Biografia
Elizabeth (Liz) Allen Rosenbaum is an Emmy Award-winning and DGA Award-nominated director and producer. She is recognized for directing "Purple Hearts" starring Sofia Carson, which became Netflix's biggest movie opening in 2022, the Emmy-winning original musical "Sneakerella" for Disney Plus, and "Ramona and Beezus" for 20th Century Fox, featuring Selena Gomez, Joey King, and Sandra Oh.
With over 50 hours of content for major networks and studios, Liz has directed popular series such as "Dead to Me," "Empire," "Gossip Girl," "Why Women Kill," "The Exorcist," "All American," "The Resident," and "Vampire Diaries." She has directed and produced six television pilots including BH90210 (CBS/Fox), Spinning Out (Netflix), Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists (Warner Horizon/Freeform), The Kicks (Amazon), Relationship Status (Go-90), and Dating Rules From My Future Self (Hulu), all of which were picked up for series. Liz also directed five widely released films such as "Aquamarine," "Ramona and Beezus," and "Purple Hearts."
Throughout her career, Liz has received multiple nominations and awards. In 2017, she earned a DGA Award nomination for Outstanding Direction for Amazon's "The Kicks" pilot. Her series "Relationship Status," starring Milo Ventimiglia, was an official selection at the Tribeca Film Festival and received two daytime Emmy nominations. "BH90210" for CBS/Fox debuted as the highest-rated summer premiere in 2019 and was named an honorable mention for best show of the year by The New Yorker. The "Purple Hearts" original soundtrack, overseen by Liz, topped global charts upon release, with the single "Come Back Home" achieving gold status. "Purple Hearts" also ranks seventh on Netflix’s top ten most viewed movies of all time. Additionally, she won an Emmy for Best Fiction Special for "Sneakerella." Liz has directed over a dozen successful music videos and was shortlisted for a Clio Award for a spec Coca-Cola commercial.
Liz began her career directing the 25-minute USC film "Eyeball Eddie," starring Martin Starr, M. Emmett Walsh, and Michael Rosenbaum, which led to her first feature film opportunity at 20th Century Fox. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Cornell University and completed graduate studies at USC, where she received the Jack Nicholson Award for strongest directing candidate.
She serves on the board of "Cornell in Hollywood" and is a professor at USC's film school. Liz lives in Los Angeles with her writer/producer husband Scott, their son Theo, and their two dogs, Tony and Cookie Rosenbaum. @thisislizallen
