Jason Rosenfield
- Education:
- Vermont College of Fine Arts, Master of Fine Arts
Biography
A winner of three Emmy Awards, Jason Rosenfield’s collaborations as editor, director, producer, writer and creative consultant have garnered an Oscar nomination, a Peabody Award, a DGA Award, an R.F. Kennedy Award, numerous additional Emmy nominations, Sundance Film Festival premieres, and creative partnerships with directors ranging from legendary Hollywood director Robert Altman to three-time Oscar-winning documentarian Mark Jonathan Harris.
As an educator, Rosenfield’s success is reflected in consistently high evaluations from students and academic peers and the large number of students who have gone on to prestigious internships, Student Academy Awards and successful careers in the industry.
Rosenfield has served as associate director of the American Cinema Editors (ACE), three terms as governor of the Television Academy and two decades on its Picture Editor and Documentary Peer Group Executive Committees.Highly regarded for his skills with story, character and emotional acuity, he is a sought-after editorial consultant on independent films and story-driven documentaries, both domestic and international. Alongside his activities producing professional development seminars for the Television Academy and ACE, he continues to mentor a widening international network of emerging filmmakers and screenwriters through Film Independent’s Global Media Makers program, Stowe Story Labs’ screenwriting workshops and the American Film Showcase.
Along with co-author Peter Hawley, Rosenfield has written the forthcoming book How Great Editors Brings Characters to Life: Story, Subtext, and the Crafting of Performance in Film & Television (Routledge, Taylor & Francis). His essays have been published in industry periodicals CineMontage and CinemaEditor. His most recent essay, Subject to Change, appears in Editing for the Screen, Routledge’s newest edition to the PERFORM bookseries. Rosenfield’s memoir, Everything Has Meaning: Reflections on a Creative Life, will be published by Flint Hills Publishing in 2027. An excerpt from the memoir appeared in the 2021 first-quarter issue of CinemaEditor.
Rosenfield taught at USC School of Cinematic Arts for 10 years prior to joining Chapman University in 2025, where he serves as Dodge College’s undergraduate level editing mentor.