel Jean - living and laughing
Posted on 19 April 2011
Credits: Interview, Camera & Editing – James Coleman
Rachel Jean has produced and/or directed over 40 documentaries, made award-winning drama and film, and set up and run production company Isola Productions. Jean has recently moved from producing and directing to the role of Head of Drama and Comedy at TV3 and C4.
In this ScreenTalk interview, Jean reveals:
- Details of her early work at Frame Up Films
- How feature film Memory and Desire was conceived
- Hilarious and embarrassing moments during filming of Love Mussel
- The joys of spending her pregnancy on the floor and laughing while helping write Secret Agent Men
- How The Market came about, and its intriguing production philosophy
- An insight into the making of her documentary Life, Death and a Lung Transplant about her husband’s Cystic Fibrosis and lung transplant
- Her most satisfying achievements so far as Head of Drama and Comedy at TV3 and C4
This video is
available on YouTube to embed and distribute via a
Creative Commons licence.
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Comments
by Ken Burns on 27 April 2011 at 8:01 pm
Rachel brought a massive amount of production experience to the tv executive role. This makes her highly respected and amenable to work with/for. She will create a very exciting future with her work at TV3
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