Rebekah McKendry

Rebekah McKendry (born October 10, 1979) is an American film director, producer, film journalist, and academic. She is best known for her work on Tales of Halloween (2015) and All the Creatures Were Stirring (2017).

Rebekah McKendry
Born
Rebekah McKendry

(1979-10-10) October 10, 1979
OccupationDirector, Producer, Film Journalist, Professor
Years active2005 - Present
Notable work
Tales of Halloween (2015), All the Creatures Were Stirring (2017)

Career

In 2005, McKendry joined the team at Fangoria Entertainment and was heavily involved in project development and production as Director of Marketing. In 2015, she left Fangoria to work for Blumhouse Productions, becoming the Editor-in-Chief of Blumhouse.com.[1][2]

Along with Elric Kane and Rob Galluzzo, McKendry hosted the Killer POV podcast, which ran for 140 episodes on Geeknation.[3] In 2016, the team moved to Blumhouse.com and were joined by Ryan Turek to form the Shock Waves podcast.[4]

McKendry co-directed her first feature film with her husband David Ian McKendry titled All the Creatures Were Stirring (2017) starring Constance Wu, Jonathan Kite, Amanda Fuller, and Brea Grant.[5]

McKendry is currently a professor at USC School of Cinematic Arts.[6]

Education

McKendry has a doctorate focused in Media Studies from Virginia Commonwealth University.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Writer Director Producer
2017 All the Creatures Were Stirring[7] Yes Yes Yes

Awards and nominations
Year Festival Award Nominated work Result
2018 Chattanooga Film Festival Audience Choice Award All the Creatures Were Stirring Won

References
  1. "Jason Blum: Announcing the Launch of Blumhouse.com". Red Seat Ventures. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
  2. "Blumhouse.com Gets Horror Makeover Online - Dread Central". Dread Central. 2015-10-01. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
  3. "Bob Odenkirk returns to Nerdist a more experienced man". 2014-11-03. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
  4. "'Killer POV' lives! The horror podcast team reassembles as 'Shock Waves'". EW.com. 2016-05-02. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
  5. McNary, Dave (2015-12-15). "Constance Wu, Jonathan Kite to Star in Horror-Comedy 'All the Creatures Were Stirring'". Variety. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
  6. https://cinema.usc.edu/directories/profile.cfm?id=44396&first=&last=&title=&did=1&referer=%2Fproduction%2Ffaculty%2Ecfm&startpage=1&startrow=61
  7. http://ew.com/movies/2018/02/15/all-the-creatures-were-stirring-poster/
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