Welcome to Decorating the Set: From Hollywood to Your Home with Beth Kushnick! This week on Decorating the Set, Beth and Caroline sit down to chat with Rosemary Rodriguez, the prolific director of some of your favorite television shows from the last 20 years, including The Walking Dead, Your Honor, and The Good Wife! Rosemary is also the writer, director, and producer on 2 feature films, Acts of Worship and Silver Skies. Rosemary’s passion for the work shines through in this interview and we are so excited for you to hear it.

The Interview with Rosemary begins at Time Code: 5:27

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GUEST BIO: Rosemary Rodriguez

Rosemary’s upcoming feature Hail Mary, starring Jack Huston and Angela Sarafyan, had its world premiere at SXSW, where it was named one of the Best Horror Films. It was Opening Night film at the DTLA Film Festival, taking home Best Director and Best Actor prizes.

Rosemary also wrote and directed the Sundance feature Acts of Worship, which was nominated for 2 Independent Spirit Awards and received a glowing New York Times review. Her second feature, Silver Skies, executive produced by Fred Roos (The Godfather) and Arthur Sarkissian (Rush Hour), went on to many festival awards, including the Audience Award at FLIFF.

Rosemary directed TV episodes of Elsbeth; the series finale of Showtime’s Your Honor with Bryan Cranston; and James Gunn’s Peacemaker, with John Cena for HBOMax. Past episodes include The Walking Dead, Dickinson with Hailee Steinfeld, Marvel/Netflix series Jessica Jones with Krysten Ritter, Apple’s Truth Be Told, starring Octavia Spencer, The Tick, The Good Wife (18 episodes, including the 100th). She was Executive Producer/Director on Apple’s Home Before Dark, with Brooklynn Prince, and Producer/Director on Jason Katim’s Rise with Auli’i Cravalho.

Upcoming films are The Wonder Yard, starring Jacki Weaver, Tony Shaloub and Kate Mara; and Gated, produced by Rick Telles (A Million Miles Away).

Rosemary is an active member of the DGA, WGA and an Icon Member of Alliance of Women Directors. She lives in LA and NYC with her husband Nestor Rodriguez.

Follow Rosemary on Instagram: @rosemarydirects

Rosemary’s Website: https://www.rosemaryrodriguez.com/

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