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'''Rachel Talalay''' is an American [[director]] who directed the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' stories ''[[Dark Water (TV story)|Dark Water]]'' / ''[[Death in Heaven (TV story)|Death in Heaven]]'' and ''[[Heaven Sent (TV story)|Heaven Sent]]'' / ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]''. She is the first woman in the show's history to direct a finale episode. | |||
'''Rachel Talalay''' is an American director who directed the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' stories ''[[Dark Water (TV story)|Dark Water]]'' / ''[[Death in Heaven (TV story)|Death in Heaven]]'' and ''[[Heaven Sent (TV story)|Heaven Sent]]'' / ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]''. She is the first woman in the show's history to direct a finale episode. | |||
She is known for films such as ''Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare'' in 1991, ''Ghost in the Machine ''in 1993, ''Tank Girl''<ref name="bitchmedia">https://bitchmedia.org/post/the-director-of-tank-girl-is-now-behind-the-scenes-the-new-doctor-who</ref> in 1995, and ''The Wind in the Willows ''in 2006. | She is known for films such as ''Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare'' in 1991, ''Ghost in the Machine ''in 1993, ''Tank Girl''<ref name="bitchmedia">https://bitchmedia.org/post/the-director-of-tank-girl-is-now-behind-the-scenes-the-new-doctor-who</ref> in 1995, and ''The Wind in the Willows ''in 2006. | ||
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Talalay was a fan of ''Doctor Who'' as a child, and identified [[Tom Baker]] as "her" Doctor. She was a fan of the revived series, and actively pursued a job on it through her British agents. She credited her work on genre films such as the ''Nightmare on Elm Street'' series with granting her invaluable experience to working on such a special-effects-heavy production as ''Doctor Who.''<ref name="mtv">http://www.mtv.com/news/1982821/doctor-who-rachel-talalay-dark-water/</ref> | Talalay was a fan of ''Doctor Who'' as a child, and identified [[Tom Baker]] as "her" Doctor. She was a fan of the revived series, and actively pursued a job on it through her British agents. She credited her work on genre films such as the ''Nightmare on Elm Street'' series with granting her invaluable experience to working on such a special-effects-heavy production as ''Doctor Who.''<ref name="mtv">http://www.mtv.com/news/1982821/doctor-who-rachel-talalay-dark-water/</ref> | ||
Talalay's hiring to direct 2014's episodes ''[[Dark Water (TV story)|Dark Water]]'' and ''[[Death in Heaven (TV story)|Death in Heaven]]'' made the news in feminist circles, due to Talalay being the first female ''Doctor Who'' director since [[Catherine Morshead]] directed ''[[Amy's Choice (TV story)|Amy's Choice]]'' four years earlier and the first female director in the show's history to direct a finale. | Talalay's hiring to direct 2014's episodes ''[[Dark Water (TV story)|Dark Water]]'' and ''[[Death in Heaven (TV story)|Death in Heaven]]'' made the news in [[feminist]] circles, due to Talalay being the first female ''Doctor Who'' director since [[Catherine Morshead]] directed ''[[Amy's Choice (TV story)|Amy's Choice]]'' four years earlier, and the first female director in the show's history to direct a finale. | ||
{{quote|I did joke around with [showrunner] [[Steven Moffat]] in our first meeting. Immediately there was press saying, "woman woman woman" and so I said, "It's clear if I read the internet that you hired me because I'm a woman." And he said, "Oh, you're a woman? Maybe I just looked at your resume and your reel and your credentials and hired you because of that." We both agree that that's what we hope I was hired on.|Rachel Talalay<ref name="bitchmedia" />}} | {{quote|I did joke around with [showrunner] [[Steven Moffat]] in our first meeting. Immediately there was press saying, "woman woman woman" and so I said, "It's clear if I read the internet that you hired me because I'm a woman." And he said, "Oh, you're a woman? Maybe I just looked at your resume and your reel and your credentials and hired you because of that." We both agree that that's what we hope I was hired on.|Rachel Talalay<ref name="bitchmedia" />}} | ||
Talalay returned to the show the following year to direct the episodes ''[[Heaven Sent (TV story)|Heaven Sent]]'' and ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]''. Following the broadcast of the [[ | Talalay returned to the show the following year to direct the episodes ''[[Heaven Sent (TV story)|Heaven Sent]]'' and ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]''. Following the broadcast of the [[series 9 (Doctor Who)|series 9]] finale, Talalay posted her detailed annotations of the ''Heaven Sent'' script's opening scenes online.<ref name="tumblr">http://racheltalalay.tumblr.com/post/135339295759/notes-on-heaven-sent-part-1</ref> | ||
==== Credits ==== | |||
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=== Other work === | === Other work === | ||
Talalay has taught film production at the University of British Columbia.<ref name="udyssey">http://old.ubyssey.ca/features/our-campus-rachel-talalay-is-super-awesome-and-stuff/</ref> | Talalay has taught film production at the University of British Columbia.<ref name="udyssey">http://old.ubyssey.ca/features/our-campus-rachel-talalay-is-super-awesome-and-stuff/</ref> | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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{{twitter|rtalalay}} | {{twitter|rtalalay}} | ||
== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||
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Revision as of 01:43, 20 June 2017
Rachel Talalay is an American director who directed the Doctor Who stories Dark Water / Death in Heaven and Heaven Sent / Hell Bent. She is the first woman in the show's history to direct a finale episode.
She is known for films such as Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare in 1991, Ghost in the Machine in 1993, Tank Girl[1] in 1995, and The Wind in the Willows in 2006.
Career
Talalay graduated from Yale University, where she majored in mathematics[2]. She was working as a computer programmer at Johns Hopkins when she got her first job in film, a production assistant on the 1981 John Waters film Polyester, a job which led to her working at production company New Line. She most notably worked on New Line's Nightmare on Elm St. franchise, working her way up from accountant on the first Nightmare film, production editor on the second, produced the third and fourth, and then given her first directing job on the fifth.[1]
Doctor Who
Talalay was a fan of Doctor Who as a child, and identified Tom Baker as "her" Doctor. She was a fan of the revived series, and actively pursued a job on it through her British agents. She credited her work on genre films such as the Nightmare on Elm Street series with granting her invaluable experience to working on such a special-effects-heavy production as Doctor Who.[3]
Talalay's hiring to direct 2014's episodes Dark Water and Death in Heaven made the news in feminist circles, due to Talalay being the first female Doctor Who director since Catherine Morshead directed Amy's Choice four years earlier, and the first female director in the show's history to direct a finale.
I did joke around with [showrunner] Steven Moffat in our first meeting. Immediately there was press saying, "woman woman woman" and so I said, "It's clear if I read the internet that you hired me because I'm a woman." And he said, "Oh, you're a woman? Maybe I just looked at your resume and your reel and your credentials and hired you because of that." We both agree that that's what we hope I was hired on.
Talalay returned to the show the following year to direct the episodes Heaven Sent and Hell Bent. Following the broadcast of the series 9 finale, Talalay posted her detailed annotations of the Heaven Sent script's opening scenes online.[4]
Credits
- Dark Water
- Death in Heaven
- The Doctor Falls
- Heaven Sent
- Heaven Sent Previsualizations
- Hell Bent
- The Star Beast
- Tests for the Mechanism of Heaven Sent's Confession Dial
- Twice Upon a Time
- World Enough and Time
Other work
Talalay has taught film production at the University of British Columbia.[2]
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://bitchmedia.org/post/the-director-of-tank-girl-is-now-behind-the-scenes-the-new-doctor-who
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://old.ubyssey.ca/features/our-campus-rachel-talalay-is-super-awesome-and-stuff/
- ↑ http://www.mtv.com/news/1982821/doctor-who-rachel-talalay-dark-water/
- ↑ http://racheltalalay.tumblr.com/post/135339295759/notes-on-heaven-sent-part-1
