documentary
(select credits)
writer, director, producer
LEBAN (in development)
SALLY VALLEY (in development)
DE JURE, DE FACTO (in development)
writer, producer
COEXISTENCE, MY ASS! (Amber Fares, in production)
INSIGNIFICANT THOUGHTS (Sharon Luzon, in production)
editor
THE RED HOUSE (Tamar Tal Anati, 2017)
TAKE 3 (Ayelet Bechar, 2015)
directing mentor
THE GOVERNOR (Danel Elpeleg, in production)
I DIDN’T CRY (Rozeen Bisharat, in production)
I GOT OUT AT SIX (Livi Kessel, in production)
BIRIM (Zvika Buchenspanner, in production)
WOMEN IN THE DIRECTOR’S CHAIR (Smadar Zamir, 2020)
story consultant
HONEYDEW (Marco Bergonzi, Michael Petrolini, in production)
BLUE BOX (Michal Weitz, 2021)
ROSHMIA (Salim Abu Jabal, 2015)
SOUND OF TORTURE (Karen Shayo, 2013)
line producer/ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
WALL (Simone Bitton, 2004)
RAGING DOVE (Duki Dror, 2002)
CITIZEN BISHARA (Simone Bitton, 1999)
THE BOMBING (Simone Bitton, 1998)
SACRED STREET (Duki Dror, 1998)
WARP AND WEFT (Duki Dror, 1997)
CAFE NOAH (Duki Dror, 1996)
television
(select credits)
field producer
L’INVITATION AU VOYAGE. Programs no. 5 & 6 on Mahmoud Darwish and Aharon Appelfeld for TV5 France (2005)
ANOTHER ISRAEL. Reportage on Palestinian citizens of Israel for France 2’s “Un Oeil sur la Planete” (2004)
director, camera
CAPTE/ABSOLUT: ISM. Reportage on international activists in Israel/Palestine for ARTE’s weekly culture magazine. (2004)
camera, editor
DEMOCRACY NOW! hosted by Amy Goodman. (2001-2003)
photography/art
(select credits)
director
Cut it Out – Films Against Censorship (2018)
Spaces #2 — Spaces / Thessaloniki International Film Festival (2020)
producer
GREENLINE. Francis Alys. Moma/New York; Israel Museum/Jerusalem (2005)
WB. Sophie Ristelhueber. MAMCO/Geneva; Jeu de Pomme/Paris (2003)
jur0r
Impact Competition / FIPAdoc (2023)
Music Film Competition / Krakow FF (2020)
International Competition / Dokufest (2020)
Israeli Competition / Jerusalem FF (2020)
Student Competition / March on Washington FF (2019)
Israel Documentary Forum Awards (2013-2015)
Student Documentary Competition / CoPro Campus (2014)
Van Leer Documentary Competition / Jerusalem FF (2013)
Israeli Competition / Rehovoth International Women’s FF (2013)
Documentary Curation / Cinema South FF (2012)
advisor
New Fund for Cinema and TV / Women's Documentary Lab (2023-2024)
Circle Women Doc Accelerator (2023)
Copro Women Doc Accelerator (2022)
Main Pitch / CoPro Documentary Film Market (2012-2018)
curator
Professional Panels / CoPro Documentary Film Market (2015)
Tribute to Spanish Documentary / CoPro Documentary Film Market (2014)
Tribute to Arte / CoPro Documentary Film Market (2012)
professional affiliations
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (2020 - present)
International Documentary Association (2019 - present)
European Film Academy (2019 - present)
Asia Pacific Screen Academy (2019 - present)
Film Fatales (2018 - present)
Israel Directors Guild (2008 - present)
Israel Documentary Forum (2004 - present)
European Documentary Network (2002-2005)
NY Women in Film and Television (2000-2002)
University Film and Video Association (1998-2000)
BEYOND FILM
EDITOR, TRANSLATOR
REPORTING FROM RAMALLAH: an Israeli Journalist (Amira Hass) in an Occupied Land. Semiotext(e) New York. (2003)
CITIES OF COLLISION: Jerusalem and the Principles of Conflict Urbanism. Edited by Philippe Misselwitz and Tim Rienitis; Published by Birkhauser Press Basel-Boston-Berlin. (2006)
MOTHER TONGUE: A Mizrahi Present that Stirs in the Thickets of an Arab Past. Curated by Tal Ben Zvi; Edited by Yigal Nizri; Published by Babel Tel Aviv. (2005)
SELF PORTRAIT: Palestinian Women’s Art. Curated by Tal Ben Zvi; Edited by Yael Lerer; Published by Andalus Tel Aviv. (2001)
additional links
Indiewire — Meet the 2012 Sundance Filmmakers #18: Rachel Leah Jones, “Gypsy Davy”
Women in Hollywood — Sundance 2019 Women Directors: Meet Rachel Leah Jones – “Advocate”
Filmmakers’ Magazine — “Must Political Solidarity be Unconditional?”: Rachel Leah Jones and Philippe Bellaïche on Their Sundance Doc, Advocate
Free the Work — Director Rachel Leah Jones Demystifies Documentary Oscar Campaigns
True False — ‘Gypsy Davy’ Writer/Director Rachel Leah Jones talks Flamenco and Filmmaking
Cineuropa — Rachel Leah Jones, Lea Tsemel — Director and protagonist of Advocate
video gallery