Rachel Higgins(I)
- Production Finance and Accounting
- Production Manager
- Additional Crew
Over the past 25 years Rachel has worked on over 50 feature film, television and documentary productions, with some of Australia's most esteemed producers - Al Clark, Andrew Mason, John Edwards - across all facets of production: the equivalent of over two decades of producing master-class.
After starting at Kennedy Miller in 1997 - before moving to the UK working for Tiger Aspect, Granada, and Sky Pictures - Rachel returned to Australia to work for a decade with Al Clark ("Chopper", "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert") on the films "The Hard Word", "Thunderstruck", "The Book of Revelation", "Razzle Dazzle" and "Blessed".
In 2010 she associate produced the feature film "Red Hill", starring Ryan Kwanten and directed by Patrick Hughes, which premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival and sold to Sony in the US.
In 2012 Rachel produced the short "Lois" filmed in Australia and Greece. Starring Oscar-nominee Jacki Weaver, Lois screened at many prestigious festivals internationally, released theatrically in Germany, and sold to SBS and Virgin Airlines.
Rachel associate produced Boo Junfeng's feature "Apprentice", with Birdcage Films being responsible for the Australian shoot. Selected for Un Certain Regard, Cannes (2016), it's screened at Toronto, Busan, and London Film Festivals amongst many others, releasing theatrically around the world, including the US and France. It was Singapore's Oscar submission.
Rachel just produced, with long-time collaborators David Jowsey and Greer Simpkin, the feature film "Limbo" directed by the iconic Ivan Sen, "Limbo" premiered in Competition at the 2023 Berlin International Film Festival, before going on to with the Grand Prix at the Brussels International Film Festival. Rachel most recently Post Produced Lee Tamahori's "The Convert".
Rachel worked for several years in investment at Screen Australia and in 2014 was selected for the Producers' Lab, Rotterdam. In 2017 Rachel completed an International Producer Placement at Maven Pictures in New York. In 2019 she was selected as "One to Watch" by Screen Producers Australia (SPA), winning the International Prize.
She also Post Supervisors or is a Postproduction Accountant on larger Australian films such as "Ladies in Black", "Little Monsters", "Hacksaw Ridge", and "The Water Diviner".
After starting at Kennedy Miller in 1997 - before moving to the UK working for Tiger Aspect, Granada, and Sky Pictures - Rachel returned to Australia to work for a decade with Al Clark ("Chopper", "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert") on the films "The Hard Word", "Thunderstruck", "The Book of Revelation", "Razzle Dazzle" and "Blessed".
In 2010 she associate produced the feature film "Red Hill", starring Ryan Kwanten and directed by Patrick Hughes, which premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival and sold to Sony in the US.
In 2012 Rachel produced the short "Lois" filmed in Australia and Greece. Starring Oscar-nominee Jacki Weaver, Lois screened at many prestigious festivals internationally, released theatrically in Germany, and sold to SBS and Virgin Airlines.
Rachel associate produced Boo Junfeng's feature "Apprentice", with Birdcage Films being responsible for the Australian shoot. Selected for Un Certain Regard, Cannes (2016), it's screened at Toronto, Busan, and London Film Festivals amongst many others, releasing theatrically around the world, including the US and France. It was Singapore's Oscar submission.
Rachel just produced, with long-time collaborators David Jowsey and Greer Simpkin, the feature film "Limbo" directed by the iconic Ivan Sen, "Limbo" premiered in Competition at the 2023 Berlin International Film Festival, before going on to with the Grand Prix at the Brussels International Film Festival. Rachel most recently Post Produced Lee Tamahori's "The Convert".
Rachel worked for several years in investment at Screen Australia and in 2014 was selected for the Producers' Lab, Rotterdam. In 2017 Rachel completed an International Producer Placement at Maven Pictures in New York. In 2019 she was selected as "One to Watch" by Screen Producers Australia (SPA), winning the International Prize.
She also Post Supervisors or is a Postproduction Accountant on larger Australian films such as "Ladies in Black", "Little Monsters", "Hacksaw Ridge", and "The Water Diviner".
