JAY H. ROSENBLATT

EDUCATION

• MA degree in Film Production, San Francisco State University, 1988

• MS degree in Counseling Psychology; Minor in Film,
    University of Oregon, 1981

• BA degree in Psychology/English, S.U.N.Y. at Buffalo, 1976
    Phi Beta Kappa - Summa Cum Laude

• NEA Grant, 2005 for SUICIDE
  
• Anthony Radziwill Documentary Fund, 2005 for SUICIDE
• San Francisco Arts Commission, 2003 for Phantom Limb.
  
• NEA, 2002 for Phantom Limb.
  
• Rockefeller Fellowship, 1999
  
• National Foundation for Jewish Culture Fund for Documentary Filmmaking, 1999
• Guggenheim Fellowship, 1998.
  
• Film Arts Foundation Completion Grant, 1997 for Human Remains.
  
• California State Artist's Fellowship, 1996.
  
• San Francisco Arts Commission Grant, 1996 for King of the Jews.
  
• Fleishhacker Foundation Grant in the Arts, 1996 for King of the Jews.
  
• Eastman Fund Grant, 1996 for Period Piece.
  
• Film Arts Foundation Grant, 1992 for The Smell of Burning Ants.
  
• Western States Regional Media Arts Fellowship, 1992 for The Smell of
• Burning Ants.
  
• Pioneer Fund Grant, 1991 for Period Piece.
  
• Film Arts Foundation Grant, 1989 for Short Of Breath.
  

• Odense Film Festival, Denmark, 2006
  
• IndieLisboa, Portugal (complete retrospective), 2006
• San Francisco Cinematheque, 2005
• Taiwan International Documentary Film Festival, Taipei, 2004
• Austin Film Society, Austin, Texas, 2003
  
• Aurora Picture Show, Houston, Texas, 2003
  
• Pesaro Film Festival, Itlay, 2002
  
• Tampere Film Festival, Finland, 2002
  
• Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, Czech Republic, October, 2001
  
• Olympia Film Festival, October, 2001
  
• Cleveland Cinematheque, June, 2001
  
• Roxie Cinema, San Francisco, (one-week run), May, 2001
  
• Rafael Film Center, San Rafael, (one-week run), May, 2001
  
• Fine Arts Cinema, Berkeley, (one-week run), May, 2001
  
• Facets Cinema, (one-week run), April, 2001
  
• Brattle Theater, Cambridge, March, 2001
  
• Landmark’s Varsity Theater, Seattle, (one-week run), February, 2001
  
• Film Forum, NY one-week theatrical run of 5 films, August, 2000
  
• Museum of Modern Art, New York , June, 1999
  
• Northwest Film Center, Portland Art Museum, December, 1998
  
• British Short Film Festival, London, September,1998
  
• Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival, Brazil , August, 1998
  
• European Tour of Paris, Brussels & 5 cities in Holland, June, 1998
• IMPAKT Festival, Utrecht, The Netherlands, May, 1996
• Denver International Film Festival, Denver, CO, October, 1994
• San Francisco Cinematheque, S.F., CA , May, 1994
• 911, Seattle, WA , June, 1993
• Chicago Filmmakers, Chicago, IL , April, 1992
  

  Selected for the Southern Film Circuit Tour and toured 8 cities in the southern United States in November, 1992, and 7 cities in November, 2001
  

• Juror at It's All True Documentary Festival, Brazil - March 2007
  
• Juror at Regensburg Short Film Week, Germany - Nov. 2006
  
• Juror at IndieLisboa – April 2006
• Juror for Taiwan International Documentary Film Festival – Dec. 2004
• Juror for the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) - Nov. 2003
  
• Juror for the Tampere Film Festival, Finland - March, 2002
  
• Juror for Athens International Film & Video Festival - April 2001
  
• Juror at Hamptons International Film Festival - Oct. 1999
• Juror at CinemaTexas - Sept. 1999
• Juror for S.F. International Film Festival Golden Gate Awards - January,1992-2000
  
• Judge at Hamburg International Short Film Festival - June, 1996
  
• Juror for Phelan Awards in Video - May, 1996
  
• Judge at Sinking Creek Film Festival - November, 1995
  
• Invited Panelist at Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival - August, 1995
  
• Judge at Ann Arbor Film Festival - March, 1995
  
• Panelist for Phelan Awards in Film - May, 1994
  
• Grants Panelist for Western States Regional Media Arts Fellowship - June, 1993
  
• Judge at Big Muddy Film Festival - March, 1993
  

• I Just Wanted to Be Somebody (2006) 10 min.
• Afraid So (2006) 3 min.
• Phantom Limb (2005) 28 min.
• I’m Charlie Chaplin (2005) 8 min.
• I Like It A Lot (2003) 4 min.
• I Used To Be A Filmmaker (2003) 10 min.
• Friend Good (2003) 5 min.
• Prayer (2002) 3 min.
• Undergound Zero (2002) 76 min. co-producer
• Decidi! (2002) 1 min. co-directed with Stephanie Rapp
• Worm (2001) 2 min. co-directed with Caveh Zahedi
• King of the Jews (2000) 18 min.
• Nine Lives: The Eternal Moment of Now (2001) 1 min.
• RESTRICTED (1999) 1 min.
• Drop (1999) 1 min. Co-directed with Dina Ciraulo
• A Pregnant Moment (1998) 24 min. Co-directed with Jennifer Frame
• Human Remains (1998) 30 min.
• Period Piece (1996) 30 min. Co-directed with Jennifer Frame
• The Smell of Burning Ants (1994) 21 min.
• Short Of Breath (1990) 10 min.
• Brain In The Desert (1990) 5 min. cCo-directed with Jennifer Frame
• Paris X 2 (1988) 26 min.
• Blood Test (1985) 27 min.
• Doubt (1981) 11 min.
• The Session (1980) 8 min.

SELECTED AWARDS

  Domestic

• 2nd Prize, Black Maria Film Festival, 2006
• Best Short Documentary, Florida Film Festival, 2005
• Best Short Documentary, Nashville Film Festival, 2003
• Special Jury Award, Aspen Shortsfest, 2003
• San Francisco Film Critics Circle Special Citation, 2003
• SF Chronicle Ten Best List, 2003
• SF Bay Guardian Goldie Award, 2002
• Best Short Short, Aspen Shortsfest, 2001
• ARTFORUM’s Best of 2000 list
• Grand Prize, USA Film Festival, 2000
• First Prize, Big Muddy Film Festival, 2000
• Best Experimental Film, Humboldt International Film Festival, 2000
• Best Editing, Ann Arbor Film Festival, 2000 & 1999
• Grand Prize, Marin County Fair, 2001
• Grand Prize, USA Film Festival, 2000
• Best Experimental Film, Humboldt International Film Festival, 2000
• Distinguished Documentary Award, International Documentary Association, 1998
• Jury Award, Sundance Film Festival, 1998
• Grand Jury Prize, Florida Film Festival, 1998
• Best of Festival & Audience Award, Onion City Film Festival, 1998
• Best Documentary, Aspen Shortsfest, 1998
• Best Experimental Film, Humboldt Film and Video Festival, 1998
• Best of Festival, Humboldt Film and Video Festival, 1996
• First Place, Film, Athens International Film & Video Festival, 1995
• Best of the Best, Charlotte Film Festival, 1995
• Best Experimental Film, Sinking Creek Film Festival, 1995
• Best Experimental Film, Big Muddy Film Festival, 1995
• Artistic Courage Award, Florida Film Festival, 1995
• First Prize, Independent Film, Marin County Fair, 1995
• Best of Festival, Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor, MI, 1994
• Honorable Mention, San Francisco International Film Festival, 1995
• Honorable Mention, Atlanta Film and Video Festival, 1995
• First Prize, Experimental Narrative, Athens International Film Festival, 1991
• Best Bay Area Short, Golden Gate Awards, S.F. International Film Festival, 1991
• Best Editing Award, Humboldt International Film & Video Festival, 1991
• Judges' Commendation, Bucks County Independent Film Festival, 1991
• First Prize, Onion City Film Festival, 1989
• Director's Choice, Sinking Creek Film Festival, 1989
• Prize Winner, Palo Alto Film & Video Festival, 1988
• Judge's Award, Ann Arbor Film Festival, 1986
• Juror's Award, Sinking Creek Film Festival, 1986

  International

• Audience Award, Taiwan International Documentary Film Festival, 2006
• Best Documentary, Belgrade Documentary and Short Film Festival, 2005, Serbia
• Onda Curta Short Film Award, IndieLisboa, 2005, Portugal
• Best International Short, One-Minute World Film Festival, 2001, Brazil
• Best Documentary, Vila do Conde International Short Film Festival, Portugal, 1998
• Honorable Mention, Visions du Reel Documentary Film Festival, Switzerland, 1996
• Grand Prize, Hamburg International Short Film Festival, Germany, 1995
• Best Documentary, Tampere International Film Festival, Finland, 1995
• Best Experimental Film, Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia, 1995
• First Prize, Film, VIPER Festival, Switzerland, 1995
• Honorable Mention, Vila do Conde Shorts Film Festival, Portugal, 1995
• First Prize, Locarno International Film Festival, Locarno, Switzerland, 1994

SELECTED SCREENINGS

  Domestic

• Sundance Film Festival, Park City, UT, 2007, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1995 & 1991
• Tribeca Film Festival, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003
• Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, 2005
• San Francisco International Film Festival, 2006, 2002, 1998, 1994, 1991
• Aspen Shortsfest, 2003, 2002, 2001, 1998
• Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences, 2001
• Roxie Theater, San Francisco, 2001 (one week theatrical run)
• Varsity Theater, Seattle, 2001 (one week theatrical run)
• Facets Theater, Chicago, 2001
• Film Forum, New York, 2000 (one week solo theatrical run)
• INPUT, Halifax, Canada, 2000
• Flaherty Seminar, New York, 1998
• Film Forum, New York, 1997 (2 week theatrical run)
• Pacific Film Archive, 1995 & 1993
• Seattle International Film Festival, 1998 & 1995
• Film Arts Festival, San Francisco, 1995 & 1990 & 1988
• Film Forum, Los Angeles, 1994
• New Directors/New Films, New York, NY, 1991
• Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, 1992
• Ann Arbor Film Festival Tour (12 cities), 1991
• Bucks County Independent Festival Tour (10 cities), 1991
• Collective for Living Cinema, New York, NY, 1989
• Artist's Television Access, San Francisco, CA, 1988
• Ann Arbor Film Festival Tour (10 cities), 1986

 International

• Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, 2005
• Toronto International Film Festival, Canada, 2006, 2004, 2002
• International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam, (IDFA) The Netherlands, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 1997, 1995, 1994
• Milan Film Festival, Italy, 2001
• Tampere International Shorts Film Festival, Finland, 2007, 2005, 2004, 2000
• Oberhausen International Film Festival, Germany, 2001
• It’s All True Documentary Film Festival, Brazil, 2005, 2003, 2000
• Vila do Conde Short Film Festival, Portugal, 2006, 2000
• Odense Film Festival, Denmark, 2000
• Norwegian Short Film Festival, Norway, 2000
• Melbourne International Short Film Festival, Australia, 2000
• Oberhausen Film Festival, Germany, 1998
• Visions du Reel Documentary Film Festival, Switzerland, 1998, 2003, 2005
• St. Petersburg International Film Festival, 1998
• Hamburg International Short Film Festival, 1998
• Mumbai International Film Festival, India, 1998
• Goteburg Film Festival, Sweden, 1997
• Bilbao Film Festival, Spain, 1997
• London International Film Festival, London, UK, 1995 & 1992
• Hong Kong Film Festival, 1995
• Cracow International Short Film Festival, Poland, 1995
• Montreal Festival International du Nouveau Cinema, 1995
• Wellington Film Festival, New Zealand, 1995
• The Arsenal, Berlin, 1995
• Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival, Brazil, 1995
• European Media Art Festival, Osnabruck, Germany, 1995
• V'IENNALE Film Festival, Austria, 1995
• Umea Film Festival, Sweden, 1995
• Vancouver International Film Festival, 1995
• Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid, Spain, 1995
• Cork International Film Festival, Ireland, 1995 & 1989
• The Pleasure Dome, Toronto, 1994
• Foundation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris, 1994
• Rotterdam International Film Festival, Rotterdam, Holland, 1991
• London International Film Festival, London, UK, 1991
• Cork International Film Festival, Cork, Ireland, 1989

ARTICLES

• "Critics Choice", SF Bay Guardian, March 30, 2005
• "The Filmmaker", Contra Costa Times, April 18, 2004
• "Short, but Not Necessarily Sweet", Austin Chronicle, February 14, 2003
• "A Time to Heal", SF Examiner, September 11, 2002
  
• "Mesmerizing ‘Underground’ Examines the Aftermath of Sept. 11", Seattle Times, September 11, 2002
  
• "Underground Zero", Sight and Sound, August 2002
  
• "Jay Rosenblatt: A Manipulator of Film", Vogue Hommes International, Spring/Summer 2002
  
• "Underground Zero a Needed Catharsis", SF Chronicle, May 8, 2002
  
• "Home Movies", SF Examiner, May 8, 2002
  
• "Going Underground", Marin Independent Journal, May 5, 2002
  
• "Movie Maker’s Short Films Examine Larger Issues", LA Times, November 28, 2001
  
• "Spliced Up Nice", Miami New Times, July 26 – August 1, 2001
  
• "Brief But Powerful", San Francisco Chronicle, May 11, 2001
  
• "Disturbing Behavior", San Francisco Examiner, May 11, 2001
  
• "Boy Plunder", San Francisco Bay Guardian, May 9, 2001
  
• "Mosaics of Memory, Emotion", San Francisco Chronicle, May 6, 2001
• "5 Films by Jay Rosenblatt", Movie Magazine International, May 9, 2001
  
• "The Films of Jay Rosenblatt", Critics Choice, Chicago Reader, April 6, 2001
  
• "The Films of Jay Rosenblatt", The Onion, April 5-11, 2001
  
• "The Films of Jay Rosenblatt", New City, (Chicago) April 5, 2001
  
• "Short Change: The Transcendental Short Cinema of Jay Rosenblatt", The Stranger (Seattle), February 22, 2001
  
• "The 10-Minute Masterpiece", cover story, San Francisco Weekly, December 13-19, 2000
• "Jay Rosenblatt’s Excavation of the Psyche", cover story, The Independent Film & Video Monthly, December, 2000
  
• "Human Remains", Senses of Cinema, October, 2000
  
• "Lost and Found", LA Weekly, October 13-19, 2000
  
• "Times When Less Is More Profound" in Sunday NY Times Arts & Leisure, August 6, 2000
  
• "Trivialities of Despots, Told Without a Smile", The New York Times, August 9, 2000
  
• "The Films of Jay Rosenblatt", Time Out New York, August 10-17, 2000
  
• "Lost and Found: The Philosophical Appropriations of Jay Rosenblatt", Filmmaker, Summer 2000, Vol.8, #4
  
• "Primal Therapist", Village Voice, August 15, 2000
  
• "Never a dull moment in Rosenblatt’s shorts", New York Post, August 9, 2000
  
• "Boyz II Men", Jewish Week, August 4, 2000
  
• "Twenty Four Frames to the Brain", Shout, August, 2000
  
• "The Films of Jay Rosenblatt", The Christian Science Monitor, August 11, 2000
  
• "Buried Memories: The Films of Jay Rosenblatt" in Release Print, September, 1998
  
• "New Parents and Old"- Style in The Smell of Burning Ants in Cineaction, no.41, Oct. 1996

RADIO AND TELEVISION

• Sundance Channel interview 2007
  
• Studio 360, National Public Radio, May 2002
  
• Sundance Channel, Experimental Film Month, November, 2000
  
• "New York & Co. with Leonard Lopate , WNYC Radio, New York, August 9, 2000
  
• Peter Bochan show, WBAI Radio, New York, August 7, 2000
  
• Independent View, KQED Television, July 21, 2000
  

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
• Advisory Board, Ann Arbor Film Festival
• AIVF, New York, NY
• International Documentary Association

Director's Reel and Complete Filmography Available Upon Request