Rachel Troche

Filmmaker, Photographer (Still) and Screenwriter

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

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February 2015

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About Rachel

Rachel Troche is an award-winning filmmaker, director and screenwriter on a mission to shine a light on human experiences through storytelling.

Upon graduating from Temple University with a degree in film and media arts, Rachel went on to work with the American Film Institute on the directorial debut of Mary Ann Kellogg in the Directing Workshop for Women. She also completed work with MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATRE 3000 and the feature film MCCANICK, staring David Morse and Cory Monteith.

Troche's short films have won awards for screenwriting, directing and marketing. She has spent more than a decade in marketing and advertising, working with several brands on commercial projects including Comcast, Cuisinart, Pediasure and Jameson.

Outside of her creative ventures, Troche is an army wife, a boy mom (x3), and pro-wrestling enthusiast.

Gender:
Female

Hair:
Long

Hair color:
Brown

Eyes:
Brown

Ethnicity:
Caucasian

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Dependa[ble] Drama After her husband returns from a yearlong deployment, a headstrong army wife discovers the dangers of the war weren’t contained overseas, forcing her to make a gut-wrenching choice: protect her family's future or fulfill her duty as a devoted wife.
Pray for Us Sinners Budget: $0 - $100K | Horror A priest struggling with his faith is tasked with performing a last-chance exorcism for a young man plagued by powerful demons, and when he learns why the young man is under attack, he must do everything he can to save him.
Sundowning Budget: $0 - $100K | Thriller ⋄ Horror A home health aide caring for a wealthy, elderly dementia patient is unnerved when the patient’s cryptic references to 'the man upstairs' start to manifest as eerie disturbances in the house.
Newsworthy Budget: $0 - $100K | Crime Two guys walk into a bar. One of them is a dead man...
Best Friends Forever Budget: $0 - $100K | Drama When a young girl starts seeking help for a childhood filled with trauma, she learns things about her best friend she wishes weren't true.
Roll the Dice Budget: $0 - $100K | Comedy Knowing how to play a board game is half the battle of actually playing, but when fantasy characters, like Troll, can't separate "fantasy" and "reality," it gives a whole new meaning to the term "role playing."

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Credits

Mystery Science Theatre 3000 Turkey Day Marathon (2014)
Television by Crystalline/Cinevore Studios (Comedy) Script and Continuity
McCanick (2013)
Film by Josh Waller (Drama and Thriller) Art Department PA Set over the course of one day, a narcotics detective hunts for a seemingly harmless young criminal who knows a truth about the cop's past.

Awards

Quarterfinalist - Outstanding Screenplays Short Compeition - Best Friends Forever
(2023)
Quarterfinalist - Screencraft Short Film Screenplay Competition - Best Friends Forever
(2023)
Quarterfinalist - Filmmatic Short Screenplay Awards Season 7 - Best Friends Forever
(2022)
Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers - honorable mention
(2020)
Let's Make It Screenwriting Competition- silver nib award - For Rent
(2020)
WeScreenplay - Diverse Voices- Semi finalist - Newsworthy
(2017)
NYC Midnight Shorts Competition- quarter finalist - Newsworthy
(2017)
Quarterfinalist - Screencraft Short Film Screenplay Competition - Newsworthy
(2016)
Project Twenty1 - Best Director - Perchance to Dream
(2015)
Project Twenty1 - Best Marketing - Perchance to Dream
(2015)

Education

Temple University
(2004-2008)