Years active 1981–present Spouse Rupert Harvey | Children 1 Books The Final Nightmare Name Rachel Talalay | |
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Occupation Film director, film producer, television director, television producer, university professor Siblings Susan Talalay, Tony Talalay, Sara Talalay Movies Freddy's Dead: The Final Nig, Tank Girl, A Nightmare on Elm St, Ghost in the Machine, Hannah's Law Similar People Shon Greenblatt, Lisa Zane, Lori Petty, Lezlie Deane, Alan Martin | ||
Peter capaldi talking rachel talalay s directing at comic con
Rachel Talalay (born August 16, 1958) is an American film and television director and producer. She is also a University of British Columbia film professor.
Contents
- Peter capaldi talking rachel talalay s directing at comic con
- John Waters Presents the Etheria Film Night 2018 Inspiration Award to Rachel Talalay
- Early life and education
- Career
- References
John Waters Presents the Etheria Film Night (2018) "Inspiration Award" to Rachel Talalay
Early life and education
Talalay's parents are English. She was raised mostly in the United States, with two years of her childhood in England. Talalay attended Yale, where she majored in mathematics. She also ran the Yale film society.
Career
Talalay has worked in a number of different capacities in filmmaking before making her directorial debut with the film Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991). Talalay also worked on the first two movies about Freddy Krueger. Her work with the earlier Freddy movies utilized her computer skills and finding ways to create better special effects while still keeping costs low. Despite her familiarity with the Freddy movies, when she directed Freddy's Dead, she was given internal memos telling her not to be "too girly" or "too sensitive."
Talalay also directed Tank Girl in 1995, and was looking into re-optioning the rights to make a new film in 2008. As a film producer, Talalay worked with director John Waters on the films Hairspray (1988) and Cry-Baby (1990). She was also a production assistant on Waters' 1981 film Polyester.
Talalay states that ever since Doctor Who was revived in 2005, she wanted to work on the show. Talalay directed the series 8 finale episodes, "Dark Water" and "Death in Heaven". She returned for series 9, directing that season's finale episodes "Heaven Sent" and "Hell Bent"—the former one of the most critically acclaimed since the revival began. She returned for series 10, again directing the final two episodes "World Enough and Time" and "The Doctor Falls." In May 2017, it was announced that Talalay would also be directing the Doctor Who 2017 Christmas Special, "Twice Upon a Time", which will be last to star current Doctor Peter Capaldi and the last written by Steven Moffat