Rachel Talalay

Rachel Talalay (born August 16, 1958) is a British-American film and television director and producer. She is also a University of British Columbia film professor. 2Early life and education Talalay's parents are English. She was raised mostly in the United States, with two years of her childhood in Britain. Talalay attended Yale, where she majored in mathematics. She also ran the Yale film society. 2Career Talalay has worked in a number of different capacities in filmmaking before making her directorial debut with the film Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991). Talalay also worked on the first four A Nightmare on Elm Street films. Her work with the earlier Nightmare films utilized her computer skills and finding ways to create better special effects while still keeping costs low. Despite her familiarity with the Freddy movies, when she directed Freddy's Dead, she was given internal memos telling her not to be "too girly" or "too sensitive." Talalay also directed Tank Girl in 1995, and was looking into re-optioning the rights to make a new film in 200