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In Memoriam 2024

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Elizabeth (Liz) Allen Rosenbaum is an Emmy Award-winning and DGA Award-nominated director and producer. She is known for "Purple Hearts" starring Sofia Carson, which became the biggest movie opening for Netflix in 2022, Emmy award-winning original musical ""Sneakerella for Disney Plus, and "Ramona and Beezus" for 20th Century Fox, starring Selena Gomez, Joey King and Sandra Oh.

At the helm of over 50 hours of content for major networks and studios, Liz has directed hit shows such as "Dead to Me," "Empire," Gossip Girl," "Why Women Kill," "The Exorcist," "All American," "The Resident," and "Vampire Diaries." She has directed and produced six television pilots including BH90210 (CBS/Fox), Spinning Out (Netflix), Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists (Warner Horizon/ Freeform), The Kicks (Amazon), Relationship Status (Go-90), and Dating Rules From My Future Self (Hulu), all of which have been picked up to series. Liz also directed five wide-release movies including "Aquamarine," "Ramona and Beezus," and "Purple Hearts."

She has garnered a number of nominations and awards over the years. In 2017 Liz received a DGA Award nomination for "Outstanding Direction" for her work on the pilot for Amazon's "The Kicks." Her show, "Relationship Status" starring Milo Ventimiglia was an official selection for the Tribeca Film Festival and was nominated for two daytime Emmys. Her series BH90210 for CBS/Fox was the highest debut of the summer of 2019 and was an honorable mention in The New Yorker for best show of the year. The "Purple Hearts" original soundtrack overseen by Liz was the top soundtrack worldwide upon its release, and the single "Come Back Home" went gold. "Purple Hearts" also holds the number 7 spot on Netflix's top ten most viewed movies of all time. And she won an Emmy for "Sneakerella" for Best Fiction Special. She has also directed over a dozen successful music videos and was shortlisted for a Clio Award for a spec Coca-Cola commercial.

Liz began her career by directing a 25-minute USC film, "Eyeball Eddie" starring Martin Starr, M. Emmett Walsh and Michael Rosenbaum which led her to her first feature film assignment at 20th Century Fox. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Cornell University and did her graduate work at USC where she was awarded the Jack Nicholson Award for the "strongest directing" candidate.

Liz is a board member for "Cornell in Hollywood" and a professor at USC's film school. She resides in Los Angeles with her writer/producer husband, Scott, their son, Theo and her two dogs, Tony and Cookie Rosenbaum. @thisislizallen

Director and Producer Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum attends the 2022 Emmy Awards

Awards

Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum

Sidewalk Film Festival

Directors Guild of America, USA

Stony Brook Film Festival

Telluride Indiefest

Children's & Family Emmy Awards

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