Rachael Horovitz

Rachael Horovitz (born 1962) is an American film producer. She is known for producing the film Moneyball, and the miniseries Patrick Melrose.

Early life Horovitz is the daughter of playwright Israel Horovitz and the late painter Doris (née Keefe), and the sister of the musician Adam Horovitz.

Raised in Greenwich Village in an eclectic household filled with artists, musicians, writers, and seamstresses, After college, she lived in Paris where, at the suggestion of family friend playwright Samuel Beckett, she went to work at Shakespeare and Co. bookstore on the Left Bank. While at the company, she worked on campaigns for David Lynch's Blue Velvet, Michael Cimino's The Sicilian and Roman Polanski's Pirates, among other films.

In 1988 she began producing short works by young playwrights such as Kenneth Lonergan and Jon Robin Baitz at the Naked Angels theatre company, and also produced the Rushmore Festival, known for its commissions of new American translations of classical plays. During her tenure, she commissioned and produced the award-winning Paul Schmidt translation of Anton Chekov's The Cherry Orchard, which had its premiere at the festival. Horovitz's film projects at that time included developing screenplays with emerging writer/directors Lonergan, Noah Baumbach and Brad Anderson. In 1990, Horovitz produced her first feature, No Telling. She also developed and co-produced Next Stop Wonderland. She and acquired dozens of films including works by Woody Allen, Bernardo Bertolucci and Michel Gondry. She was also responsible for bringing into the company and supervising award-winning comedy State and Main, which she co-produced, as well as About Schmidt, which she executive produced.

In 2001, Horovitz left New Line to work as a senior executive in Revolution Studios' New York office. While there, she worked closely with Julia Roberts' production company on such projects as Mona Lisa Smile and Maid in Manhattan. She was involved in films as Little Black Book (executive producer), Next Stop Wonderland (co-producer), No Telling (producer), and Samantha: An American Girl Holiday (executive producer). It was nominated for six Oscars.

Personal life She is the partner of British television executive Michael Jackson, with whom she has twin sons, Eli and Joe.