Gustavo Rosa Portrait

Gustavo Rosa

Assistant Professor, Department of Film and Television

About Gustavo Rosa

Gustavo Rosa was born in Tubarão, Brazil, and raised in Boston, MA. He is a writer, director, and producer. His family immigrated to the United States when he was 12 years old.

In 2014, he was the associate producer of “That Film About Money” Parts 1 and 2, segments in the Webby-Award winning “WE THE ECONOMY” omnibus film. In 2016, he was the associate producer of INDIGNATION, based on the novel by Philip Roth and adapted and directed by James Schamus. He is currently the associate producer in “LOVE AND CAPITAL”, a mini-series on the life of Karl Marx.

Between 2016 and 2018, he was a production coordinator at Symbolic Exchange, James Schamus’ production company. While there he worked on a number of feature films, including “Kitty Greens CASTING JONBENET” (Netflix Original) and “A PRAYER BEFORE DAWN” (A24, Cannes World Premiere). He is the producer of a feature-length dark-comedy set in Lima, Peru titled THE RESTORATION which deals with issues of rapid urbanization.

THE RESTORATION was the winner of a DAFO award, Peru’s most prestigious film grant. THE RESTORATION had its world premiere at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival in 2020 and went on to play in Vancouver International FF 2020, Beijing International FF2021 and Guadalajara International FF 2021.

He is currently producing two feature length documentaries.

Education

  • MFA, Columbia University
  • BA, Williams College