Raquel Elfassi
Owner
R&D Placement
Raquel Elfassi is a founder of R&D, a consultancy agency headquartered in Los Angeles that works with talent across features, short film and advertising. Her versatile experience has made R&D the go-to for placing directors domestically and internationally, and a solution in the fast evolving media landscape for production companies trying to keep their finger on the pulse. Raquel and R&D also offer expertise recruiting top executive management for the content production arena, which includes integrated production companies and creative studios.
Raquel has worked at the highest level throughout her career. She helped with the launch of The Directors Bureau alongside Mike Mills and Roman Coppola, and founded renowned representation firm Resource LA & Paris where she was instrumental shaping the commercial careers of award-winning directors Noam Murro and David Shane. She began her career as a director’s agent at Propaganda working with David Fincher, Mark Romanek and Michael Bay.
