Odessa Rae (Producer) is an Academy Award and BAFTA winning producer who was key in the formation of Ivanhoe Pictures, which produced the box office hit, CRAZY RICH ASIANS. She gained international recognition for producing the Academy Award winning documentary NAVALNY (CNN Films/Warner Bros.), which premiered at Sundance in 2022, winning both the Best of Fest and Audience Award. Most recently, her film THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB premiered at the 2025 Venice Film Festival in main competition and won the Grand Jury Silver Lion.
Odessa’s films have screened at major festivals around the world, including the 2024 Venice Film Festival with the Oscar-shortlisted HOLLYWOODGATE, and the 2024 Cannes Film Festival with IT DOESNT MATTER (dir. Josh Mond). And most recently at the 2025 Venice Film Festival with THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB, which premiered in main competition and won the Grand Jury Silver Lion. This film is currently shortlisted for an Oscar and BAFTA and was nominated for a Golden Globe.
Odessas work has earned numerous accolades, including the Academy Award and BAFTA for Best Documentary, the Producers Guild Award, Directors Guild nomination, the Columbia Dupont Award, the Grierson Award, the Cinema Eye and Critics Choice Awards, and a Peabody nomination. Odessa is the recipient of the 2023 UN Sustainable Goals Impact Through Film Award.
Odessa gained international recognition for producing the Academy Award winning documentary NAVALNY (CNN Films/Warner Bros.), which premiered at Sundance in 2022, winning both the Best of Fest and Audience Award. Her films have screened at major festivals around the world, including the 2024 Venice Film Festival with the Oscar-shortlisted HOLLYWOODGATE, and the 2024 Cannes Film Festival with IT DOESNT MATTER (dir. Josh Mond). And most recently at the 2025 Venice Film Festival with THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB, which premiered in main competition and won the Grand Jury Silver Lion. This film is currently shortlisted for an Oscar and BAFTA and was nominated for a Golden Globe.
Odessas work has earned numerous accolades, including the Academy Award and BAFTA for Best Documentary, the Producers Guild Award, Directors Guild nomination, the Columbia Dupont Award, the Grierson Award, the Cinema Eye and Critics Choice Awards, and a Peabody nomination. Odessa
