Rosser Goodman is an American film producer, director, and writer. Goodman has also founded her own production company, KGB Films, in 1994.

Beginnings

Born in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

, Goodman grew up acting in the theater. At an early age, she was enrolled in the Columbia School of Theatrical Arts. Goodman graduated early from the honors college New College of Florida

New College of Florida

New College of Florida is a public liberal arts college located in Sarasota, Florida. It was founded originally as a private institution and is now an autonomous honors college of the State University System of Florida.-History:...

 to attend film graduate school at Temple University

Temple University

Temple University is a comprehensive public research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Originally founded in 1884 by Dr. Russell Conwell, Temple University is among the nation's largest providers of professional education and prepares the largest body of professional...

's Anthropology Film Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico

Santa Fe, New Mexico

Santa Fe is the capital of the U.S. state of New Mexico. It is the fourth-largest city in the state and is the seat of . Santa Fe had a population of 67,947 in the 2010 census...

.

Career

Early in Rosser’s career, she wrote, directed, and produced several award winning digital shorts. Each of them received worldwide acclaim screening at film festivals worldwide including Mix New York and Immaginaria. Consequently, record label executive, Nicole Ehrlich, tapped Rosser to direct a rock-n-roll documentary entitled Dropped, an expose on failed bands signed by record labels. The project was purchased by the Sundance Channel.

Rosser went on to direct and produce Holding Trevor

Holding Trevor

Holding Trevor is a 2008 gay American romantic-drama written by and starring Brent Gorski as Trevor and directed by Rosser Goodman.-Cast:* Brent Gorski as Trevor Holden* Christopher Wyllie as Darrell* Jay Brannan as Jake* Melissa Searing as Andie...

. A darkly comedic, coming of age film. Regent Releasing nabbed the film at its first Los Angeles festival premiere. Regent promised a U.S. theatrical release and bought all North American rights. Additionally, the film sold in Western Europe. Regent Entertainment bought the worldwide rights.

The Hollywood Reporter

The Hollywood Reporter

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honored Goodman as one of the "Five in Focus" film directors. Goodman won multiple audience awards for her films including the Berlin Festival and the Freiberg Festival. Her original script, Mongoose8, won the Panasonic Filmmakers' Award.

Goodman's work has received distribution through Bildkraft, CFMDC, HERE! TV, Netflix

Netflix

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, Optimale, PBS

Public Broadcasting Service

The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....

, Peccadillo Pictures

Peccadillo Pictures

Peccadillo Pictures is a UK based film distributor of art house, gay and lesbian, independent and world cinema. They have provided distribution for many award winning films such as XXY, Eyes Wide Open, Four Minutes, The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros, Transylvania, Cockles and Muscles and Summer...

, Regent Releasing

Regent Releasing

Regent Releasing is a U.S. theatrical distribution company based in Los Angeles, California, under the umbrella of Regent Entertainment, which is owned by producers Paul Colichman and Stephen P. Jarchow....

, The Sundance Channel, TLA

TLA Entertainment Group

TLA Entertainment Group is a privately held corporation based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1981.Originally formed to operate a repertory movie theater, the company has expanded to catalogs, retail stores and licensing businesses...

, Wolfe Video

Wolfe Video

Wolfe Video is the oldest and largest exclusive distributor of gay and lesbian films in North America.Founded in 1985 in New Almaden by Kathy Wolfe, the company began as a consumer mail order distribution company for lesbian VHS videos but has evolved over the years to become a full-service...

, and world film festivals such as Feminale

Feminale

The Feminale in Cologne is Germany's oldest feminist film festival. It is held annually since 1984.The Feminale was founded by students of film theory from the University of Cologne. Participating films must be made by females. They cover a broad spectrum of film genres, including experimental...

, Frameline

Frameline Film Festival

Frameline is a nonprofit media arts organization that produces the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival, the oldest film festival devoted to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender programming currently in existence...

, ImageOut, MadCat, Mezipatra

Mezipatra

Mezipatra is a Czech specialized film festival screening films with gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender theme.The name Mezipatra in Czech means "mezzanine", i.e. the space between individual floors: a symbolic space for meeting of all kinds of people, regardless of their particularities...

, Outfest

Outfest

Outfest is an LGBT-oriented film showcase and festival in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 1982 as the "Gay and Lesbian Media Festival and Conference", the name was changed to Outfest in 1994.-Programs:...

, Mix Mexico, Mix Brazil, and Verzaubert.

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