Biographie
John Rosenberg attended UC Berkeley and then UCLA where he graduated with honors from the film school. For over thirty years, he has worked in the motion picture industry as a film editor, as well as a producer and production executive for several independent studios including LIVE Entertainment (Artisan) where he was in charge of post-production for Wes Craven's Wishmaster, the Christopher Walken thriller Suicide Kings, and others. As a film editor, he has worked on nearly three dozen feature films for such companies as 20th Century Fox, Lorimar, Orion, New Line and Artisan. His feature projects include the Jack Nicholson film Man Trouble, Made in Heaven starring Tim Hutton and Debra Winger, Below Utopia starring Justin Theroux, Mannequin 2, the cult favorites Mac and Me and Poison Ivy 3 starring Jaime Pressly, the classic Christmas film Prancer, starring Sam Elliott and Cloris Leachman, as well as Official Selections in the Sundance Film Festival (Horseplayer and The Convent). Along with his feature work, Rosenberg has written and edited a variety of reality-based and documentary projects. He edited the award-winning documentary More Than the Rainbow, about New York street photographers, as well as the miniseries The Gift of Fear, based on the #1 bestselling book. He was one of the main editors for National Geographic's acclaimed documentary series, Expeditions to the Edge. Recently, Focal Press published the 2nd edition of his in-depth guide to modern film editing, The Healthy Edit: Creative Editing Techniques for Perfecting Your Movie. His latest feature work, Pursued, stars Molly Ringwald, Sam Trammel and Paul Sorvino. He continues to teach motion picture editing at the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts. Rosenberg's award winning novel Tincture of Time (Mischievous Muse Press) debuted at the L.A. Times Festival of Books at USC.
