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OFFICIAL SELECTION

Montgomery Film Festival

SILVER DISTINCTION

Multi-platform Campaign

Shorty Award

OFFICIAL SELECTION

The Film Collective

SILVER WINNER

Diversity and Inclusivity

Telly Award

BEST DOCUMENTARY 

Direct Monthly Online Film Festival

GOLD AWARD

Queen Palm International Film Festival

SILVER WINNER

Brand Content

Telly Award

ROYAL GEM DIAMOND AWARD

Queen Palm International Film Festival

OFFICIAL SELECTION

Alt Fest

OFFICIAL SELECTION

Pride Houston's Reel Pride

ACHIEVEMENTS

AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY

Women's Film Festival San Diego

SEMI-FINALIST

Louisiana LGBTQ+ Film Festival

OFFICIAL SELECTION

The Bush Films

A Queer Film Series

OFFICIAL SELECTION

San Antonio Black International Film Festival

 

GOLD WINNER

Muse Award

FINALIST

Arizona Film Festival

OFFICIAL SELECTION

The Bush Films

A Queer Film Series

OFFICIAL SELECTION

Philadelphia Independent Film Festival

 

OFFICIAL SELECTION

Columbia Film Festival

SEMI-FINALIST

The Dumbo Film Festival

EXPERIENCE

GENRE

Advocacy, Branding, Broadcast Journalism, Education, Political, Electoral, City Government, Sexual and Reproductive Health Services, Mental Health Services, Training Videos, Tours, Rallies + Protests

 

CONTENT

Rapid Response, Short Documentary, Digital Videos,  2D+ 3D Animation, TV Commercials, Radio Commercials.

SKILLS

Brand Strategy, Digital Strategy, Video Strategy Creative Directing, Video Directing,  Producing, Managing, Coaching, Writing, Shooting and Editing

LEADERSHIP

Independent Contractor  Director & Brand Storyteller

   American Clean Power, OSF Health Care, Change the Narrative

The White House  Director of Video

Planned Parenthood Federation of America  Director of Video

Mayor's Office of New York City  Director of Video / Senior Producer

Democratic National Committee  Producer

Cloud Nine Creative  Founder / Producer / Director

Animated Storyboards  Director

New York University Tisch School of the Arts

Film & Television  Honors Scholar

 

Rachel Velasquez (Director/Producer)

ACHIEVEMENTS

1+ Billion video views at The White House

90 Million video impressions per month at The White House

Directing President Biden, Vice President Harris, Former President Obama,

Former First Lady Michelle Obama, and various White House staff, guests,

and supporters

Supported people as they tell their most vulnerable stories around abortion,

gun violence, opioid epidemic, and mental health

Produced Planned Parenthood's first documentary Ours to Tell, where we partnered with We Testify, Pretty Bird Productions , Academy Award winning director, Rayka Zehtabchi, and award winning comedian and actress Natasha Rothwell, as we capture the stories of people who have had abortions and the impact of making decisions about thier own bodies. The film premiered in

New York City in January of 2020 and screened at a sold out event at Sundance. The film was also accepted to 35+ film festivals, screened at 66 community events, and won several awards. Online it received 1.8 million impressions on launch day, with a reach of over 80 million people

Developed digital video strategies for 10+ years including digital first videos

Led successful teams by prioritizing, empathy, kindness, curiosity, and striving

for excellence

 

Built and led the first all women of color video team at Planned Parenthood Federation of America

Partnered with women and Black owned artists and businesses. All other production companies and vendors interested in collaborating are required

to hire no less than 50% of people of color, LGBTQIA+, and disability inclusive employees. That must include high leadership and creative positions

Collaborated with American Clean Power to developed America Builds Power,

a brand campaign that is making clean energy dirty.

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