She has worked on documentary and narrative film projects, specializing in those with Native American themes, and is best known for Frozen River, Trudell, and Tallulah.
[8] Circa 2006, Rae was an adjunct film studies professor at Boise State University, Idaho.
[12] It won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, and received two Academy Award nominations for the Best Actress (Melissa Leo) and the Best Original Screenplay (Courtney Hunt).
[16] In 2010, The Dry Land (2010) directed by Ryan Piers Williams and starring America Ferrera, Melissa Leo, Jason Ritter and Wilmer Valderrama, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.
[17][18][19] She established a production center in Boise where independent filmmakers such as Gregory Bayne, Randy Redroad and Blackhorse Lowe worked.[when?]
[20] After leaving Sundance, Rae worked for one year as senior vice president of production for Winter Films.
[22] I Believe in Unicorns (2014) directed by Film Fatales founder, Leah Meyerhoff and starring Natalia Dyer, Peter Vack and Julia Garner premiered at South by Southwest.