Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Jacqueline Rosenthal. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.
Jacqueline, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. What was the most important lesson/experience you had in a job that has helped you in your creative career?
Your team is equally as important as the project itself.
Surround yourself with others that challenge you in the best of ways and you will not only get where you want, but you will help others feel the same.
Find joy in everything you do. Joy is a choice.
As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?
I’m a Writer and Director in Los Angeles and I own my own production company named Rose Tinted Productions, geared toward short film and Feature length productions.
I started writing at a young age, around nine or ten, just waiting for the right opportunity to share my work. I probably wrote about 20 screenplays and novellas in private, and plan on keeping them just for me. They were probably horribly formatted – but I look back on them and realize how strong the concepts were – as if I’m a proud parent of fledgling toddlers. It took me about 15 years before I started writing screenplays that I intended to share – enrolled in UCLA extension courses in screenwriting, directed a National Commercial, fell in love with directing, and ended up at the NYFA (New York Film Academy) for a Filmmaking Intensive.
I realized my love for editing and that directing was just that, visually editing the film in my head before production. I really credit NYFA and my amazing peers there for encouraging me to pursue a living in Filmmaking. I stay in touch with those collaborators to this day and having our mutual support has been one of the greatest parts of this journey.
I then completed my Masters in Film and TV production at USC at the School of Cinematic Arts and was able to learn from mentors, professors, and artists I could only dream of. I’m looking forward to what the future holds. I have 5 different projects in development and 2 going into pre-production. And I’m just happy to go where the wind blows me. I’m only accepting gigs with Independent/Non-struck companies in solidarity with the WGA.
What’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative in your experience?
Making a difference.
PLEASE take 30 seconds to learn more – you won’t regret it:
Is there mission driving your creative journey?
To make the world a little less lonely, one film at a time.
We’re all fundamentally the same, we just have different packaging.
I sometimes think I’m alive solely to make films – I feel lucky to have a rich life – but if that all went away, I would still be happy just making films.
I don’t make films for me. with the exception of the one film I made – entitled “Insanely Successful” shortly available for purchase on Amazon Prime Direct – I make films for other people = I think films have the capability of saving lives, of giving people the courage to believe in themselves if they can’t or if they need to know their not alone in an experience. Film saved my life many times – now I want to pay that forward.
My recent film BACKLOG is a call to action to end the rape kit backlog – and if we can band together and accomplish that through this film – my god what a beautiful testament to cinema that would be.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://backlogfilm.org/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/backlogfilm/
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacqueline-elyse-rosenthal-2b76667a/
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63dyeIEyviY
- Other: PETITION LINK – PLEASE SIGN https://www.change.org/p/backlog-a-petition-to-reform-our-judicial-system-s-approach-to-sexual-assault-survivors
Image Credits
Cannes’ American Pavilion Photos courtesy of: John Bernstein Set BTS Photographer: Jared Espino