Jenna Rossman
Director of Theatre and Film
Jenna is a theatre and film director based in NYC and LA. She has worked at The Helen Hayes Theatre on Broadway, Williamstown Theatre Festival, The Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center, The Kennedy Center, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Minetta Lane, The Tank, and more. Jenna is a member of the Williamstown Directing Corp, SDC Observership, Roundabout Directors Group, and 24 Hour Plays: Nationals. She received her BFA in Drama from NYU Tisch School of the Arts.
On the film side, Jenna’s films have played at LA Shorts, NewFilmmakers Los Angeles, Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival, and others. Jenna holds an MFA from USC’s School of Cinematic Arts, where her thesis film Start Them Young won best comedy in the USC First Look Showcase, and was showcased in WME’s FutureFest. Jenna’s films have featured award winning actors including Jeff Hiller, Gabby Beans, Catherine Cohen, and Rebecca Naomi Jones. Jenna recently produced Alexandra Shipp’s (Barbie, Anyone But You) directorial debut, For Niko. She had also worked in development at game1, Olive Bridge Entertainment, and It Doesn’t Suck Productions.
Jenna currently mentors directing students at Playwrights Horizons Theatre School at NYU, and has been a guest lecturer at Circle in The Square Theatre School.
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Jenna can be reached at jennarossman@gmail.com