Rachel Handler

Rachel Handler

Actor, Director, Producer and Screenwriter

New York City, New York

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October 2019
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About Rachel

Rachel Alana Handler is an actor and filmmaker based in NYC. Most recently she won the AT&T Underrepresented Filmmaker Award and the Sundance Co//ab June Monthly Challenge. Since joining the disabled community she's found a passion for writing and directing; advocating for inclusion in every project she creates. Her writing/directing credits include the award-winning short films, “The Housewarming," “Committed,” "The Vanished," and "Authentically Me" which won the Reelabilities 27 Second Film Competition and screened in taxi cabs throughout NYC. Handler's screen acting credits include Law & Order: SVU, Goliath, New Amsterdam and NCIS: New Orleans. Some of her favorite stage credits include Marian in The Music Man, Lady Anne in Richard III and Maria in The Sound of Music.

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  • Hope for the Holidays

    Hope for the Holidays Budget: $100K - $1M | Drama After a tragic accident takes her leg, her dance career, and the life of her new husband, Jessica struggles to find a reason to live. This Christmas Eve, three spirits appear to show her what would've happened if she died instead of him. 

  • LAME

    LAME Comedy After her life goes up in flames, wedding vlogger Lauren turns to her friends for help cleaning up her mess, finding her new normal, and dismantling the nondisabled patriarchy one inspirational meme at a time.

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