Rachel Higgins

Title
Producer
Company
Birdcage Films
Country (Address)
Australia
Biography
Over the past 28 years Rachel has worked on over 50 feature film, television and documentary productions, with some of Australia’s most esteemed producers - Al Clark, Andrew Mason – across all facets of production: the equivalent of over two decades of producing masterclass.

In 2010 she associate produced the feature film "Red Hill", directed by Patrick Hughes, which premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival and sold to Sony in the US. Rachel’s role included the financing structure, with “Red Hill” being considered Screen Australia’s most financially successful film since its inception.

  Rachel produced the short “Lois” filmed in Australia and Greece. Starring Oscar-nominee Jacki Weaver, “Lois” screened at many film festivals including Palm Springs, Warsaw, Cleveland, Melbourne, Hof, Brisbane, released theatrically in Germany, and sold to SBS and Virgin Airlines.

  In 2015 Rachel associate produced the feature film "Apprentice", with Birdcage Films being the Australian Production Company. Selected for Un Certain Regard, Cannes (2016), the film released theatrically around the world and was Singapore’s Oscar submission.

In 2023 Rachel produced with long-time collaborators David Jowsey and Greer Simpkin the iconic Ivan Sen’s feature “Limbo”, which premiered in Competition at the Berlin International Film Festival and screened at the Toronto International Film Festival. “Limbo” won the Grand Prix at the Brussels International Film Festival and the Best Independent Film AACTA. In 2023 Rachel also post produced Lee Tamahori’s “The Convert” which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Rachel worked within Screen Australia Investment Department for several years. In 2014 she was selected for the Producers’ Lab, Rotterdam. In 2017 Rachel completed an International Producer Placement at Maven Pictures (NYC). In 2019 she was selected as “One to Watch” by Screen Producers Association Australia, winning the International Prize. She completed the placement at MadeFor Film, Berlin.
Rachel Higgins