Biography
Rachel Tunnard is a British editor, writer and director. She was born in Sheffield in 1979 and studied film and theatre at the University of Bristol.
She began her career as an editor, with credits including Skeletons (2010) and Shell (2012). Her debut feature as writer and director, Adult Life Skills (2016), was nominated for six British Independent Film Awards and won two, including Best Debut Screenwriter. It also received the Nora Ephron Prize at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Tunnard wrote Military Wives (2020) and co-wrote the screenplay for Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget (2023). Her short film Emotional Fusebox (2014) was nominated for a BAFTA.
