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 a new ScreenTalk interview, Rachel reveals:
Details of her early work at Frame Up Films
How feature film Memory and Desire was conceived
Hilarious and embarrassing moments during the 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