Seth Zvi Rosenfeld (born November 16, 1961) is an American playwright, screenwriter and filmmaker.
Personal life
Rosenfeld was born in New York City and was raised in the Bronx and Manhattan. His early interests included graffiti, poetry, and basketball, all of which figure prominently in his work.
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"Direct Route From The City With Gritty `Brother's Kiss,' Zvi Rosenfeld Proves That Mean Streets Can Lead To Powerful Career"
''NY Daily News'', May 4, 1997
He was in a relationship for a decade with actress and activist
Rosie Perez from 1991 through their marriage in 1998 and divorce in 2001. He was then married to Kerri-Ann McCalla, a Jamaican-born screenwriter and film producer from 2010 until her death from natural causes in 2018.
Career
Theatre
Rosenfeld began his career as a playwright with the
Ensemble Studio Theatre and the now defunct Double Image and Angel Theatre companies. His first project was the play entitled ''The Writing on the Wall'', produced by the Westbeth Theatre Center and for which
New Line Cinema
New Line Productions, Inc., Trade name, doing business as New Line Cinema, is an American film production, film and television production company that is a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group, a division of the Major film studios, ...
purchased the rights.
Other plays include ''The Blackeyed Brothers'', which won the Samuel French short play award and was produced by Double Image Theatre;
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Joseph Papp (born Joseph Papirofsky; June 22, 1921 – October 31, 1991) was an American theatrical producer and director. Papp is a pioneering figure in American theater, known for creating Shakespeare in the Park, which aimed to make classi ...
for The Public Theater
The Public Theater is an arts organization in New York City. Founded by Joseph Papp, The Public Theater was originally the Shakespeare Workshop in 1954; its mission was to support emerging playwrights and performers.Epstein, Helen. ''Joe Papp: ...
; ''The Flatted Fifth'', ''Everything is Turning Into Beautiful'', and ''Downtown Race Riot'', produced by The New Group. Other works include the tiny plays ''La Familia'', ''My Starship'', and ''PS: I'm glad you sent your hair'' for Naked Angels.
Film
Rosenfeld wrote the feature film, '' Sunset Park'', for Jersey Films/TriStar. His directorial debut, '' A Brother's Kiss'', was based on an Off-Broadway play he wrote about love and loyalty between siblings in East Harlem. Reviews praised the performances and attributed Rosenfeld's upbringing as creating "a realistic sense of street life with hardly a false note." Rosenfeld wrote and directed the films, '' A Brother's Kiss'' and '' King of the Jungle'' starring John Leguizamo
John Alberto Leguizamo Peláez (, ; ; born July 22, 1960 or 1964) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and film producer. He has appeared in more than 100 films, produced more than 20 films and documentaries, made more than 30 televisio ...
, Marisa Tomei and Rosie Perez, and his award-winning short,''Under the Bridge'', which ran for several years on BRAVO.
Television
Rosenfeld directed ten episodes of a web series
A web series (also known as webseries, short-form series, and web show) is a series of short scripted or non-scripted online videos, generally in episodic form, released on the Internet (i.e. World Wide Web), which first emerged in the late 1 ...
called ''We Deliver'', partnered with Geebee Dajani, which followed the travails of a marijuana delivery service.TRICKY'S ON HIS WAY WITH HIS ATTACHE: sputnik7 and Palm Pictures Make Money From Selling Pot
Eddy Moretti, March 2001. Interview, Vice Magazine
References
External links
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1961 births
Living people
Writers from New York City
20th-century American dramatists and playwrights
American male screenwriters
American male dramatists and playwrights
20th-century American male writers
Film directors from New York City
Screenwriters from New York (state)