Jenna is a theatre and film director based in NYC and LA. She has worked at The Helen Hayes Theatre on Broadway, Williamstown Theatre Festival, The Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center, The Kennedy Center, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company and more. Jenna is a member of the Williamstown Directing Corp, SDC Observership, Roundabout Directors Group, and 24 Hour Plays: Nationals. She received her BFA in Drama from NYU Tisch School of the Arts.
On the film side, Jenna's debut short film The Age You Start Losing Friends, which stars Catherine Cohen, Rebecca Naomi Jones, and Krystina Alabado premiered in 2021. Jenna is a graduate of USC’s School of Cinematic Arts with her masters in Film and Television Production. Her thesis film, Start Them Young, premiered at the Oscar-qualifying LA Shorts International Film Festival and has gone on to play at over 10 festivals across the country. Jenna recently wrapped on two shorts: Iris, 31, starring Maria Russell of Amazon's Jury Duty and Higher Education starring Gabby Beans of Apple TV+’s Presumed Innocent. Jenna recently produced Alexandra Shipp’s (Barbie, Anyone But You) directorial debut, For Niko.
Jenna also worked in development at game1, Olive Bridge Entertainment, and It Doesn’t Suck Productions.
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Jenna can be reached at jennarossman@gmail.com