Rosser Goodman is an American film and television director, writer and producer. Goodman founded her own production company, KGB Films in the 90's upon moving to Hollywood. Goodman's company is now called Circle Content in partnership with fashion designer and costume designer Oneita Parker.

Personal life

Born in

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, Goodman grew up acting and singing in the theater. At an early age, she was enrolled in advance drama classes at the

Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts (CCTA) is a Greater Washington D.C. Area regional theater school based in Columbia, Maryland. CCTA is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that is funded, in part, by the National Endowment for the Arts, the ...

founded by

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. In high school, Goodman's creative writing, social commentary and character studies flourished at The

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. Goodman then graduated a year early from the honors college

New College of Florida New College of Florida is a public university, public liberal arts college in Sarasota, Florida, United States. The college is a member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges. New College has the smallest student enrollment in the State U ...

to attend film graduate school at

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's Anthropology Film Center in

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. From there, Goodman got her first big break working on NBC Television's '' Earth 2'', produced by

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and his production company

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. Goodman is openly

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Career

Early in Rosser's career, she wrote, directed, and produced several award-winning digital shorts. Each received worldwide acclaim screening at film festivals worldwide including Mix New York and Immaginaria. Consequently, record label executive,

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, tapped Rosser to direct a rock-n-roll documentary entitled ''Dropped'', an exposé on failed bands signed by record labels. The project was purchased by the

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. Rosser went on to direct and produce '' Holding Trevor''. A darkly comedic, coming-of-age film. Regent Releasing nabbed the film at its first Los Angeles festival premiere. Regent delivered a U.S. theatrical release and bought all North American rights. Additionally, the film sold in Western Europe. Regent Entertainment eventually bought the worldwide rights. Dennis Harvey at ''

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'' said "director Rosser Goodman delivers a polished product with solid tech values." At the ''

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'', Kevin Thomas said "Director Rosser Goodman makes the crucial decisions facing Trevor suspenseful and involving -- and tinged with humor as well as pathos." Goodman directed and produced the hilarious and heartwarming romantic comedy, Love or Whatever, released by

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in the United States and Europe, in 2014. ''

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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 Lesbian Festival and the Freiberg Lesbian film Festival. Her original script, ''Mongoose8'', won the Panasonic Filmmakers' Award. Goodman's work has received distribution through Bildkraft, CFMDC, HERE! TV,

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, Optimal,

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Peccadillo Pictures Peccadillo Pictures is a UK-based film producer and distributor of art house, gay and lesbian, independent and world cinema. They have provided distribution for many films such as ''Weekend (2011 film), Weekend'', ''Tomboy (2011 film), Tomboy'', ...

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, and world film festivals such as

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, ImageOut, Feminale, MadCat, Mezipatra,

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, Mix Mexico, Mix Brazil, and Verzaubert to name only a few. Goodman was selected as one of 50 Women Changing Hollywood. In 2015, she was honored by the MSE foundation with an award for lifetime achievement. Presently, Goodman serves on the Board for Women of Color Unite/The JTC List and NAMIC-Southern California. She is a member of the

Alliance of Women Directors The Alliance of Women Directors (AWD) is an American 501c(3) nonprofit organization created to support education and advocacy for women directors in film, television, and new media. The AWD, established in 1997, has over 600 members and is based in ...

Filmography

As Cinematographer * 1999 - ''Wet Dress'' * 2000 - ''Life's a Butch!'' * 2002 - ''Daddy-O'' * 2003 - ''Drama'' * 2004 - ''Pain'' * 2005 - ''That's What I'm Talkin' 'Bout''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Goodman, Rosser Living people Film producers from Washington, D.C. American women film directors American women film producers American lesbian artists American LGBTQ film directors LGBTQ television directors LGBTQ film producers Film directors from Washington, D.C. Screenwriters from Washington, D.C. New College of Florida alumni Temple University alumni Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women artists American women television directors American television directors LGBTQ television producers

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