About

Southern born but northern bound, Rachel is a bird of multiple migrations. Brooklyn based visual artist specializing in cinematography, directing and photography. Her work has spanned cross country and continents, as well as genre, from documentary to commercial to narrative. 

With a passion for social justice, Rachel specializes in human driven documentary, commercial and narrative work. She has shot in over 10 countries and on countless documentaries. She shot for the 2018 TIFF selected feature documentary “This Changes Everything” and was series DP for Peacock’s “Amber:Girl Behind the Alert”. Her cinematography narrative feature debut “Shithouse” won the 2020 Grand Jury Prize at SXSW. She has also gotten recognition and press for several award winning short narrative films.

As a commercial director Rachel has produced empathetic, candid and intimate spots for brands like Levi’s, ESPN, Soma, REI, Brooks Running, Vanity Fair and Lancome, often working closely with her subjects by shooting her pieces in tandem.

Rachel is a selected member of the exclusive female cinematographer’s collective CinematograpHERSXX. She is represented as a director by the production company SLMBR PRTY and narratively as a cinematographer with Intrinsic LA.

Directorial Representation:

Sarah Donnenberg
sarah@slmbrprty.com
(443) 841 - 5185

Narrative Cinematography Representation:

Dana Salston
ds@intrinsic-la.com
(310) 433 - 4354

*For all Documentary + Commercial Cinematography and Photography inquiries, please reach out to Rachel directly.

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“The Duplass Brothers have said about themselves that their biggest strength is their eye for talent, and that’s proven here. Jay also recommended the D.P. Rachel Klein, who imbues each frame with a distinct visual style that echoes Alex’s outlook scene to scene.” - Matt Delman on the film “Shithouse” for Hammer to Nail

"[C]risp and luminous cinematography" - Rachel Eggers, SIFF's 1 Reel Film Festival "Special Jury Prize" Statement

"From this point on, Rachel Klein, the short's cinematographer, should now be a beep on our film community's radar." - Charles Mudede, The Stranger

**Priority Status on American Airlines + 4 year Indian Visa. Let’s go somewhere together!