ARTIST PROFILE

Roz Sohnen is a Director/Writer/Producer who began her filmmaking career with her award winning short, “Pink” which is in distribution through Phoenix Films.

She has written several feature length screenplays for commercial theatrical production as well as Cable TV movies. Some highlights of recent work include:
Associate Producer on the PBS Series, “They Came for Good” (The history of the Jews in America)
Producer/Director-National Audubon Society videos for multi media installation and exhibit in the newly renovated boathouse in Prospect Park.
Director of PSA for Women with Aids
Consultant for Princess Marina and Prince Michael of Greece for “The Art Videos”
Producer for Viveca Lindfors staged reading and experimental film “Pattern” based on the poem by Amy Lowell.
Roz holds a BFA from Pratt Institute and an MFA from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. At New York University, she was honored with the Paulette Goddard Scholarship Grant for graduate study and received the Judges Special Merit Award for Directing. She has also been the recipient of a grant from the NY State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts for film study. Since 1991, Roz has been an active member of NY Women in Film and Television, where she has served on the Screenplay Reading Committee and the Digi-Month Committee (devoted to digital technology).

Roz is currently fundraising to complete her documentary "The Making of An American Quilt". She has received grants for "The Making of An American Quilt" from The Charlotte Koch Foundation, The National Quilting Association, and is currently a finalist for the Roy W. Dean grant.

All donations are tax deductible and can be made through her fiscal sponsor, The International Documentary Association. Checks should be made payable to The International Documentary Association, indicating that it is for "The Making of An American Quilt". The IDA is located at 1201 West 5th Street, Suite M320, Los Angeles, CA 90017, USA.

CLIENT LIST


Viveca Lindfors Productions


CAMBA


Satori Entertainment


New Jersey School for the Arts


Media Sphere


Amram Nowak Associates


Princess Marina and Prince Michael of Greece


Full Tilt Productions


Snug Harbor Cultural Center


Phoenix Films, Inc.


Audubon New York


 

 

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