Jason Rosenfield

Jason Rosenfield’s resume as film editor, director, producer, and writer includes three Emmy Awards, an Oscar nomination, a Peabody, DGA, and R.F. Kennedy Awards, and collaborations with directors ranging from Hollywood legend Robert Altman to three-time, Oscar-winning documentarian Mark Jonathan Harris. A sought-after creative consultant, a faculty member at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts and lecturer at Loyola Marymount University, a producer of professional development seminars for the Television Academy and American Cinema Editors (ACE), and a leader of international workshops through the State Department’s American Film Showcase, he continues to influence a widening network of emerging filmmakers across the U.S., Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. 

Rosenfield received his MFA in Film in 2018. An 1,800-word excerpt from his thesis project, the craft-based memoir There Must be Some Way Out of Here: A Film Editor’s Dive Into Story, Subtext and Secret Lives, appeared in the 2021 first quarter issue of ACE’s CinemaEditor. His essays have been published in industry periodicals CineMontage and CinemaEditor, while his most recent, Subject to Change, will appear in Focal Press/Routledge’s upcoming edition of the PERFORM book series, Editing for the Screen. Rosenfield has served as Associate Director of the ACE Board (and serves on its Education and Internship Committees), three terms as Governor of the Television Academy, and almost two decades on its Picture Editor and Documentary Peer Group Executive Committees. His website can be found at jasonrosenfield.com.