{{short description|American film director}} {{For|the fictional character|Pandemic (film)}} {{Infobox person | image = Rebecca Thomas Deauville 2012.jpg | caption = Thomas in 2012 | name = Rebecca Thomas | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|12|10}} | birth_place = [[Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]], US | education = [[Columbia University]] | occupation = Film director, writer | years_active = 2009–present }}
'''Rebecca Ann Thomas''' (born December 10, 1984) is an American filmmaker and television director, best known for writing and directing the film ''[[Electrick Children]]'' and episodic television, including ''[[Stranger Things]]'', ''[[Limetown (TV series)|Limetown]]'', and ''[[When the Streetlights Go On]].''
==Personal life== Thomas was raised as a member of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] in [[Las Vegas]]; she served a [[Mission (LDS Church)|mission]] for 18 months in Japan.<ref name= "Interview">Durga Chew-Bose, [http://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/rebecca-thomas-electrick-children Rebecca Thomas' Electrick Youth], [[Interview (magazine)|Interview magazine]]</ref> She is married to Mark Garbett (of [[The Moth & The Flame]]).
==Directing career== Thomas' short film called "Nobody Knows You, Nobody Gives a Damn" premiered at the 2009 [[Sundance Film Festival]].<ref>{{Citation|title = Biography|publisher = Kickstarter|year = 2011|url = https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/2110178925|accessdate = 25 June 2015}}</ref>
Her debut feature, ''[[Electrick Children]]'', debuted at the [[Berlin International Film Festival]] on 10 February 2012.<ref name=filmmaker>Michael Tully, [http://filmmakermagazine.com/66595-electrick-children-a-hammer-to-nail-review/ Electrick Children — A Hammer To Nail Review], ''[[Filmmaker (magazine)|Filmmaker]]'', March 7, 2013</ref> It also played in the U.S. at the [[South by Southwest]] Film Festival on 15 March 2012.<ref>Todd Gilchrist, [http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/in-contention/posts/sxsw-electrick-children-offers-a-charge-thats-more-promising-than-profound SXSW: 'Electrick Children' offers a charge that's more promising than profound] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140414220840/http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/in-contention/posts/sxsw-electrick-children-offers-a-charge-thats-more-promising-than-profound |date=2014-04-14 }}, HitFix.com, March 12, 2012</ref>
Thomas directed episode seven, "The Lost Sister", of the second season of the [[Netflix]] series, ''[[Stranger Things]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine | url = http://ew.com/tv/2017/02/10/finding-dory-andrew-stanton-stranger-things-2/ | title = Finding Dory director to helm 2 episodes of Stranger Things 2 | first = Tim | last = Stack | date = February 10, 2017 | accessdate = February 10, 2017 | magazine = [[Entertainment Weekly]] }}</ref> The episode received some negative reception, with Tom Philip for [[GQ]] writing, "Easily the worst episode Stranger Things has ever produced, and arguably among the worst in TV history."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Philip |first=Tom |date=2017-10-30 |title=The One 'Stranger Things 2' Episode You Can—and Probably Should—Skip |url=https://www.gq.com/story/stranger-things-worst-episode |access-date=2026-03-10 |website=GQ |language=en-US}}</ref>
Thomas directed all 10 episodes of ''[[Limetown (TV series)|Limetown]]'', starring Jessica Biel, and also directed all 10 episodes of ''[[When the Streetlights Go On]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Petski|first1=Nellie Andreeva, Denise|last2=Andreeva|first2=Nellie|last3=Petski|first3=Denise|date=2019-07-25|title='When The Street Lights Go On' From Paramount TV & Anonymous Content Lands Quibi Series Order|url=https://deadline.com/2019/07/when-the-street-lights-go-on-from-paramount-tv-anonymous-content-lands-quibi-series-order-1202654114/|access-date=2019-12-16|website=Deadline|language=en}}</ref>
==Filmography== '''Short film''' {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Director ! Writer ! Notes |- | rowspan=2|2009 | ''Nobody Knows You, Nobody Gives a Damn'' | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | Also actor |- | ''Ivan Sings'' | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | |- | 2016 | ''Las Vegas, West'' | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | |- |}
'''Feature film''' {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Director ! Writer |- | 2012 | ''[[Electrick Children]]'' | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |- | 2026 | ''[[Wardriver]]'' | {{Yes}} | {{no}} |- |}
'''Television''' {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title !Director !Executive<br>Producer !Notes |- | 2016 | ''[[Sweet/Vicious]]'' | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | Episode "The Blueprint" |- | 2017 | ''[[Stranger Things]]'' | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | Episode "Chapter Seven: The Lost Sister" |- | 2019 | ''[[Limetown (TV series)|Limetown]]'' | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | 10 episodes |- | 2020 | ''[[When the Streetlights Go On]]'' | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | 10 episodes |- | 2022 | ''[[Archive 81]]'' | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | 4 episodes |- |}
'''Other credits''' {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 2009 | ''Spit'' | Production designer |rowspan=3| Short film |- | 2011 | ''Not Dark Yet'' | Production staff |- | 2013 | ''Lea'' | Actor |- | 2015 | ''Teddy Boy'' | Production assistant | |- |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.indiewire.com/article/in-her-own-words-rebecca-thomas-shares-one-of-her-most-challenging-scenes-from-electrick-children On Filming ''Electrick Children'': In Her Own Words] * {{IMDb name|3275942}}
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