Rachel S. Thomas-Medwid is an award-winning genre director, screenwriter, and producer who loves exploring the darker side of humanity and the complex nature of people. Recently named the 2024 Female Filmmaker of the Year at Austin Revolution Film Festival, she is an ISA Top 25 Screenwriter to Watch and the Grand Prize Winner of the Emerging Screenwriters Shoot Your Short Contest.
Her short films—The Squirrels in the Attic, In the Company of Crows, Penny, Cult, One Room, and iNFLUENCE—have screened at over 50 film festivals worldwide, garnering over 50 nominations and 20 awards collectively to date. Fenwick and When You Know, the latest shorts she wrote and directed, recently completed production in 2024.
A few other top recognitions include the Women in Horror Award, Happenstance Horror Fest; Michelle Mower Female Filmmaker of the Year Award; Best Narrative Short Film Director, Mystic Film Festival; Best Writer/Director, Austin Revolution Film Festival; Shawna Shea Film Festival Spirit Award Winner; and New England Film Star Awards Finalist.
Rachel is an Alliance of Women Directors Member and Board Member of Women in Film Video New England. She has served on the Sherman Oaks Film Festival Filmmakers Board and Film Invasion Los Angeles Filmmakers Board and is screenplay judge for Renegade Film Festival.
