Jay Rosenblatt, MA in Counseling Psychology, spent many years working as a therapist. Film instructor since 1989 at various schools in the Bay area, San Francisco. Has been making films since 1981.
He is an internationally recognized artist who has been working as an independent filmmaker since 1980 and has completed over twenty-five films. His work explores our emotional and psychological cores. They are personal in their content yet universal in their appeal. His films have received over 100 awards and have screened throughout the world. A selection of his films had theatrical runs at the Film Forum in New York and at theaters around the country. Eight of his films have been at the Sundance Film Festival and several of his films have shown on HBO/Cinemax, the Independent Film Channel and the Sundance Channel. Articles about his work have appeared in the Sunday NY Times Arts & Leisure section, the LA Times, the NY Times, Filmmaker magazine and the Village Voice. Jay is a recipient of a Guggenheim, a USA Artists grant and a Rockefeller Fellowship.
Jay is originally from New York and has lived in San Francisco for many years. Since 1989, he has taught film at various universities in the Bay Area, including Stanford University, S.F. State University, and the San Francisco Art Institute. He has a Master's Degree in Counseling Psychology and, in a former life, worked as a therapist.
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INQUIRE WITHIN
2012 / 16mm / color-b&w / sound / single screen / 3' 40 / 25 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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THE D TRAIN
2010-2011 / 16mm / color-b&w / sound / single screen / 4' 45 / 27 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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THE DARKNESS OF DAY
2005-2009 / 16mm / color-b&w / sound / single screen / 25' 50 / 100 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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FOUR QUESTIONS FOR A RABBI
2008 / 16mm / color-b&w / sound / single screen / 12' 00 / 39 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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AFRAID SO
2006 / 16mm / color-b&w / sound / single screen / 2' 40 / 24 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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I JUST WANTED TO BE SOMEBODY
2005-2006 / 16mm / color-b&w / sound / single screen / 9' 50 / 44 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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PHANTOM LIMB
2005 / 16mm / color-b&w / sound / single screen / 27' 50 / 100 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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FRIEND GOOD
2003 / 35mm / b&w / sound / single screen / 5' 00 / 27 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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I USED TO BE A FILMMAKER
2001-2003 / DVCAM / color / sound / single screen / 10' 18 / 44 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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PRAYER
2002 / 16mm / b&w / sound / single screen / 2' 39 / 24 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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NINE LIVES (THE ETERNAL MOMENT OF NOW)
2001 / 16mm / color-b&w / sound / single screen / 1' 00 / 24 € distribution: 16mm or Mini DV |
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WORM
2001 / 16mm / color / sound / single screen / 2' 00 / 24 € distribution: 16mm or Digital file on server |
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KING OF THE JEWS
2000 / 16mm / color-b&w / sound / single screen / 18' 00 / 62 € distribution: 16mm |
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RESTRICTED
1999 / 16mm / color-b&w / sound / single screen / 1' 00 / 24 € distribution: 16mm or Digital file on server |
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HUMAN REMAINS
1998 / 16mm / b&w / sound / single screen / 30' 00 / 101 € distribution: 16mm or DCP on USB stick or Digital file on server |
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THE SMELL OF BURNING ANTS
1994 / 16mm / color-b&w / sound / single screen / 21' 00 / 72 € distribution: 16mm |
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SHORT OF BREATH
1990 / color / sound / single screen / 10' 00 / 41 € distribution: 16mm |