Rachael Rowan Hastings
- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Producer
Rachael is honored to in the ASC Vision Mentorship program with mentor Polly Morgan, ASC, BSC! Recently, she worked as D.P. or Op on 14+ LGBTQ, Female or BIPOC films DP'ing Queer Features Under The Influencer and Sweet Nothing, feature Doc The Gibraltar Project and DP'ing music videos & short films. She is currently the D.P. on a new Queer TV Series by Robby Kendall called (un)Free Will and several feature documentaries. She's worked on camera or lighting crew for Hallmark Channel, Travel Channel, HGTV, Netflix, Yahoo, Firefox, Disney Channel, Facebook TV, All BLK network, Adidas, Speedo, Hydroflask, Qualcomm, Intel, United, Chase, Blue Shield, etc. She grew up backstage at Michigan Ballet Theater learning lighting & effects. She apprenticed in an environmental science lab at 11 and won National & Presidential awards for her activism. She stole Dad's VHS and shot films to raise awareness. After film school, she focused on cinematography spending 15 years as a Producer/Shooter worldwide.