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American television director

Rachel Raimist is an American episodic television director.

Early life and education

Raimist was born and raised in Middletown, New York in Orange County. She attended Middletown High School where at the urging of teacher Fred Isseks, she made the documentary Garbage, Gangsters and Greed.

The feature documentary Middletown follows Isseks and his students, including Raimist, and is directed by Emmy and Sundance-winning filmmakers Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine. Middletown premieres at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.

Raimist attended the UCLA School of Film and Television where she earned a bachelor's degree in film and television production and a MFA in directing. Raimist returned to graduate studies at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis in 2002. She earned a Master of Arts in women's studies and a Ph.D. in feminist studies with a minor in American studies in 2010.

In 2009, the Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies Department at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis named The Rachel Raimist Feminist Media Center in her honor, for her work building gender infused gender curriculum, community events, teaching and mentorship of students to develop as digital storytellers and feminist filmmakers.

Career

Raimist has directed numerous hours of television, with credits in drama, action, sci-fi, musicals and comedy.

Television credits

Year Show Episode Title Role
2018 Queen Sugar Your Passages Have Been Paid Director
2019 Greenleaf Did I Lose You Director
2019-2021 Roswell, New Mexico Say It Ain't So;

Killing Me Softly With His Song; Bittersweet Symphony

Director
2019-2020 Nancy Drew The Secret of the Solitary Scribe Director
2021 The Republic of Sarah From Simple Sources;

Pledge Allegiance

Director
2021 Diary of a Future President Swing State Director
2021 The Sex Lives of College Girls That Comment Tho Director
2021 Wu-Tang: An American Saga Saturday Nite Director
2021-2023 Fantasy Island Dia de los Vivos;

Paymer vs. Paymer

Director
2021 The Big Leap Nothing but Money Shots Director
2021 4400 If You Love Something Director
2021 Queens Bars Director
2022 Wild Life Pilot Director and EP
2022-2023 CSI: Las Vegas When the Dust Settles Director
2023 Sex/Life The Weakness in Me Director
2023 Up Here Baggage Director
2024 The Spiderwick Chronicles A Midsummer's Daydream Director
2024 Bel-Air Gimme a Break Director
2024 Elsbeth Gold, Frankincense & Murder Director

Leadership

Raimist is active in leadership at the Directors Guild of America where she was the first appointed to co-chair the Disability Committee and the first woman appointed to Co-chair The Special Projects Committee.

References

  1. Manaugh, Geoff (2020-02-01). "'It was like a movie': the high school students who uncovered a toxic waste scandal". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-12-14.
  2. Galuppo, Mia (2024-12-11). "2025 Sundance Lineup: Latest Projects From Justin Lin, Questlove and Barry Levinson". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2024-12-14.
  3. "Rachel Raimist Feminist Media Center". College of Liberal Arts. Retrieved 2024-12-14.
  4. Wild Life (Comedy), Tasos Hernandez, Nadine Velazquez, Maria Thayer, HBO Max, Imagine Kids+Family, 2024-02-02, retrieved 2024-12-14{{citation}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. "DGA Creates New Provisional Disability Committee -". www.dga.org. Retrieved 2024-12-14.
  6. "The Guild / Committees". www.dga.org. Retrieved 2024-12-14.
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