Rachel Lee Goldenberg is the writer and director of the critically acclaimed HBO Max Original film Unpregnant, co-starring Haley Lu Richardson and Barbie Ferreira. The film is now a top Emmy contender for Outstanding Television Movie and the directing and writing categories for TV movie.
Based on the 2019 novel of the same name by Ted Caplan and Jenni Hendriks, Unpregnant follows a pregnant teen whose decision to get an abortion leads her on a 1000-mile hilarious road trip to New Mexico over three days with her ex-best friend, where they discover sometimes the most important choice you’ll make in life is who your friends are. The film was produced by Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter and Erik Feig and released on the platform September 2020.
Rachel previously won a Primetime Emmy award for “Outstanding Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Program” for producing Between Two Ferns with President Obama in 2014. Prior to Unpregnant, she directed MGM’s Valley Girl, a musical remake of the 1983 cult classic, and she can next be seen directing and executive producing Minx, an upcoming comedy series from HBO Max, which will follow an earnest young feminist (Ophelia Lovibond) who joins forces with a low-rent publisher to create the first erotic magazine for women.
