Rachel Talalay

Rachel Talalay was born on Jul 16, 1958 in USA. Rachel Talalay's big-screen debut came with Polyester directed by John Waters in 1981. Rachel Talalay is known for Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy directed by Daniel Farrands, Heather Langenkamp stars as Self - 'Nancy Thompson' and Stacey Alden as Self - 'Nurse Marcie'. Rachel Talalay has got 6 awards and 10 nominations so far. The most recent award Rachel Talalay achieved is Directors Guild of Canada. The upcoming new movie Rachel Talalay plays is A Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting which will be released on Oct 15, 2020.

Rachel Talalay was born in Chicago, Illinois. Her parents, Paul and Pamela, moved to Baltimore to work/teach at Johns Hopkins when she was 6 years old. After graduation from Yale University with a bachelor's degree in mathematics, she met Director John Waters and entered the movie business as a production assistant on his 'Polyester', starring Divine. She worked on the "Nightmare on Elm Street" films as assistant, production manager, producer and culminated with directing "Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare". From there she continued her directing career, moving into television, and working on a wide variety of projects from family entertainment "Wind in the Willows" to Horror "Supernatural" to Comedy "Ally McBeal". In 2014 she became the first American and seventh woman to direct "Doctor Who".