Rachel Grady

Directing

Rachel Grady

Known for

Directing

Credits

20 titles

Rachel Grady is a film director involved in producing the documentary films Jesus Camp, Boys of Baraka, and 12th and Delaware. She is the stepdaughter of James Grady. Jesus Camp was coproduced and filmed by Grady in 2005 and debuted at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival, it was nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 79th Academy Awards. She coproduced and filmed 12th & Delaware. The film premiered on January 24, 2010 at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival in the U.S. Documentary Competition. She has frequently collaborated with fellow director Heidi Ewing

Known for

Behind the camera

Jesus Camp poster
7.0

A documentary on kids who attend a summer camp hoping to become the next Billy Graham.

Jesus Camp

2006

Jesus Camp poster
7.0

A documentary on kids who attend a summer camp hoping to become the next Billy Graham.

Jesus Camp

2006

Folktales poster
6.0

On the precipice of adulthood, teenagers converge at a traditional folk high school in Arctic Norway. Dropped at the edge of the world, they must rely on only themselves, one another, and a loyal pack of sled dogs as they all grow in unexpected directions.

Folktales

2025

Folktales poster
6.0

On the precipice of adulthood, teenagers converge at a traditional folk high school in Arctic Norway. Dropped at the edge of the world, they must rely on only themselves, one another, and a loyal pack of sled dogs as they all grow in unexpected directions.

Folktales

2025

Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You poster
7.1

Arguably the most influential creator, writer, and producer in the history of television, Norman Lear brought primetime into step with the times. Using comedy and indelible characters, his legendary 1970s shows such as All In the Family, Maude, Good Times, and The Jeffersons, boldly cracked open dialogue and shifted the national consciousness, injecting enlightened humanism into sociopolitical debates on race, class, creed, and feminism.

Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You

2016

Freakonomics poster
6.1

Some of the world's most innovative documentary filmmakers will explore the hidden side of everything.

Freakonomics

2010

Freakonomics poster
6.1

Some of the world's most innovative documentary filmmakers will explore the hidden side of everything.

Freakonomics

2010

Endangered poster
6.4

A sobering look at the erosion of democracy & freedom of the press in the United States and abroad.

Endangered

2022

Endangered poster
6.4

A sobering look at the erosion of democracy & freedom of the press in the United States and abroad.

Endangered

2022

One of Us poster
6.9

Penetrating the insular world of New York's Hasidic community, focusing on three individuals driven to break away despite threats of retaliation.

One of Us

2017

One of Us poster
6.9

Penetrating the insular world of New York's Hasidic community, focusing on three individuals driven to break away despite threats of retaliation.

One of Us

2017

Detropia poster
6.7

Detroit’s story has encapsulated the iconic narrative of America over the last century – the Great Migration of African Americans escaping Jim Crow; the rise of manufacturing and the middle class; the love affair with automobiles; the flowering of the American dream; and now… the collapse of the economy and the fading American mythos.

Detropia

2012

12th & Delaware poster
7.0

The abortion battle continues to rage in unexpected ways on one corner in an American city.

12th & Delaware

2010

The Boys of Baraka poster
7.2

Four 12-year-old black boys from one of the most violent ghettos in Baltimore, Maryland, are taken 10,000 miles away to an experimental boarding school in rural Kenya, to try to take advantage of the educational opportunities they can't get in their own country.

The Boys of Baraka

2005

The Boys of Baraka poster
7.2

Four 12-year-old black boys from one of the most violent ghettos in Baltimore, Maryland, are taken 10,000 miles away to an experimental boarding school in rural Kenya, to try to take advantage of the educational opportunities they can't get in their own country.

The Boys of Baraka

2005

Call Your Mother poster
7.8

A hilarious ode to moms and the way they have shaped the work of some of comedy's biggest stars.

Call Your Mother

2020

Branded poster
7.0

Sports is supposed to be the ultimate level playing field, but in the media and on Madison Avenue, sometimes looks matter more than accomplishments. This film explores the double standard placed on female athletes to be the best players on the field and the sexiest off of it. Through stories of the women who have faced and tackled this question including Mary Lou Retton, Chris Evert, Lolo Jones, and Gabby Reece, "Branded" explores the question: can women's sports ever gain an equal footing with their male counterparts or will sex appeal always override achievement?

Branded

2013

The Education of Mohammad Hussein poster
6.4

THE EDUCATION OF MOHAMMAD HUSSEIN is an intimate look at how the largest Muslim community in America responds to the provocations of an anti-Islamic preacher. Through the eyes of children, the film examines what it is like to come of age as a Muslim in the United States ten years post 9/11.

The Education of Mohammad Hussein

2012

The Education of Mohammad Hussein poster
6.4

THE EDUCATION OF MOHAMMAD HUSSEIN is an intimate look at how the largest Muslim community in America responds to the provocations of an anti-Islamic preacher. Through the eyes of children, the film examines what it is like to come of age as a Muslim in the United States ten years post 9/11.

The Education of Mohammad Hussein

2012

A Dream Preferred poster
NR

A regional ice cream truck company teaches young black men business principles.

A Dream Preferred

2015