DIRECTORS

Jacqueline Elyse Rosenthal is a DGA Grand Prize & Student-Emmy winning writer-director-activist, known for her film BACKLOG (Cannes official selection), which is currently being packaged as a feature. After adapting the short, the BACKLOG feature script won Stage 32 and Catalyst Studios’ Empowering Women Script Competition. Most recently, she wrapped a 31-day shoot at SONY Studios for her sci-fi epic, Europa, a film she wrote and directed about a privatized space mission. The film was produced by ETC (Emerging Technology Center), SONY, and Pixomondo. Jacqueline's nine short films have all landed distribution, and she has been contracted by production companies throughout the world to direct shorts, features, and branded content. She is an alum of the Creator’s Playlab Fellowship, the Fox Fellowship, The Athena Writer’s Lab, Stowe Story Labs, and was honored in 2021 by the United Nations Development Programme. She holds an MFA in Film Production from USC and is represented by 3 Arts Entertainment, Culture Creative Entertainment, and Del Shaw.