Rachel Cunningham(I)
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In May 2024 Rachel Cunningham completed her co-producer role with documentary filmmaker Teo Zagar and his project Without Fear or Favor: Dorothy Thompson's Warnings to the West. Previously, she backed Playland (Russell Sheaffer, 2023) and Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché (Pamela Green, 2018).
Cunningham studied filmmaking in London while working full-time at an international investment banking firm. She served in various production and post-production roles while working on independent films in the U.K. and the U.S., including Todd Haynes' Safe (1995), and Charles Burnett's The Glass Shield (1994), among others.
After the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 Cunningham lived overseas for several years. While residing in Hanoi, Vietnam she co-edited a 2012 short film on contemporary dance, and curated an Irish film festival at the Hanoi Cinematheque where she met BAFTA-nominated director Hong Khaou. Cunningham helped facilitate the filming of Khaou's Monsoon (2019).
Cunningham was born on Long Island, New York and raised in the Catskills. She earned her political science degree from the University of Chicago, and a Master of Arts in international relations and security studies from Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.
"Listen for the quiet. It speaks." - Rachel Cunningham
Cunningham studied filmmaking in London while working full-time at an international investment banking firm. She served in various production and post-production roles while working on independent films in the U.K. and the U.S., including Todd Haynes' Safe (1995), and Charles Burnett's The Glass Shield (1994), among others.
After the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 Cunningham lived overseas for several years. While residing in Hanoi, Vietnam she co-edited a 2012 short film on contemporary dance, and curated an Irish film festival at the Hanoi Cinematheque where she met BAFTA-nominated director Hong Khaou. Cunningham helped facilitate the filming of Khaou's Monsoon (2019).
Cunningham was born on Long Island, New York and raised in the Catskills. She earned her political science degree from the University of Chicago, and a Master of Arts in international relations and security studies from Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.
"Listen for the quiet. It speaks." - Rachel Cunningham