Rachel Grady is a film director involved in producing the documentary films Jesus Camp, Boys of Baraka, and 12th and Delaware. She is the stepdaughter of James Grady. Jesus Camp was coproduced and filmed by Grady in 2005 and debuted at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival, it was nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 79th Academy Awards. She coproduced and filmed 12th & Delaware. The film premiered on January 24, 2010 at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival in the U.S. Documentary Competition. She has frequently collaborated with fellow director Heidi Ewing
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Biography from TMDB.
- Director and producer, also writer
- 13 on MovieCove · 19 credits in all
What are Rachel Grady's films like?
Across their 13 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Morality.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 11
A split, not a type: Light 5 · Serious 3 · Dark 4
Grounded 9 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0
A split, not a type: Gentle 6 · Charged 4 · Intense 2
Steady 9 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 2
Slow burn 8 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0
Casual 5 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 2
A split, not a type: Easy watch 5 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 4
Resolved 10 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 2
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet3
- Ambiguous7
- Cyclical1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Rachel Grady's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 13 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on HBO Max (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Rachel Grady's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
19 credits, 13 with a MovieCove page.
The Carman Family Deaths(2025)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Folktales(2025)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Quad Gods(2024)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
Endangered(2022)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Love Fraud(2020)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows
Baby God(2020)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Call Your Mother(2020)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
One of Us(2017)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
A Dream Preferred (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Branded (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Makers: Women Who Make America (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Detropia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
The Education of Mohammad Hussein (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Freakonomics(2010)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
12th & Delaware(2010)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Jesus Camp(2006)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
The Boys of Baraka (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Career shape
A full career of 18 titles from 2005 to 2025.
Biggest box office
Jesus Camp (2006)
Highest rated
Jesus Camp (2006)
Most popular right now
The Carman Family Deaths (2025)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
Awards
4 major nominations and no wins, 2007–2021.
- Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series
- Sundance award, nominated · Documentary
- Sundance award, nominated · Documentary
- Oscar, nominated · Best Documentary, Features
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Rachel Grady's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 59th percentile, the median of all 12; across their 12 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 65th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up5
- 50th to 74th4
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 13 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Cult Classic3
- Crowd Pleaser6
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the atmosphere 70/100 and the pacing 52/100 in their films, across 10 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Rachel Grady work with?
People who share at least 2 of Rachel Grady's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Heidi Ewing shares the most, 13.
Directors
- Heidi EwingShared titles: Folktales (2025), The Carman Family Deaths (2025), Quad Gods (2024), Endangered (2022), Baby God (2020), Call Your Mother (2020), Love Fraud (2020), One of Us (2017), Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You (2016), We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to Miss (2014), 12th & Delaware (2010), Freakonomics (2010) and 1 moreSee newest 12 of 13 shared titles with Heidi Ewing
- Morgan SpurlockShared titles: We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to Miss (2014), Freakonomics (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Morgan Spurlock
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Alex TakatsShared titles: Quad Gods (2024), Endangered (2022), Call Your Mother (2020), Love Fraud (2020), One of Us (2017), Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You (2016)See all 6 shared titles with Alex Takats
- Enat SidiShared titles: Quad Gods (2024), One of Us (2017), Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You (2016), 12th & Delaware (2010), Jesus Camp (2006)See all 5 shared titles with Enat Sidi
- T. GriffinShared titles: Folktales (2025), Endangered (2022), Love Fraud (2020), One of Us (2017)See all 4 shared titles with T. Griffin
- J.D. MarlowShared titles: Endangered (2022), Love Fraud (2020), One of Us (2017), Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You (2016)See all 4 shared titles with J.D. Marlow
Producers
- Christina GonzalezShared titles: Folktales (2025), Quad Gods (2024), Baby God (2020), Call Your Mother (2020), Love Fraud (2020)See all 5 shared titles with Christina Gonzalez
- Lisa HellerShared titles: Quad Gods (2024), Endangered (2022), Baby God (2020)See all 3 shared titles with Lisa Heller
- Nancy AbrahamShared titles: Quad Gods (2024), Endangered (2022), Baby God (2020)See all 3 shared titles with Nancy Abraham
- Michael BloomShared titles: Folktales (2025), Love Fraud (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Michael Bloom
