Rebekah McKendry (born October 10, 1979) is an American film director, producer, film journalist, and academic. She is best known for her work on ''

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'' (2015) and '' All the Creatures Were Stirring'' (2017).

Career

In 2005, McKendry joined the team at

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Entertainment and was heavily involved in project development and production as Director of Marketing. In 2015, she left Fangoria to work for

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, becoming the Editor-in-Chief of Blumhouse.com. Along with Elric Kane and Rob Galluzzo, McKendry hosted the Killer POV podcast, which ran for 140 episodes on Geeknation. In 2016, the team moved to Blumhouse.com and were joined by Ryan Turek to form the Shock Waves podcast. McKendry co-directed her first feature film with her husband David Ian McKendry titled ''All the Creatures Were Stirring'' (2017) starring

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, and

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. McKendry is currently a professor at

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. In 2021, McKendry co-wrote a horror film reboot of the 2000 film Bring It On with writer Dana Schwartz. The film is being produced by SYFY.

Education

McKendry has a doctorate focused in Media Studies from

Virginia Commonwealth University Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) is a Public university, public research university in Richmond, Virginia, United States. VCU was founded in 1838 as the medical department of Hampden–Sydney College, becoming the Medical College of Virgin ...

Filmography

Film

Executive producer only

Short films

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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Blumhouse.com

Shock Waves podcast

Killer POV podcast

Interview with McKendry
{{DEFAULTSORT:McKendry, Rebekah Living people American women film directors American horror film directors Virginia Commonwealth University alumni Fangoria American women podcasters American film and television podcasters University of Southern California faculty 1979 births American women academics