Rachel Givney spends at least 13.2
hours every day thinking about stories
Rachel Givney is a writer & filmmaker originally from Sydney, Australia.
Jane in Love is her first novel. Her second novel, Secrets My Father Kept, will be published in 2021.
Novels
Secrets My Father Kept | Penguin Random House Australia Coming 2021
Jane in Love | Penguin Random House Australia & HarperCollins William Morrow North America 2020
Selected Television Drama Credits
The Warriors | Arena Media 2016-17
Script Editor
Offspring | Endemol Shine 2015-16
Writer, Script Coordinator
Rescue: Special Ops | Endemol Southern Star 2009-2010
Script Researcher / Story Assistant
Broome | Nine Network Television 2009
Development Writer
The Young Doctors | Fremantle Media 2008
Development writer
McLeod's Daughters | Millennium Television / Nine Network Television 2007-08
Trainee Script Editor
All Saints | Seven Network Television 2005 - 2006
Script Coordinator
Adjust Your Set London (digital agency), 2010 - 2017
Writer / Director, Camera Operator & Editor for
live action, animation, VFX and motion design campaigns
for Marks & Spencer, PayPal, Lynx, HSBC, Clinique, Allianz,
British Airways, Sotheby’s and Adidas.
Camera Operation
Canon 5D III / 7D
Sony EX1
Arri Alexa / Amira
Red Epic / Scarlet-X
Imax 70mm
Pinhole
Software
Final Cut Pro
Adobe Creative Suite
Internet Explorer 7
Duke Nukem
Can balance 10 x one-dollar coins on her elbow
Once spent 14 hours at Singapore airport without
using the bathroom