Rachel Talalay

DirectorProducerEditorActorWriter Jul 16 (age 67) Chicago, Illinois, USA 1981–2026 (45 year career)

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Biography

Rachel Talalay (born July 16, 1958 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American director and producer, best known for directing "Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare" (1991) and "Tank Girl" (1995). Since the 1990s she has worked extensively as a television director. She is also a film professor at the University of British Columbia.

Known For

Film

Riverdale

Director

Film

Supernatural

Director

Film

Sherlock

Director

Film

The Flash

Director

Film

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

Director

Film

Superman & Lois

Director

Film

A Nightmare on Elm Street

Assistant Production Manager

Film

Good Omens

Director

Filmography

Acting (9)

Movies (6)

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

2010

as Self

7.8

It Came from... Baltimore!!

2005

as Self

7.2

Welcome to Primetime

1999

as Self

Slash & Burn: The Freddy Krueger Story

1991

as Self

8.0

The Making of 'Nightmare on Elm Street IV'

1989

as Self

4.7

Android

1982

as Terrapol: Landing Party

5.4

Television (3)

Doctor Who: Unleashed

2024

as Self

6.6

The Movies That Made Us

2019

as Self

7.2

Doctor Who: The Fan Show

2015

Crew (86)

Movies (34)

Good Omens: The Finale

2026

Director

4.5

Good Omens: The Finale

2026

Executive Producer

4.5

Good Omens 3

2026

Director

Good Omens 3

2026

Director

Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials

2023

Director

9.1

A Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting

2020

Director

6.2

An Introvert's Guide to High School

2020

Editor

Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time

Director

On the Farm

Director

The Dorm

Director

Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven

Director

Hannah's Law

Director

The Wind in the Willows

Director

A Tale of Two Wives

Director

The Borrowers

Producer

Tank Girl

Director

Ghost in the Machine

Director

Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare

1991

Director

5.3

Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare

Story

Cry-Baby

Producer

Book of Love

Producer

Hairspray

Producer

A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master

1988

Producer

5.9

The Prince of Pennsylvania

1988

Executive In Charge Of Production

5.5

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

1987

Line Producer

6.7

Return to Horror High

1987

First Assistant Director

5.2

A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge

1985

Production Manager

5.8

A Nightmare on Elm Street

1984

Assistant Production Manager

7.3

The House on Sorority Row

1982

Script Supervisor

5.7

Alone in the Dark

1982

Production Accountant

5.9

Polyester

1981

Production Assistant

7.0

Good Omens Finale

Executive Producer

The Underground

Director

Good Omens: The Final

Director of Photography

Television (52)

Doctor Who

Director

Quantum Leap

Director

Superman & Lois

Director

Good Omens

Director

Good Omens

Executive Producer

Good Omens

Producer

Doom Patrol

Director

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

Director

Riverdale

Director

American Gods

Director

Marvel's Iron Fist

Director

DC's Legends of Tomorrow

Director

Supergirl

Director

South of Hell

Director

The Flash

Director

The Flash

Producer

Reign

Director

Played

Director

Continuum

Director

XIII: The Series

Director

Endgame

Director

Sherlock

Director

Haven

Director

Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures

2010

Director

Cra$h & Burn

Director

jPod

Director

Greek

Director

Flash Gordon

Director

Durham County

Director

Kyle XY

Director

Whistler

Director

Supernatural

Director

Doctor Who

Director

Wildfire

Director

Sex, Love & Secrets

Director

Life As We Know It

Director

Cold Case

Director

Without a Trace

Director

The Dead Zone

Director

Crossing Jordan

Director

The Division

Director

Dice

Director

Wolf Lake

Director

Boston Public

Director

That's Life

Director

Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)

Director

To Have & to Hold

Director

Ally McBeal

Director

Touching Evil

Director

Band of Gold

Director

Space Rangers

Producer

Yaga

Co-Director