Rachel
Bennette

Rachel began her career working in script development before becoming a
screenwriter. She has written widely for film and television, writing for the BBC, FX, Netflix, Amazon, Channel 4 and ITV, working on greenlit shows including Richard Warlow’s Ripper Street, as well as adaptations and original pieces.

Rachel’s acclaimed adaptation of Zadie Smith’s novel NW for BBC 2 (Mammoth Screen/BBC, directed by Saul Dibb) was BAFTA nominated and won the FIPA D’Or.

Rachel has recently written a four-part series, The Blue Lens, adapted from four Daphne Du Maurier short stories, for the BBC (Mammoth/BBC), and is currently developing Claudia Durastanti’s memoir, La Straniera, as an 8-part series for television, for Wildside/Amazon Italy.