Rachel Noll Explained

Rachel Noll James (born November 21, 1985) was a filmmaker, actress, and screenwriter known for The Storyteller, Don't Pass Me By, Paramnesia, and Follow the River.

James's first feature film was Don't Pass Me By, a film she wrote, produced, and starred in alongside Keith David, C. Thomas Howell and Sean Stone. James won Best Feature Writer at the LA Femme Festival for the script, and the film was released worldwide in February 2014^[1] by Gravitas Ventures. That same year, she made her directorial debut with the short film Half Light and wrote, produced and starred in the short film Paramnesia. James finished as a quarter-finalist in the NexTV directing talent search for her work on Half Light^[2] and Paramnesia was selected to be a part of the acclaimed horror collective Fun Size Horror Volume 1. The short was released worldwide in 2015.^[3]

In 2015, she founded Emergence Films with producer Sienna Beckman^[4] and wrote and produced The Storyteller, which won the Silver Prize in the PAGE Screenwriting Awards.^[5] In 2018, James wrote and directed the short film Follow the River.^[6]

Early life and education

Noll grew up in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and attended Occidental College, where she graduated cum laude with a BA in theater.

Filmography

Films and television

• Comanche Moon'' (2008) (uncredited)
• Monk (2009)
• A Reading of Tristan and Isolde (2009)
• The Interview (Short) (2011)
• Swing It (2011)
• Cross (2011)
• RID (2012)
• Batman Retired (2012)
• Me Without You (2013)
• Don't Pass Me By (2013)
• Epilogue (2014)
• Half Light (2014)
• Entity (2014)
• Paramnesia in Fun Size Horror, Volume 1 (2015)
• What Did You Say? (2015)
• Eskimo Sisters (2015)
• The Storyteller (2017)
• Zero Point (2017)
• Heroes (2017)
• Risking it All (2017)
• Malibu Road (2017)
• The Caroling Epidemic (2017)
• Follow the River (2017)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rachel Noll James Actress, Writer, Director . 2024-02-16 . IMDb . en-US.
2. http://www.nextventertainment.com/blogs_view.php?id=417 NexTV.com
3. Web site: Barton . Steve . 2015-01-16 . Fun Size Horror: Volume One Hits VOD in May . 2024-02-16 . Dread Central . en-US.
4. Web site: Emergence Films . 2024-02-16 . Emergence Films . en-US.
5. Web site: 2015 Screenplay Contest Winners PAGE International Screenwriting Awards: Screenplay Contests . 2024-02-16 . pageawards.com.
6. Web site: Noll . Rachel . 2018-05-07 . Follow the River short receives Honorable Mention at Port Orchard Film Festival . 2024-02-16 . Rachel Noll James . en-US.