Yelena Rachitsky

Yelena Rachitsky

Executive ProducerSan Francisco, United States
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Yelena Rachitsky

Yelena Rachitsky

Executive ProducerSan Francisco, United States
Projects
  • Bringing VR to Sundance
    Bringing VR to SundanceThis year, I brought 5 VR films to Sundance: - Fable Studio, which is made up of former Story Studio employees, is debuting an adaptation of Neil Gaiman's The Wolves in the Wall. - Masters of the Sun, a virtual rendition of the Black Eyed Peas comic. - Space Explorers: A New Dawn, an episodic series about the next generation of space travel. - Spheres, a new experience from Fistful of Stars creator Eliza McNitt, which turns you into a black hole. - Dispatch, which puts you in the shoes of a 9-
  • Sensory Stories exhibit
    Sensory Stories exhibitBefore Oculus, I worked at Future of Storytelling and curated an exhibit called Sensory Stories: "Inhaling through my nose, the artificial scent of honey and apricots fills my head. I stand on the second floor of Queens' Museum of the Moving Image reading a multisensory remix of Goldilocks and the Three Bears: The Smelly Version. MoMI is hosting Future of Storytelling's new exhibit, Sensory Stories, an amalgam of immersive artworks from creators like Chris Milk, Vincent Morisset, and Google Crea
  • Coco VR - the first virtual-reality experience from Pixar
    Coco VR - the first virtual-reality experience from PixarPixar's movies can be so captivating, you sometimes want to walk around inside their worlds. Now you can. "Coco VR," the first virtual-reality experience from Pixar, lets you virtually explore the glimmering Land of the Dead from the studio's upcoming feature, "Coco." Check out your skeleton body in a mirror as you try on different outfits and pop your skull off and place it into your hands. Walk around a town square with a friend, exploring buildings on your hunt for Easter eggs and movie extra
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  • This International Women’s Day, meet the 200 Women Redefining the Creative Industry in 2018
    This International Women’s Day, meet the 200 Women Redefining the Creative Industry in 2018Discover our 2020 list here This International Women's Day, we asked influential icons to nominate 10 trailblazing women who they believe are redefining the creator landscape. The result? A unique and incredible list of 200 trailblazing women breaking barriers and inspiring change! Only 36% of jobs in the creative sector are currently filled by women. At the top of the tree there’s an even bigger problem - women make up only 11% of Creative Directors. In an attempt to change this, our month-lo
Work history
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    Executive Producer, ExperiencesOculus VR
    San Francisco, United StatesFull Time
    -Oversee a slate VR experiences -Work closely with developers on VR content creation (from conception to launch)