About me

Rachel is a freelance producer based in the West Midlands. Her most recent film for the British Film Institute showcases the success and outcomes of a range of Digital Film Archive Fund projects.

For six years Rachel was part of the team running Fullrange, a digital production company based in Digbeth, Birmingham.

Through Fullrange Rachel produced commercials, marketing and communications films, and arts projects for brands including Style Birmingham, Smith & Nephew, American Express, Land Rover, and the Arts Council. Rachel also directed many of Fullrange's factual projects, and worked with the team on creative concept development to solve clients' wide ranging communication issues.

Rachel has experience of working with young people as a producer and director on awareness raising film projects, with organisations including Birmingham Youth Services, The Princes Trust, and the Children’s Society. Subject matter has included homophobia, prejudices faced by young parents, and challenges for young unaccompanied asylum seekers.

Rachel is passionate about alternative forms of education and opportunities for young people. She was chair of Bournville College's UK Career Academy Media Lab for two years, and a committee member of the Young People's Enterprise Partnership consisting of young entrepreneurs across the region.

Rachel has also independently produced numerous short films including UK Film Council Digishort Momster (Dir. Steven Spencer) which was a winner at the Performance Short Film Competition at BAFTA. Momster screened at Flatpack 2009, the Cinemagic International Children's Festival in Belfast, and the prestigious Interfilm Berlin where it was nominated for the International Confrontations Competition for films against violence and intolerance.

In 2008 Rachel also co-produced short film Caterpillar with Michael Ford, which was a UK Film Council Digital PLUS commission written and directed by John Maidens. This film won the 'Best Fictional' award at the Royal Television Society Midlands Awards (October 2009), where Rachel also won ‘Best Production Craft Skills’ as a producer for a body of work throughout 2008 and 2009.

Past projects

Selected Credits

Commercials:

WKD commercial tx. Sky Sports May 2011, for agency Big Communications, March 2011

Style Birmingham commercial tx. Channel 4 & ITV 1st – 24th, Dec 2009

Short Films:

Trolley (Dir. Anna Louise Shelton), Paper Bird Productions & UK Film Council/Screen WM, October 2009

Momster (Dir. Steven Spencer), independently produced by Rachel Carter & UK Film Council/Screen WM, October 2008

Caterpillar (Dir. John Maidens, co-producer Michael Ford), Infinite Wisdom Productions & UK Film Council/Screen WM, October 2008

Corporate: Digital Film Archive Fund Legacy Film, British Film Institute, 2011

Doing Business In Birmingham, Marketing Birmingham, 2010

American Express Success Stories Conference Films, 2010

AGCO Parts internal DVD, AGCO Ltd, 2010

Land Rover Armoured Discovery sales DVD, Fullrange, Jan 2009

Style in the City Award Opener film, Retail Birmingham, October 2009

Royal Television Society Midlands Awards Opening Film, October 2009

Screen WM 2009 Production & Locations Showreel, Screen WM May 2009

This is Birmingham, Fullrange for Un.titled, 2008

'The Big Picture' film for Audiences Central and The Arts Council, 2008

Crossroads care charity rebranding internal comms film, Fullrange for SEED Communications, 2009

Director-Producer Credits:

Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children’s Support DVD, The Children’s Society, 2010

Young People’s Parliament ‘Join Us’ Campaign Film, Birmingham City Council, 2010

Outcentral Young People’s short film, Birmingham Youth Services, 2009

Being a Young Parent - Princes’ Trust funded, for Sandwell & Dudley PCT. Producer/Director, 2008

Houseproud: Independent Living, Birmingham City Council - Promotional DVD. Producer/Director, 2008

Current productions

Digital Film Archive Fund Legacy Film for British Film Institute. 2011.