Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum

Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum ("Liz") is a DGA Award Nominated Director. She recently directed and produced a television pilot for Amazon Studios entitled "The Kicks," based on the NY ...Show More

Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum ("Liz") is a DGA Award Nominated Director. She recently directed and produced a television pilot for Amazon Studios entitled "The Kicks," based on the NY Times bestselling novel of the same name by Olympic gold medal soccer star, Alex Morgan. The show, which began airing this fall, centers on an underdog girls soccer team, and was picked up for a full season.Liz also directed and produced a new series for Verizon p90. With an ensemble cast of over 30 actors, including Milo Ventimiglia (This is Us, Gilmore Girls, Heroes) and Shawn Ashmore (X-men), the 11 separate episodes ultimately wove together into a full length, romantic comedy feature film. The show, Verizon's first home-grown series, was officially selected as part of the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival and Verizon has recently ordered two more full seasons.In 2010, Liz directed "Ramona and Beezus," a feature film adaptation of her favorite childhood book series by Newbery Award winning author Beverly Cleary for 20th Century Fox. The film starred Selena Gomez in her feature film debut, as well as Ginnifer Goodwin, John Corbett, Josh Duhamel, Sandra Oh, Bridget Moynahan, and 9-year old newcomer Joey King in the lead role of Ramona Quimby. "Ramona and Beezus" was awarded a "Certified Fresh" from Rotten Tomatoes, nominated for a Teen Choice Award for Selena Gomez, and won the "Young Artist Award" for Best Actress of 2010 for Joey King.. In addition, Liz was recipient of the WIN Award (Woman's Image Network Award) for Best Female Director of the year.Prior to that, Liz directed "Aquamarine," starring three first-time leading ladies: Emma Roberts, the singer Jojo and Sara Paxton. The film was nominated for two Teen Choice Awards including: "Choice Breakout Female" and "Choice Chick Flick", as well as a nomination for Paxton for Best Actress , a nomination for Jojo for Best Supporting Actress, and a win for Emma Roberts as Best Supporting Actress at the 2007 "Young Artist Awards."For Starz, Liz directed "Careful What You Wish For" starring Nick Jonas, Dermot Mulroney, Paul Sorvino and Isabel Lucas which had a limited 2016 theatrical release and streams on the network currently. She has also directed television episodes of Gossip Girl, 90210, Vampire Diaries, Franklin and Bash Mistresses, Life Unexpected, Starcrossed, Red Band Society, Guilt, Famous in Love, The Arrangement, Dating While Infatuated and in 2012 she guided 9 year old Bruce Salomon to win a young artist award for "Best Guest Star of 2012" on Emily Owens, MD.Liz has written numerous screenplays, including an adaptation of Jerry Spinelli's children's book, Stargirl (Paramount Studios), the original musical Promdress (Disney Features), and Driving While Infatuated (Fox Searchlight).Elizabeth graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a BA from Cornell University and received her master's degree in fine arts at the University of Southern California. During hergraduate work she was the recipient of the "Jack Nicholson Directing Scholarship," and was also short-listed for an International Clio Award for a spec Coca Cola commercial she directed. Her 25-minute USC thesis film, "Eyeball Eddie," won numerous film festivals worldwide and caught the attention of multiple studios, providing her the unique opportunity to jump directly from a short student film to a 15 million dollar studio movie directorial debut.Liz is currently a member of the DGA, the WGA, SAG and the Editor's Guild. She resides in Los Angeles with her writer/producer husband, Scott and their new baby, Theodore. Hide