Rachel Kerry is an internationally acclaimed director, writer, and video editor originally from New York City. She makes film and theatre that emphasizes horror, comedy, musical theatre, and genre.

Her work has been hailed as "unabashed extravagance" by Time Out, "triumphantly weird" by io9.com, “tongue in-cheek silliness” by Performing ArtsHub, and "uncompromising parody" by The Scotsman. In 2019, she was nominated for Broadway World Sydney's best director of the year for her direction of Alice in Slasherland at Sydney's Old Fitz Theatre (Redline/Last One Standing). She most recently directed Surf Seance at Sydney's KXT Hotel as part of KXTbakehouse's Pop Upstairs program. Her directing has also been featured in ABC's Rage, Perth's Fringe World, Bondi Feast, the Crack X Festival, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, FringeNYC, FRIGID NY, Dream Up Festival NYC, and the Cirque du Soleil telecast "Moving Stars and Earth for Water." She received her MFA in directing from The National Institute of Dramatic Art and graduated Cum Laude from the University of Southern California. 

In addition to her artistic work, Rachel was a teaching artist to incarcerated youth in Rikers Island, worked backstage on the Academy and Emmy Awards, and spent many years as the managing editor of New York Theatre Review.