Rachel Boynton

Rachel Boynton is an American documentary filmmaker.

Life and career After graduating from Brown University, Boynton attended and earned degrees from Sciences Po and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

Boynton's directorial debut, Our Brand Is Crisis, premiered at South by Southwest in 2005. She worked as a bartender to allow herself time for the film's production. The film also screened at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, where Boynton won the Charles E. Guggenheim Emerging Artist Award. Executive produced by Brad Pitt, the film was released in 2014 to critical acclaim. Boynton became a mother of two during the film's production.

In 2009, it was announced that George Clooney was helping develop a fictionalized adaptation of Our Brand is Crisis, with a script written by Peter Straughan. Production began in 2014, with David Gordon Green directing and Sandra Bullock in a starring role. The film was released in 2015.

After the release of Big Men, Boynton sought to move away from the cinéma vérité style of her previous work for her next project, while exploring the thoughts and feelings of the American public.

Personal life Boynton is a resident of New York City. She has two daughters.

Filmography

Film

Television