BIO

Joslyn Rose is an Emmy®-nominated director, award-winning filmmaker, producer, and writer working across narrative and nonfiction storytelling. Her work spans scripted films, documentaries, and digital series, with projects featured on Showtime, Paramount+, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Starz, and Lionsgate. Her films have premiered at festivals including Sundance, Essence, and Urbanworld. She was selected for the Academy Gold Women’s Fellowship through the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Joslyn’s feature-length studio directorial debut, Stand (Showtime/Paramount+), explores the extraordinary journey of NBA prodigy and activist Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf. The film features Steph Curry, Mahershala Ali, Ice Cube, and others, and earned an Emmy® nomination for Outstanding Feature Length Documentary.

Her narrative short films have earned international acclaim, premiering at festivals including Sundance London. Her work has received honors including Best Short at the American Film Awards, Best Female Director from Top Shorts, and Best Director at the LA Independent Women Film Awards. Her short film The Listeners, stars Blair Underwood and features original music by No I.D. and Jon Batiste and earned Best Director at the LA Independent Filmmaker Showcase.

Joslyn directed Warner Music’s film on the impact of hip hop featuring President Barack Obama, Megan Thee Stallion, DJ D-Nice, and Snoop Dogg. She also directed the BET Awards Celebrity Baseball Game featuring Chris Brown and Nick Cannon. For Uninterrupted/SpringHill, she directed and executive produced Same Energy featuring Marshawn Lynch and 2 Chainz, and served as producer on the documentary Tale of the Tape featuring J. Cole and Kendrick Lamar.

She has participated in the Academy’s Gold Rising program and has served as a judge for the Emmy® Awards and Webby Awards. She has guest lectured at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts and Stanford University’s Institute for Diversity in the Arts, and is a member of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences.