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Rachel Talalay

Highest Rated: 98% Hairspray (1988)

Lowest Rated: 10% Ghost in the Machine (1993)

Birthday: Aug 16, 1958

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Multi-talented math major who evolved from production assistant to producer-director. Yale graduate Talalay was working in Baltimore as a computer analyst when she landed her first job as a production assistant to writer-director John Waters on "Polyester" (1981). She played a bit part in the underrated sci-fi effort "Android" (1982) before holding such jobs as script supervisor for "The House on Sorority Row" (1983), software supplier for the disaster adventure "City Limits" (1985), production manager on "A Nightmare on Elm Street, Part 2: Freddy's Revenge" (1985), assistant director on the horror-comedy "Return to Horror High" (1986), and line producer for "A Nightmare on Elm Street, Part 3: Dream Warriors" (1987).

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Highest-Rated Movies

98% 79% Hairspray Watchlist 73% 49% The Borrowers Watchlist 72% 77% Cry Baby Watchlist 70% 46% A Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting Watchlist 56% 43% A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master Watchlist 46% 62% Tank Girl Watchlist 23% 32% Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare Watchlist 10% 24% Ghost in the Machine Watchlist A Tale of Two Wives Watchlist 6% The Dorm Watchlist

Filmography

Movies TV Shows
A Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting 70% 46% 2020 Director On the Farm 2016 Director The Dorm 6% 2014 Director Hannah's Law 9% 2012 Director Wind in the Willows 59% 2006 Director A Tale of Two Wives 2003 Director Touching Evil 1998 Director The Borrowers 73% 49% 1997 Producer Tank Girl 46% 62% 1995 Director Ghost in the Machine 10% 24% 1993 Director Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare 23% 32% 1991 Director, Writer Cry Baby 72% 77% 1990 Producer Book of Love 58% 1990 Producer A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master 56% 43% 1988 Producer Hairspray 98% 79% 1988 Producer
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