Rebecca
Lally's
visual
talent
was first acknowledged when her colored
drawing of The Weird House
took first place in the Eeyore's Best Book Cover
Contest when she was 5 years old. All
through grade school, she continued to receive
multiple art awards before she
was accepted into the highly competitive La
Guardia High School of Music and
Art. Lally studied art and film at
Syracuse University, was awarded the Carole
Schmuckler Award for Excellence in
Filmmaking and graduated cum laude.
Lally's
background in theatre is deep.As
a kid, she worked backstage at the Women's
Interart Annex, The Mint, Manhattan
Class Company and the Double Image Theatre. She
appeared onstage as a young
actress for New Voice on Theatre Row.To help pay her way through Syracuse, she
joined her sisters at the
Jekyll & Hyde Club playing Wilhemina Tombs
over four summers.When her artist family
produced The
Breezeway
in New York, she took the
reins as General Manager at the not-so-tender
age of 23.
Lally's rich
background in art and theatre led her into
directing the short film, Firefly, which was an
Official Selection at Worldfest
Houston, and Charleston Wordfest.She
had the opportunity to be a contributing
filmmaker on the 9/11 documentary Witnessing
which was an Official
Selection at the 2003 Tribeca Film Festival.
With her
company, she was director of photography as well
as editor on the feature film,
The
Last
Christmas
Party. The film
(part narrative, part documentary) demanded
creative problem-solving on the fly
throughout the 8-night low-budget shoot.With a crooked umbrella tented over her
head to protect her camera lens,
Lally was outside shooting from 9:30PM to 3:30AM
during one of the biggest
snowstorms in NYC history.That's
some bad shoot, Harry.
Lally's
background in visual arts has brought her into
work in all types of media. After
college she got a day job in the garment
district where she met the cousin of
the CFO at Showtime who helped her land a job at
Showtime as Post Production
Coordinator. This led her into her work as a
freelance editor.Lally was the lead editor on the last
three JOE FRESH CAMPAIGNS (Canada), and edited a
series of commercials for
COACH ASIA (Korea and Japan).She has also worked as a director for
short form promos for Showtime Networks,
as well as a high profile viral campaign for
VH1's ACCEPTABLE TV.Her short film, Whatever Happened to Bubo the Golden
Owl, was reviewed as "hilarious" by Revolution
Science Fiction.Her book trailer, 13 Bullets - The Evolution of Horror,
by David Wellington has over
75,000 views on You Tube.Recently,
Lally
called
upon her
training as a fine artist and created 12
drawings for the short story
collection, Tales
of Wonder from the
Garden State, which was chosen for
the cover of Publisher's Weekly and is
an award winning finalist in the 2011 USA Best
Books Awards.
When she's not
editing, Lally can be found studying anatomy
and drawing at the Art Student's
League in Manhattan and the International
School of Painting and Drawing in
Italy. In her off hours, she writes
sketch comedy and lyrics for her band, walks
her dog, Fergus, in Central Park,
and goes to a lot of films.
Rebecca Lally is a founding partner of Dora
Mae Productions.
Dora
Mae Jones
(3/1/91-9/6/01)
Dora
was the real star of Dora Mae Productions. She
lived on the Upper
West Side for 10 years. She enjoyed long walks
in the Ramble, warm naps
in the sun, good company, and squeaky toys with
faces! She is deeply
missed and will always be our muse.