Speaker Details

Full Name
Rachel Taff
Company
Dynamic Television
Title
Director of Development
Country (Address)
United States
Biography
Rachel currently works as the Director of Development for Dynamic Television (GINNY & GEORGIA) focusing on developing English language premium content. While at her previous post at Shoe Money Productions, led by Emmy-winning director Thomas Schlamme, Rachel developed high-profile projects for FX like adaptations of Nicole Perlroth’s THIS IS HOW THEY TELL ME THE WORLD ENDS and David Kushner’s LEVITTOWN with Rory Haines and Sohrab Noshirvani (THE MAURITANIAN) and Amma Asante (BELLE, THE HANDMAID’S TALE) respectively. She also worked on several productions including John Singleton’s SNOWFALL, David Simon’s THE PLOT AGAINST AMERICA, and the Emmy nominated variety special, Aaron Sorkin’s A WEST WING SPECIAL TO BENEFIT WHEN WE ALL VOTE. Previously, Rachel supported Frankie Shaw, showrunner of SMILF, developing the pitch for Showtime's adaptation of THE BELL JAR and Brian Boyle, showrunner and head writer of AMERICAN DAD, spending valuable time in the writers room.
What we're looking for from Ready, Steady, Pitch!
Dynamic Television is in search of projects and ideas that provide twists on existing genres, subvert expectations and captivate audiences in the process. Crime and family dramas from unique perspectives or that take place in communities with a realized quality, where the setting itself feels like an additional character such as in MARE OF EASTTOWN. We’re looking for dramas with big, fundamental questions at their core and whose characters find themselves in remarkable circumstances requiring signature actions and choices as a result of outstanding conflict like OZARK or SUCCESSION. Following up on our success with GINNY & GEORGIA on Netflix, we’re also in search of loud, female facing stories that tackle hot-button topics in the zeitgeist and that can lead cultural conversation with a clear narrative engine and complex relationships at its heart.