Anita Rosenberg is an American filmmaker and artist. She wrote and produced the film Modern Girls and wrote and directed the film Assault of the Killer Bimbos. In her later career she worked as a sculptor and feng shui practitioner.

Anita Rosenberg
Anita Rosenberg holding clapboard for Assault of the Killer Bimbos in 2012.
Alma materNYU Graduate Film School
San Francisco Art Institute
Occupation(s)Artist, filmmaker
Websitewww.anitarosenberg.com

Biography

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Rosenberg is from Cincinnati, Ohio and graduated from Walnut Hills High School.[1] She attended San Francisco Art Institute where she earned a BFA, and later graduated from NYU Graduate Film School with a Master's degree.[2]

After graduating from NYU[3] in 1982, Rosenberg moved to Los Angeles to become a filmmaker.[1] Her first film was the 1986 comedy Modern Girls, which she both wrote and produced.[4] She became a film director in 1988 with the release of Assault of the Killer Bimbos.[5]

Rosenberg is a sculptor and her art was used in the film Modern Girls.[4] Her artwork was also used on the set of The Middle.[6] She is also the niece of illustrator Manuel Rosenberg[7] and a Feng shui practitioner.[8][9]

Rosenberg released How to Be the Star of Your Life: Lessons from Hollywood & Beyond in 2024.[10] The book contains 24 interviews with her celebrity friends and colleagues and documents their insights into succeeding in Hollywood.[11] The book was a bronze medalist winner at the 2024 Independent Publisher Book Awards.[12]

Filmography

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Year Title Role
1986 Modern Girls Writer and producer[13]
1988 Assault of the Killer Bimbos Writer and director[13]

References

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  1. ^ a b Paeth, Greg (August 26, 1992). "Anita Rosenberg meets Joe Bob". The Cincinnati Post. Newspapers.com. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
  2. ^ "Meet Anita Rosenberg". Voyage LA. January 8, 2019. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
  3. ^ Juniper, Jennifer (May 21, 2012). "Off Hollywood - Anita Rosenberg". Vice. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
  4. ^ a b Stevens, Dale (November 15, 1986). "Local Woman's Work makes it to Film". The Cincinnati Post. Newspapers.com. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
  5. ^ Shea, Kathleen (May 19, 1988). "Killer Bimbos is her Big Break". Philadelphia Daily News. Newspapers.com. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
  6. ^ Burg, Karen (23 May 2018). "The Middle". Set Decor.
  7. ^ Rosenberg, Anita (March 31, 2022). "An American correspondent visited Russia and Ukraine in 1929. He had some surprising insights". The Independent. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
  8. ^ Nissanoff, Daniel (2007). Future Shop: How to Trade Up to a Luxury Lifestyle Today. Penguin Publishing Group. ISBN 9780143112211. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
  9. ^ Higgins, Michelle (November 7, 2017). "Making Space for a Home Office". The New York Times. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
  10. ^ "How To Be The Star Of Your Life". Kirkus Review. 24 February 2024.
  11. ^ "Booklife Review". Booklife.
  12. ^ "Current Events". Independent Publisher Book Awards.
  13. ^ a b "Thelma and Louise cousins to Killer Bimbos". The Times. August 28, 1992. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
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