Rachel Brickel — Motion Designer

Rachel Brickel is a Motion Designer, featured in the Art of Styleframe library. The selections below link to the artist's own portfolio for verified work history and credits.

Who she is and what she does

Brickel is a Los Angeles designer, art director and cinematographer who describes her own work as raw imagery and metaphorical storytelling. She studied at Otis College of Art and Design, started out at FX Networks, and has since worked with Mocean, Elastic, Current Studio, Scatterlight Studios and Digital Kitchen.

Here's the part that separates her from most title designers: she shoots. Her credits repeatedly read "shot, designed" rather than just "designed", and on Black Magic she art directed and personally shot the macro plates. That's an unusual skill stack, and it shows in sequences that lean on practical texture instead of pure 3D.

Award-recognised title sequences

The gallery documents two Emmy-nominated main titles, Smoke for Apple TV and Spider Noir for Amazon MGM, plus the earlier Alienist sequence for TNT that was nominated in 2018. Manhunt for Apple TV Plus took Clio recognition and three Collision golds. Shape of Water Escape, a trailer graphics piece rather than a title, won Clio and Golden Trailer awards.

Yellow Jackets Season 1 for Showtime, Hotel Cocaine for MGM Plus, Before for Apple TV, Heathers for Paramount and Mozart In the Jungle and Good Girls Revolt for Amazon Prime fill out the broadcast and streaming side.

FX Networks and commercial work

Her FX run is documented across several entries: The Bastard Executioner, where she was lead designer and originated the concept, Taboo Season 1, The Americans Cold War ID, and the FX Acclaim package. Outside television she made three pieces for Mezcal El Silencio, Black Magic, Black Ice and Duelo, all shot practically.

Visions of Magic, an experiential Harry Potter project, and the Oscars main title for the Motion Picture Academy sit further from the usual title-sequence lane.

Portfolio highlights

• White Lotus - Design by Rachel Brickel
• Black Magic My role was to collaborate in the overall look, design, and concept of this piece. I was tasked by CURRENT to Art direct and shoot the macro shots in this sequence.
• B L A K I C E - B L A C K I C E All shot practically. More description to come. — Mezcal El Silencio
• Duelo
• Good Girls Revolt Scatterlight Studios for Amazon Television |Creative work by Rachel Brickel / Peter Sperrazza / Kenneth Kegley.
• Taboo-RB pitch done at Scatterlight studios for FX networks.
• Mozart in The Jungle pitch done at Scatterlight studios for Amazon Telivision
• The Oscars Pitch - 2016 - Role : Designer
• Fargo - Role : Shot, Designed.
• The Americans S4 Fx Promo -02 - Role : Shot, Designed.
• The Americans S4 Fx Promo -01 - Role : Shot, Designed.
• The Bastard Executioner Role : Lead Designer and creator of original concept.
• The Americans FX Promo - Role : Shot, Designed, Created Concept.
• FX Acclaim - Role : Shot, Designed.

Where to see more

Her own site is rachelbrickel.tv. She also keeps profiles on Behance and Vimeo.