Biography

Rachael is honored to in the ASC Vision Mentorship program with mentor Polly Morgan, ASC, BSC! Recently, she worked as D.P. or Op on 20+ LGBTQ, Female or BIPOC films DP'ing Queer Features Under The Influencer and Sweet Nothing, feature film Unexpected Christmas, feature Doc The Gibraltar Project and DP'ing music videos & short films. She is currently the D.P. on a new Queer TV Series by Robby Kendall called (un)Free Will streaming on Dekoo and several feature documentaries. One of the features went to Queer Screen Cannes and won Panavision Best Feature at Micheaux, one screened with Frameline and another is in post. She has also shot dozens of commercials and PSA's for groups like State of California, EBT, and for campaigns on Mental Health, Nutrition and educating teens. She has been a Jib Op, Cam Op or DP on over 200 live events, most recently filming Paris Hilton at the Palladium and H3H3 at the Greek Theater and Dolby Theater.

She's worked on camera or lighting crew for Hallmark Channel, Travel Channel, HGTV, Netflix, Yahoo, Firefox, Disney Channel, Facebook TV, All BLK network, Adidas, Speedo, Hydroflask, Qualcomm, Intel, United, Chase, Blue Shield, etc. She grew up backstage at Michigan Ballet Theater learning lighting & effects. She apprenticed in an environmental science lab at 11 and won National & Presidential awards for her activism. She stole Dad's VHS and shot films to raise awareness. After film school, she focused on cinematography working 15 years as a Producer/Shooter worldwide and has travelled to 65 different countries. She is married to Michele Adair, Navy Chief Ret., who owns their Production Company (State and Federally certified 100% service-connected disabled veteran-owned), and they are proud to be active foster parents.
- IMDb mini biography by: Rachael Rowan Hastings Adair