Rachel Lyon
CEO & Founder
Emmy Award-winning
director, producer and writer.
Rachel Lyon is an Emmy award-winning director, producer and writer. She has produced more than 65 documentary films, as well as three feature films. Her latest film, Hate Crimes in the Heartland, examines the epidemic of hate crimes in America throughout nearly a century of history in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The film was awarded the prestigious JustFilms grant from the Ford Foundation.
Lyon’s films have appeared on ABC, PBS, NBC, CNN, National Geographic, BBC, and the History Channel. Her documentary feature Men Who Molest premiered on the PBS series Frontline and won the National Emmy Award for best research and background material on a continuing story. Her feature film Tell Me a Riddle was directed by Academy Award-winner Lee Grant and stars Academy Award winners Melvyn Douglas and Lila Kedrova. Lyon’s other notable features include Thousand Pieces of Gold, starring Academy Award-winner Chris Cooper, and the restoration of Orson Welles’ Othello.
Lyon’s media and human rights projects include Juror Number Six and the acclaimed Race to Execution, which were both produced for the PBS series Independent Lens. Race to Execution was shown in over 60 cities and played at the most prominent black film festivals in the country.
