Rachel Caplan
Founder & CEO

Rachel Caplan is passionate about film as the spark for environmental ideas & action. In 2011, she launched the San Francisco Green Film Festival – now the USA West Coast's leading organization for films & discussions about people and the planet.

Rachel has been working in film exhibition for 20+ years, including the Edinburgh, London and San Francisco International Film Festivals and as a publicist handling international theatrical campaigns for Paramount, Universal, and DreamWorks. From 2007-09, she was Festival Director for the International Ocean Film Festival, the first and largest showcase for ocean-related films in North America. The vision for the Green Film Fest grew out of this work: to fill the need to bring communities together to share urgent environmental stories in the city that's at the forefront of both independent film and the global green movement.

Originally from Edinburgh, Scotland, Rachel has a M.A. in Cinema & Television Studies from the British Film Institute (BFI) and has been a member of BAFTA since 2000. When not in the cinema, she is likely to be found in one of the city's many excellent parks.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

A huge thank you to the many hundreds of passionate and dedicated volunteers who, since the first festival in 2011, have taken tickets, ushered audiences, set-up events (and cleaned up afterwards), and created a warm welcome for all our guests. We couldn’t do it without you! Find out how to get involved as a Volunteer.