Gabe Rosenn is an LA based independent filmmaker and guitarist. In 2011, his film, Hot Tubs, premiered at the Santa Barbara Int’l Film Festival. The film, which Rosenn produced and directed, as well as shot and edited, explored the Santa Barbara hot tub scene of the 1970’s as depicted in Noel Young’s book, Hot Tubs. Rosenn had the book as a teenager and thought it would be a great launching point for an interesting documentary. Hot Tubs (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1764371) went on to screen at the Contemporary Arts Forum in Santa Barbara, the Nevada City Film Festival, the Henry Miller Memorial Library in Big Sur, the Bootleg Theater in LA, and at Sunset Gower NewFilmmakers LA.
HOT TUBS TRAILER:
EAT, DRINK, LAUGH TRAILER:
Since then, Rosenn worked with Letterbox Pictures as Editor on their feature documentary, Eat, Drink, Laugh: The Story of The Comic Strip Live. The film tells the story of the club’s evolution from the 1960’s through present day and the stars it catapulted, including Eddie Murphy, Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock, and Adam Sandler. EDL was Executive Produced by Chris Rock. Since moving to LA, Rosenn has worked primarily as an Editor for companies such as Nuforms Media (MTV, Food Network) and Tenworlds Productions (History Channel). He studied Advanced Screenwriting at Film Independent (2007), where he completed Tempworld, a feature length dramatic comedy about office work and studied Directing at AFI (Directors Working with Actors, 2008). There he directed numerous scenes, including a final project of a scene from Tempworld, shot on the Red camera. Additionally, in 2010, he completed a 12 week course in the Business of Art, through the Center for Cultural Innovation.
Rosenn has taught film and video production workshops and at summer programs for the New York Film Academy and the School for Cinema and Performing Arts, among others. He also directed, shot, and edited promotional films for Blue Note Records artists, Stefon Harris, Henri Salvador, Greg Osby and jazz guitarist, Peter Bernstein. A guitarist himself, Rosenn has created original soundtracks for several works, including Hot Tubs. His music work can be found at www.gaberosennmusic.com.
Some favorite films include:
Hoop Dreams
Bottle Rocket
Down By Law
Sideways
Trainspotting
Dazed and Confused
When We Were Kings
Spanking the Monkey
Spike Jonze’s music video work
Raising Arizona
Big Lebowski
Contact him at gprproductions@gmail.com