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2 decades 6 critically acclaimed feature documentaries 17 international awards
95 film festival screenings 400+ completed works for clients on all platforms

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We produce critically acclaimed, innovative media with passionate, award-winning filmmakers, bringing together decades of experience in the art of documentary. Since 2001, RAINLAKE has delivered over 400 completed works of authentic fearless non-fiction for all platforms.

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Rainlake in collaboration with Self-Evident Media is creating multimedia educational resources for middle and high school classrooms across the United States that encourage students to engage in conversations on the histories and legacies of systemic racism over the past 400 years.

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KIM CONNELL
Founder + Creative Director + Senior Editor
Kim is an award-winning director & editor. She cut her teeth editing on a Steenbeck flatbed at American University between Division 1 basketball games & trips home to Alabama to nurture her southern storytelling roots. Career highlights include sold out premieres at Sundance, Tribeca, Silverdocs & IFC Center, winning her tenth Telly and filming her daughters Maeve & Beatriz growing up.

KELLY SHEEHAN
Vice President + Executive Producer
Kelly is a versatile and creative production executive with over 80 hours of broadcast and film credits.  She caught the storytelling bug at Northwestern University where she directed theater and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in TV and film production.  She’s been in New York ever since, loves working with Kim, and recently started coaching her daughters’ trophy-winning all-girl First Lego League robotics team.

ALEXANDRE ECHEVERRI
Producer + Cinematographer + Editor

As a son of immigrants from two separate continents, Alex’s curiosity for the human experience is innate. During his studies at Emerson College, Alex developed his craft for verité filmmaking—capturing stories around the US, Latin America, and Europe. He currently splits his time between the US and Barcelona—a perfect launching pad to tell timely authentic stories around the globe.

DAVE SILLETTO
Business Administrator

Dave is a veteran business administrator, having worked in the finance and business management departments of the Public Art Fund in New York City, New Jersey’s Newark Museum, and the Jersey City Museum before joining Rainlake. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Arizona and a Master of Fine Arts degree at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. He loves making documentary films and lake life.

KIM CONNELL
Founder + Creative Director
+ Senior Editor

Kim is an award-winning director & editor. She cut her teeth editing on a Steenbeck flatbed at American University between Division 1 basketball games & trips home to Alabama to nurture her southern storytelling roots. Career highlights include sold out premieres at Sundance, Tribeca, Silverdocs & IFC Center, winning her tenth Telly and filming her daughters Maeve & Beatriz growing up.

KELLY SHEEHAN
Vice President + Executive Producer
Kelly is a versatile and creative production executive with over 80 hours of broadcast and film credits.  She caught the storytelling bug at Northwestern University where she directed theater and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in TV and film production.  She’s been in New York ever since, loves working with Kim, and recently started coaching her daughters’ trophy-winning all-girl First Lego League robotics team.

ALEXANDRE ECHEVERRI
Producer + Cinematographer
+ Editor

As a son of immigrants from two separate continents, Alex’s curiosity for the human experience is innate. During his studies at Emerson College, Alex developed his craft for verité filmmaking—capturing stories around the US, Latin America, and Europe. He currently splits his time between the US and Barcelona—a perfect launching pad to tell timely authentic stories around the globe.

DAVE SILLETTO
Business Administrator

Dave is a veteran business administrator, having worked in the finance and business management departments of the Public Art Fund in New York City, New Jersey’s Newark Museum, and the Jersey City Museum before joining Rainlake. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Arizona and a Master of Fine Arts degree at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. He loves making documentary films and lake life.

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We are proud to share these Rainlake moments past and present.

Scissor Sisters’ Ana Matronic at Home
Joshua Light Show founder Josh White + Emmy-winning director Allan Arkush in Liquid Light
Filming with Bob Richman in Nashville
Mariachi Halcon with Joe Biden in DC
Andrew Jacobs and Albert Maysles at Four Season Lodge
Eve Morgenstern at CIFF
Mariachi High opens National Geographic’s Film Festival
Four Seasons Lodge theatrical premiere at IFC
Guy Mossman & Ilana Trachtman on location in Texas
Jillian Buckley on location in Coney Island
Follow My Voice premiere at Tribeca Film Festival with Christian Vesper, John Cameron Mitchell, Kim Connell and Chris Slusarenko
Crossing Arizona’s Mike Wilson at Sundance premiere
Joel Pomeroy, Joseph Mathew & Lili Taylor at Sundance
Crossing Arizona premiere at Sundance Film Festival
Reebok Human Rights Awards
They Might Be Giants puppets in Follow My Voice
Hal Gilenson, Kim Connell and Beth Botshon
Yoko Ono records “Exquisite Corpse” in Follow My Voice
Rainlake team picnic in Prospect Park
Eve Morgenstern, Kim Connell & Kelly Sheehan
Odd Ones Out premiere with Naomi, David and friends
At Tribeca Loft Office
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