She originated and produced The Last Movie Stars, the recently released six-part documentary film which chronicles the lives and careers of Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward.
The film was directed by Ethan Hawke and executive produced by Martin Scorsese.
Wachtel also co-wrote, produced and acted in the semi-autobiographical film Lucky Them starring Toni Collette, Thomas Haden Church, Johnny Depp, and Oliver Platt.
Wachtel used her author's pseudonym, Ellie Klug, as the name of her main character in Lucky Them, as well as her own experience in music and dating scenes.
[5] In 2016, Wachtel produced a music video of the song "Let Me Be Your Girl"[6] for singer songwriter Rachael Yamagata which was directed by Josh Radnor, and starred actress Allison Janney.