JOSLYN ROSE

Joslyn Rose is an Emmy®-nominated director and award-winning filmmaker whose work spans features, and narrative short films. Her work has been featured on Showtime, Paramount, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Starz, and Lionsgate, and has premiered at major festivals including Sundance, Essence, and Urbanworld. She was named a finalist for the Academy Gold Women’s Fellowship under the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Academy Awards®).

Joslyn's feature-length studio directorial debut, "Stand" (Showtime/Paramount+), an Emmy®-nominated documentary, explores the extraordinary journey of pioneering activist and basketball prodigy Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf. The film features notable figures, including Steph Curry, Mahershala Ali, Ice Cube, and Shaquille O'Neal. “Stand” was nominated for an Emmy® Award for Outstanding Documentary.

Her narrative short films have earned international acclaim. Looking Glass premiered at Sundance London, won Best Short at the American Film Awards and TopShorts' Best Female Director, and received honors from the Berlin Film Festival, and Los Angeles Film Awards. One of Joslyn’s early scripted narrative shorts, Umi’s Heart stars Academy Award–winner Mahershala Ali, and was honored with the Best Humanitarian Short Film Award at the One Nation Film Festival. Her short film Butterfly Boxing, starring J. Alphonse Nicholson and Hill Harper, premiered at the Essence Film Festival and won Best Director and Best Short at the LA Independent Women Film Awards.

Within narrative and music-driven storytelling, Joslyn has directed and produced work for MTV, BET, Uninterrupted, and Apple Music. Her projects include Tale of the Tape, a documentary on the impact of the mixtape featuring Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole, and Wiz Khalifa; the Grammy’s first Music Matters showcase at CAA; and the BET Awards Celebrity Basketball Game. Across documentary and music television, she has collaborated with talent including Nick Cannon, President Barack Obama, Megan Thee Stallion, Chris Brown, Snoop Dogg, D-Nice, Chad Hugo, Erykah Badu, Mahershala Ali, Common, Vince Staples, 2 Chainz, Too $hort, and E-40.

She has been invited to speak by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for its Gold Rising program and has served as a judge for both the Emmy® Awards and the Webby Awards. Joslyn is a member of Women in Film (WIF), and the Alliance of Women Directors. She guest-hosted at USC's School of Cinematic Arts. Through Starz Take The Lead initiative, she has curated panels focused on amplifying underrepresented voices in entertainment.