Rachel Grady

Elle a créé (avec Heidi Ewing) la société de production Loki Films, basée à New York.

As a co-owner (with Heidi Ewing) of the New York-based production company, Loki Films, Heidi Ewing has taken on a wide range of subjects that includes the inner workings of Scientology, ritualistic body modification in Sri Lanka and the labyrinth that is the criminal justice system in the Bronx. Her film DISSIDENT (2003) is about the struggle of Havana-based Nobel Peace Prize nominee Oswaldo Paya. She and her directing partner Rachel Grady, co-directed the documentary THE BOYS OF BARAKA, released by ThinkFilm in 2005. She and Grady are currently working with several other directors on adapting the bestselling book Freakonomics for the big screen.


Daughter of novelist and screenwriter James Grady, the man behind 3 Days of the Condor (1975).

Rachel Grady and her friend Brooke Jones together took future actor Justin Theroux to their first prom in Washington, D.C. and Justin's mother Phyllis Theroux reported on that date in the June 5, 1985 New York Times


AWARDS

2007 | Academy Awards, USA
Nominated: Oscar Best Documentary, Features
for: Jesus Camp (2006)
Shared with: Heidi Ewing


2007 | Emmy Awards
Nominated: Emmy Outstanding Informational Programming - Long Form
for: The Boys of Baraka (2005)
Shared with:
Heidi Ewing (producer/director)
Sally Jo Fifer (executive producer)
Cara Mertes (executive producer)


2006 | Silverdocs Documentary Festival
Won : Grand Jury Award Best Feature
for: Jesus Camp (2006)
Shared with: Heidi Ewing


2006 | Tribeca Film Festival
Won : Special Jury Prize
for: Jesus Camp (2006)
Shared with: Heidi Ewing


2005 | International Documentary Association
Nominated: IDA Award Feature Documentaries
for: The Boys of Baraka (2005)
Shared with: Heidi Ewing

2005 | Newport International Film Festival
Won: Jury Award Best Documentary
for: The Boys of Baraka (2005)
Shared with: Heidi Ewing

2005 | Silverdocs Documentary Festival
Won Audience Award
for: The Boys of Baraka (2005)
Shared with: Heidi Ewing