Rachel Okine

stage 2 script consultant

Rachel Okine is a feature film consultant specialising in story development and financing strategy. From 2017 to 2019, she headed acquisitions for STX International across their UK theatrical distribution and international sales operations. Prior to that, she was the Paris-based Vice President of International Production and Acquisitions for French-owned studio/distributor Studiocanal, where she acquired titles for the French, German and ANZ territories, as well as overseeing all multi-territory deals and coordinating the international production operations.

Rachel began her career in the acquisitions department of FilmFour in London in 2001. Returning to Australia in 2002, Rachel was a founding staff member of leading independent film distribution company, Hopscotch, working across the publicity and marketing campaigns of the slate, and advising on all international and local acquisitions. When Hopscotch expanded into production, she managed that division, producing a number of multiplatform projects, lifestyle television and short form content, and later heading all feature film development. After the sale of Hopscotch of Canadian conglomerate eOne in 2011, these acquisitions activities expanded to form part of the multinational strategy.