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Hey, I'm Rachel!
Los Angeles, California
Rachel Leyco is an award-winning filmmaker, writer, actress, and mental health advocate. She won a student Emmy at the 2013 College Television Awards as Writer/Director/Producer in the pilot web series, "The Sub Club.” She currently holds many writing/directing/producing credits, ranging from short films and web series to TV pilots and features.
As an actress, Rachel started off in theatre, starring in Beauty and the Beast and A Midsummer Night's Dream, then began her TV/Film career upon moving to LA, starring in commercials (Reebok, Head & Shoulders), web series (Batman Beyond: The Series), short films (Rise, Highbrow) and indie features (Teacher of the Year). Her TV Network debut was a top of the show Guest Star role on NBC'sChicago Fire in its Season 6, Episode 4, "A Breaking Point."
Her short films (Maple's Tree and Bicultural) have been official selections in many film festivals around the globe. She believes strongly in the power of words. She wants nothing more but to elevate and inspire lives through the magic of storytelling.
My Projects

CRAZY
Los Angeles, California• Series
Comedy, LGBTQ
Frenemies in their 20s navigate life after college with mental illnesses that teach them they’re more alike than they realize.
This project got the green light!

CRAZY the Series Post-Production
Los Angeles, California• Series
Comedy, Drama
CRAZY follows two queer women navigating mental illness, romance, and unhelpful stigma in their Asian American families.
This project got the green light!
Projects I'm Supporting

Fruit Fly
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
LGBTQ, Romantic Comedy
At an off-kilter performing arts school, a young woman with a penchant for falling for gay men finds herself in a love triangle.
This project got the green light!

Another Period in Time
Atlanta, Georgia• Series
Comedy, Drama
A free black woman from 1863 wakes up in 2018 ATL & meets an entitled millennial. Can she get home or learn to love avocado toast & selfies?
This project got the green light!

Oniphron
Portland, Oregon• Film Feature
Drama, Fantasy
A tale about a homeless immortal woman taken in by a Portlander.
This project got the green light!

I Don't Live Today
New York City, New York• Film Feature
Drama, Experimental
On his last night in NYC, a struggling Black painter wanders the streets cutting off all ties he has to the morally hypocritical art world.
This project got the green light!

White Crow
Los Angeles, California• Film Feature
Mystery, Thriller
A sickly young woman's life unravels when she receives a heart transplant and begins to take on her donor's personality traits.
This project got the green light!

RUNAROUND SUE
Natchitoches, Louisiana• Film Feature
Drama, Music
RUNAROUND SUE is a small-town Southern bartender known for breaking hearts... until THE WANDERER comes to town.
This project got the green light!

Inbetween Girl
Galveston, Texas• Film Feature
Comedy, Teen
Angie's life becomes even more complicated when she begins an affair with a popular jock at her new private school.
This project got the green light!

Endless Light
Fairbanks, Alaska• Film Feature
Drama, Sci-Fi
Returning home, a bipolar woman attempts to decipher her brother's suicide through occult intervention with Alaska's wilderness.
This project got the green light!

Brown With Blue
Atlanta, Georgia• Film Short
Drama, Romance
A handyman & his girlfriend struggle with substance abuse to cope with their problems.
This project got the green light!

CRAZY
Los Angeles, California• Series
Comedy, LGBTQ
Frenemies in their 20s navigate life after college with mental illnesses that teach them they’re more alike than they realize.
This project got the green light!

Conversations Centered Around Black Bodies
Chicago, Illinois• Series
Drama
An honest exploration of intersectionality and race relations in America.
This project got the green light!
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STiGMA
Atlanta, Georgia• Series
Drama
As Senator Ingram stares down an easy reelection, things become unstable when he is diagnosed with a mental illness.
This project got the green light!

Blossom
Los Angeles, California• Film Feature
Documentary
Transgender entertainer/activist Blossom C. Brown finds answers to her troubled past while aspiring a career in the entertainment industry.
This project got the green light!

Pink
Los Angeles, California• Series
Drama
As narcotics hit Washington DC hard in 1987, four young girls are forced to provide and protect as their parents lose to the drug game.
This project got the green light!

Curls For Humanity
Chicago, Illinois• Series
Comedy, Other
After living a carefree lavish existence in Los Angeles, biracial sisters are forced to migrate to Chicago where they explore their racial i
This project got the green light!

Comedic Timing
Los Angeles, California• Series
Comedy
An improv teacher helps her all-women class sort out their personal lives as hers careens out of control.
This project got the green light!