Rosa Costanza
- Sound Department
- Producer
- Director
Emmy nominated TV Producer; Award winning Director & Screenwriter.
Rosa has built a career in physical production for film & TV for over two decades. This length of experience sharpened her knowledge of all aspects of media production. She has a diverse roster of production credits in various roles; her administrative role as a Producer and in her own creative expansion as a Screenwriter & Director. She has also produced music videos, Grammy selected music albums and international events.
Her first short film, XING, screened at Cannes and gained global distribution with a French company. She have over 50+ awards as a Producer, Director & Screenwriter. Rosa's Emmy nomination (2017) was for a PBS TV series produced with the LAUSD, SPOTLIGHT ARTS, highlighting fine art and performance as a proven rehab for inner city youth.
Rosa's expert level knowledge of filmmaking was gained in the decade plus that she spent as a Y-1 job class member of IATSE Local 695, with A-List production credits doing Production Sound and Video engineering. Some of her credits: SULLY, TEEN WOLF and PARANORMAL ACTIVITY.
The upliftment of diversity & inclusion in our industry is what she participates in many different ways, not only as a female filmmaker in a gender minority. Rosa hosts filmmaker panels and runs a Diversity & Inclusion Program at the Ojai Film Festival since 2021, and she judges an award for "Social Vision" sponsored by Panavision. Rosa also assists the Commercial Directors Diversity Program (CDDP) for the DGA & AICP; She facilitates participation & sets up panelists for workshops, and judge entrants.
Rosa comes from two generations of family members who have worked in entertainment and who are award winning TV and documentary film producers. Rosa's grandfather Thomas Horton was Vice President of Captain Jacques Yves Cousteau's production company Thalassa, who created the "Cousteau Odyssey" and "Undersea World" TV series.
Rosa was first immersed in the behind-the-scenes processes when she started to intern on film sets with 16 years of age: these experiences endowed her with intrinsic knowledge as well as below-the-line perspectives that have strengthened her above-the-line pursuits. Following the internships, Rosa transitioned to filmmaking by working as a technician; she has worked as a member of IATSE Hollywood Local 695 as a Production Sound Mixer since 2007. Past employers have included Warner Brothers, Paramount Pictures, Fox, NBCUniversal/ Telemundo as well as the following networks: Hallmark, Lifetime, Discovery, NatGeo, and more.
In 2017 Rosa and her brother Gregory Costanza founded an independent development and production company, titled Seven Directions Studios, through which she is actively working as President and Head of Production doing production management on pilots and proof of concept projects for clients as well as in-house. Seven Directions Studios currently has a slate of diverse productions in development at various stages, with episodic, documentary and feature works.
Cumulatively, Rosa has earned credits on over one-hundred film & TV projects ranging from across the globe: the USA, Canada, India and Africa. Her professional highlights include: Video Utility on (2016) SULLY (Dir: Clint Eastwood); Video Coordinator on (2015) PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: The Ghost Dimension (Dir: Gregory Plotkin); and Recordist for (2011) THE FUTURE (Dir: Miranda July).
In addition, she has a music production background, which she attained after receiving a certificate in Recording Engineering from the Institute of Audio Research in Manhattan. Rosa recorded traditional and contemporary East African music in Tanzania for a three-year ethnomusicology project from 1998 to 2001. Subsequently, Rosa has served as a Voting Member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) for over 16 years.
Rosa was a panelist at The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) annual Career Summit 2016. She has presented lectures on Production Sound and Audio Post Production for the Ojai Film Society, for whom she has been a Guest Speaker annually since 2016. In 2015, Rosa mentored female film students at Utah Valley University's FEMME program. In 2012, Rosa gave Master Classes in Production Sound for Film and an Industry Overview seminar for film students at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, CA. In 2010, Rosa presented a lecture on Sound in Documentary Filmmaking as part of an event at Yale University's Film Studies Center.
Rosa enjoys mentoring individuals who aim to establish a lifelong career in the entertainment industry, and she firmly believes in volunteering her time for the arts.
Memberships: Producer Member, Emmys/ TV Academy (ATAS); VIP Member, Women In Media (WIM); Advisory Board Member, Ojai International Film Festival; Member (Honorary Withdrawal), IATSE Local 695.
Link: http://www.sevendirectionsstudios.com/about Author: Rosa Costanza
Rosa has built a career in physical production for film & TV for over two decades. This length of experience sharpened her knowledge of all aspects of media production. She has a diverse roster of production credits in various roles; her administrative role as a Producer and in her own creative expansion as a Screenwriter & Director. She has also produced music videos, Grammy selected music albums and international events.
Her first short film, XING, screened at Cannes and gained global distribution with a French company. She have over 50+ awards as a Producer, Director & Screenwriter. Rosa's Emmy nomination (2017) was for a PBS TV series produced with the LAUSD, SPOTLIGHT ARTS, highlighting fine art and performance as a proven rehab for inner city youth.
Rosa's expert level knowledge of filmmaking was gained in the decade plus that she spent as a Y-1 job class member of IATSE Local 695, with A-List production credits doing Production Sound and Video engineering. Some of her credits: SULLY, TEEN WOLF and PARANORMAL ACTIVITY.
The upliftment of diversity & inclusion in our industry is what she participates in many different ways, not only as a female filmmaker in a gender minority. Rosa hosts filmmaker panels and runs a Diversity & Inclusion Program at the Ojai Film Festival since 2021, and she judges an award for "Social Vision" sponsored by Panavision. Rosa also assists the Commercial Directors Diversity Program (CDDP) for the DGA & AICP; She facilitates participation & sets up panelists for workshops, and judge entrants.
Rosa comes from two generations of family members who have worked in entertainment and who are award winning TV and documentary film producers. Rosa's grandfather Thomas Horton was Vice President of Captain Jacques Yves Cousteau's production company Thalassa, who created the "Cousteau Odyssey" and "Undersea World" TV series.
Rosa was first immersed in the behind-the-scenes processes when she started to intern on film sets with 16 years of age: these experiences endowed her with intrinsic knowledge as well as below-the-line perspectives that have strengthened her above-the-line pursuits. Following the internships, Rosa transitioned to filmmaking by working as a technician; she has worked as a member of IATSE Hollywood Local 695 as a Production Sound Mixer since 2007. Past employers have included Warner Brothers, Paramount Pictures, Fox, NBCUniversal/ Telemundo as well as the following networks: Hallmark, Lifetime, Discovery, NatGeo, and more.
In 2017 Rosa and her brother Gregory Costanza founded an independent development and production company, titled Seven Directions Studios, through which she is actively working as President and Head of Production doing production management on pilots and proof of concept projects for clients as well as in-house. Seven Directions Studios currently has a slate of diverse productions in development at various stages, with episodic, documentary and feature works.
Cumulatively, Rosa has earned credits on over one-hundred film & TV projects ranging from across the globe: the USA, Canada, India and Africa. Her professional highlights include: Video Utility on (2016) SULLY (Dir: Clint Eastwood); Video Coordinator on (2015) PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: The Ghost Dimension (Dir: Gregory Plotkin); and Recordist for (2011) THE FUTURE (Dir: Miranda July).
In addition, she has a music production background, which she attained after receiving a certificate in Recording Engineering from the Institute of Audio Research in Manhattan. Rosa recorded traditional and contemporary East African music in Tanzania for a three-year ethnomusicology project from 1998 to 2001. Subsequently, Rosa has served as a Voting Member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) for over 16 years.
Rosa was a panelist at The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) annual Career Summit 2016. She has presented lectures on Production Sound and Audio Post Production for the Ojai Film Society, for whom she has been a Guest Speaker annually since 2016. In 2015, Rosa mentored female film students at Utah Valley University's FEMME program. In 2012, Rosa gave Master Classes in Production Sound for Film and an Industry Overview seminar for film students at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, CA. In 2010, Rosa presented a lecture on Sound in Documentary Filmmaking as part of an event at Yale University's Film Studies Center.
Rosa enjoys mentoring individuals who aim to establish a lifelong career in the entertainment industry, and she firmly believes in volunteering her time for the arts.
Memberships: Producer Member, Emmys/ TV Academy (ATAS); VIP Member, Women In Media (WIM); Advisory Board Member, Ojai International Film Festival; Member (Honorary Withdrawal), IATSE Local 695.
Link: http://www.sevendirectionsstudios.com/about Author: Rosa Costanza