Rachel Elizabeth Seed is a Brooklyn and Los Angeles-based nonfiction storyteller working in film, photography, and writing.In 2025, she won the Truer Than Fiction Spirit Award for her debut feature film, A Photographic Memory, which is also a New York Times Critics Pick.Rachel’s work has received support from the Sundance Institute, Chicken + Egg Films, the Jewish Film Institute, the California Film Institute, Jewish Story Partners, NYFA, Field of Vision, the Jerome Foundation, NYSCA, the Maine Media Workshops, the Roy W. Dean grant, the National Arts Club, IFP, and many others. Formerly a photo editor at New York Magazine, her photography has been exhibited worldwide, including at the International Center of Photography, and she was a cameraperson on several award-winning feature documentaries. Rachel’s writing has been published by No Film School, the Sundance Institute, and Talkhouse and she is Executive Director / Co-founder of the Brooklyn Documentary Club, a NYC-based filmmaker collective with 250+ members.In episode 271, Rachel discusses, among other things:A summary of her mum’s characternature vs. nurtureHer mum’s Images of Man interviews for ICP/ScholasticWhat inspired her to make a filmHow her own story became interwined with her mum’sDiscovering a family archive of super 8 footageHow she recreated the interviews using actorsThe importance of working with good editorsThe challenge of funding and financingKey advice for anyone wanting to make a personal documentaryThe fine balance between collaboration and having the courage of your convitions as directorWriting for narration as opposed to for readingSharing her personal stories as the film evolved over a ten year period - How to balance life and art‘Selling the film’ and what that means in practiceThe Brooklyn Documentary ClubMoving to L.A.Projects she has in developmentWebsite | Instagram  Become a A Small Voice podcast member here to access exclusive additional subscriber-only content and the full archive of 200+ previous episodes for £5 per month.Subscribe to my weekly newsletter here for everything A Small Voice related and much more besides.Follow me on Instagram here.Build Yourself a Squarespace Website video course here.