Rachel Fleit
{{Short description|American documentary filmmaker (born 1981)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Rachel Fleit
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|January 1981}}
| birth_place = Manhattan, New York, United States
| alma_mater = Ithaca College
| years_active = 2014-present
| website = https://www.rachelfleit.com
}}
Rachel Fleit (born January 1981) is an American director, producer, and writer. She is best known for her feature documentaries, Introducing, Selma Blair (2021) and Bama Rush (2023).{{Cite web |title=Rachel Fleit |url=https://www.wearebird.co/rachel-fleit |access-date=2023-05-23 |website=Bird |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Abele |first=Robert |date=2021-10-14 |title=Review: Selma Blair faces MS with humor, strength and messy honesty in new documentary |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2021-10-14/review-selma-blair-faces-ms-with-humor-strength-and-messy-honesty-in-new |access-date=2023-05-23 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Carey |first=Matthew |date=2021-03-16 |title=Selma Blair Shares Journey With MS In 'Introducing, Selma Blair': "I Just Want To Be A Better Person" — SXSW Studio |url=https://deadline.com/video/introducing-selma-blair-director-rachel-fleit-sxsw-documentary-interview-video/ |access-date=2023-05-23 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Dixon |first=Marcus James |date=2021-11-30 |title='Introducing, Selma Blair' director Rachel Fleit on how 'nothing was off limits' |url=https://www.goldderby.com/feature/introducing-selma-blair-documentary-rachel-fleit-interview-1204559804/ |access-date=2023-05-23 |website=GoldDerby |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title='I can recover': 'Introducing, Selma Blair' star on vulnerability, her health today |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2021/10/18/introducing-selma-blair-documentary-recounts-multiple-sclerosis-treatment/8451168002/ |access-date=2023-05-23 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}}{{Citation |title=Introducing, Selma Blair {{!}} An In-depth Conversation with Director Rachel Fleit | date=12 March 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PoNqscUeso |access-date=2023-05-23 |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2022-08-23 |title=The #BamaRush Doc Trailer Is Even More Dramatic Than You Might Think |url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/bama-rush-documentary-everything-you-need-to-know |access-date=2023-05-24 |website=Teen Vogue |language=en-US}}
Early life and education
Fleit was born in Manhattan in 1981 and raised on Long Island. When she was 18 months old, Fleit was diagnosed with alopecia, and wore a wig from age four to 18.{{Cite web |last=Russo |first=Maria Del |title=Rachel Fleit Interview - What's Underneath |url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/rachel-fleit-interview |access-date=2023-05-23 |website=www.refinery29.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2015-05-27 |title=Stylish Ideas for Hair Loss After Cancer and Alopecia |url=https://www.vogue.com/projects/13262618/hair-loss-women-cancer-chemotherapy-alopecia |access-date=2023-05-23 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}} Fleit attended Ithaca College.{{Cite web |date=2014-04-16 |title=Bald fashion founder redesigns femininity (starting with herself) |url=http://www.today.com/style/bald-fashion-founder-redesigns-femininity-starting-herself-2D79536356 |access-date=2023-05-23 |website=TODAY.com |language=en}}
Career
Fleit has directed two documentary shorts, Gefilte (2018), and Ava & Bianca (2020), two feature documentaries, Introducing, Selma Blair (2021) and Bama Rush (2023), and a documentary short Barbara and Stanley: A Modern Romance featuring Stanley Dorfman and Barbara Flood.{{Cite web |title=Ava & Bianca {{!}} ENGAGE: SHORTS PROGRAM 2 {{!}} RMWF Cinema |url=https://watch.eventive.org/rmwfcinema/play/604a608888c0c2003085dab4# |access-date=2023-05-23 |website=watch.eventive.org |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Gefilte |url=https://jfi.org/year-round/jfi-on-demand/gefilte |access-date=2023-05-23 |website=jfi.org |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Bugbee |first=Teo |date=2021-10-14 |title='Introducing, Selma Blair' Review: An Actress in Her Second Act |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/14/movies/introducing-selma-blair-review-an-actress-in-her-second-act.html |access-date=2023-05-23 |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |last=Mathis |first=Camilla |date=23 March 2017 |title=Barbara and Stanley: A Modern Romance, The extraordinary story of a long-term bicoastal relationship |url=https://www.nowness.com/story/barbara-and-stanley-modern-romance-rachel-fleit |url-status= |access-date=2 June 2023 |website=nowness.com |publisher=Nowness}}
Fleit co-founded the luxury womenswear brand Honor NYC with Giovanna Randall.{{Cite web |date=2014-04-17 |title=Watch Zoe Kazan Rise from the Dead and Eat Cake with Zosia Mamet in Honor's New Campaign Video |url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/zosia-mamet-zoe-kazan-honor-video |access-date=2023-05-23 |website=Teen Vogue |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2014-04-22 |title=Rachel Fleit Loves a Great Lipstick, Keeps an Open Heart |url=https://www.wmagazine.com/fashion/rachel-fleit-honor-style |access-date=2023-05-23 |website=W Magazine |language=en}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDB name|8405072}}
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Category:Film directors from New York City
Category:Writers from Manhattan
Category:Film producers from New York (state)
Category:American women screenwriters