CONTACT: mwrossetti@gmail.com
Narrative Features:
"Here One Minute" - Eleanor Gaver (Arri Alexa)
"Bastards of Young" - Josiah Signor (Red One MX)
*Woodstock Film Festival 2013, IFP Post Production Labs, 2012
"Watching TV With the Red Chinese" - Shimon Dotan (Panavized Sony F-900)
As Operator:
"Good Girls Get High" - Laura Teruso (Alexa Mini) *B-cam Op, 2nd Unit DP, Russian Arm Op
"The Teacher" - Jeremy Engle (Red Epic) *B-camera Operator
"Pawn" - David A. Armstrong (Red Epic) *A-camera Operator
Narrative Shorts (Partial List):
"Running on Empty" - Doug Choi (Red Epic) (currently in post)
"The White Slippers" - Anne Bradford (16mm, B&W)
*Sedona Film Festival 2015
"Knives" - Aaron David Defazio (35mm, Color)
*Vail FF 2015, Lighthouse International FF 2015, Vimeo Staff Pick
"Top Floor" - Aaron David DeFazio (Red One MX)
*SXSW 2013, Genart 2013, Vimeo Staff Pick
"So You've Grown Attached" - Kate Tsang (Arri Alexa)
*Woodstock FF 2014, San Francisco IFF 2014, Atlanta FF 2014, Student Academy Awards, & more
"Plan B" - Sarah-Rose Meredith (S16mm, Color)
"Flood" - Katy Scoggin (35mm, Color)
*AspenShorts 2013
"Johnny Loves Dolores" - Clarissa de Los Reyes (Red One MX)
*Grand Jury Prize: San Diego Asian FF 2012; Busan International FF 2013
"Oysters Rockefeller" - Charles Rogers (Red One MX)
*LA Shorts Fest 2012
"Her Seat Is Vacant" - Bohdana Smyrnova (35mm B/W)
*Ron Tibbet Award: Magnolia Independent Film Festival 2011
"Beds Made, Sweaters On" - Lee Manansala (Sony F3)
"The Red Shoes" - Lindsay Bane (Red One MX)
*Rehoboth Beach Film Festival 2012
Documentary (partial list):
“Is Living With Your Parents the New American Dream?” - Jason Stefaniak/Freethink Media
“A History of Frogs” - Michael Rossetti/Frieze (Sony FX9 + FX6)
“Bringing Healthcare to The People” - Michael Wood/Freethink Media (Sony FS7)
*Location: Kenya
“The Paralyzed Racer Going Faster Than Ever” - Matthew Fridge/Freethink Media (Sony FS7; Panasonic GH5)
“Teaching Kids to Read in as Little as 50 Days” - Michael Wood/Freethink Media (Sony FS7)
*Locations: India
"Using Genetically Modified Pigs to Model Rare Genetic Diseases" - Michael Wood/Freethink Media (Canon C300 II)
"Promenade" - Katy Scoggin (Sony FS7) *in post-production
"Flood" - Katy Scoggin (Sony FS7)
*IFP Labs 2018
"Other Music" - R. Hatch-Miller & P. Basu (Sony FS5)
*Tribeca Film Festival 2019
"Bystander Revolution" - Michael Wood (Canon C300) *various celebrity interviews
"Slavery By Another Name" - Sam Pollard (Panasonic Varicam) *interview segments only
*Sundance Film Festival 2012, Aired nationally on PBS
"H is for Human" - Shimon Dotan (Panasonic HDX-900)
*Locations Include: India, Uganda, South Africa, Austria, USA
"Burma's Nuclear Puzzle" - Natan Dotan (Panasonic Varicam 2700)
*Segment for PBS's "Need to Know"
"Creative Futures" - Zao Wang (Canon 7D)
*TV miniseries for Shanghai TV
"Stern Unscripted" - Marc Parees (Sony EX3)
Commercial + Branded Content:
Uqoura: “UTIFOMO” (commercial) dir. Bobby Webster (Arri Alexa)
Winn-Dixie: “Savings Bowl” (broadcast commercial) dir. Bobby Webster (Sony Venice)
Kroger: “Cooking with Jeff” (4 Episodes) - dir. Alice Mathias (Sony FS7)
*Prod: Funny or Die
Charter Spectrum: "Summer Campaign 2017" - dir. Jetpacks Go! (Alexa Mini)
*Agency: Taxi Inc; Production Company: Rover Content
Frontline Plus: "As the Dog Barks" - dir. Greg Abbey (Amira)
*Meredith
Stoneyfield Yogurt: "No Matter How You Mom" - dir. Jetpacks Go! (Amira)
*Vacationland + Via
Mountain Dew Kickstart: "#GimmeKicks" - dir. John Santora (Sony F5)
*Prod: Magnet Media
American Greetings: "Just Wink" - dir. Tom Scharpling (Arri Alexa)
*Prod: Production Company Productions
Fairpoint Communications: "Antique Store" - dir. Alden Ford (Canon C300)
*Prod: Jetpacks Go!
Norton Zone: "The Disentangler" & "Grilled Cheese" - dir. John Santora (Sony FS700)
*Prod: Magnet Media
Trident: "Paid in Layers" - dir. John Santora (iPhone)
*Prod: Vayner Media & Magnet Media
Norton Online Backup: "Protect the Stuff that Matters" - dir. Shruti Gangulay (Canon 5D MK3)
*Prod: Magnet Media
Subway: "Tech Up" (branded web series) - dir. Charles Rogers (Sony F3)
*Prod: Promotion Pictures
Silk Soy Milk: "A Taste for Everyone" - Alden Ford (Panasonic Varicam 2700)
*Prod: JetPacks Go! / Horizon Media
Fig Foods: "The Date" - dir. Luke Matheny (Panasonic HVX-200)
*Prod: Torch Films
BBC America/Dr. Who: "Where is the Tardis?" - dir. Ryan Silbert (Sony EX3)
*Prod: Toy Closet Films
Music Videos:
Aimee Mann - "Goose Snow Cone" - dir. Rob Hatch-Miller & Puloma Basu (DJI Osmo Raw)
Real Estate - "Crime" - dir. Tom Sharpling (Sony F5)
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings-"Stranger to My Happiness"-dir. R. Hatch-Miller & P. Basu (Sony F5)
Monster Magnet - "Mindless Ones" - dir. Tom Scharpling (Canon C300)
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - "White Christmas" - dr. Rob Hatch-Miller & Puloma Basuc (Sony F5)
Stose - "Misfits" - dir. Ash Smith (Sony F5)
Trav - "Celebrate" - dir. Prime Cut (Red Scarlet)
TELEVISION & Episodic:
“Gabby’s Dollhouse” - Netflix - dir. Alden Ford (Sony F5)
- All live action segments for Season 1
“Birds of North America with Jason Ward” - Topic - dir. Rob Meyer (Sony FS7)
- “Big Metal Birds of LAX”, “Birding While Brown in The Angeles National Forest”
“Snapped” - Oxygen - various producers/directors (Sony FS7, DJI Osmo+)
- Various episodes in seasons 25 & 26
"Wyatt Cenac: Brooklyn" (Intro & outro sequences) - Rob Hatch-Miller & Puloma Basu (5D Mk3)
- Netflix stand-up comedy special
"Night Train with Wyatt Cenac" - SeeSo - dir. Rob Hatch-Miller & Puloma Basu (Sony F5)
- Season 1; all episodes as Camera Operator, live stand-up comedy show
"Pandora's Box" - Investigation Discovery - dir. Jason Fisher (Sony F3)
- Episode 104 "Married to Death", 205 & 206
"Vengeance: Killer Neighbors” - HLN - various directors/producers (Sony FS7)
- Season 1: various episodes
"Record Smashers" - Verizon Go 90 - dir. Jetpacks Go! (Sony PMW-200, GoPro, etc)
- Season 1; all episodes as A-Camera Operator, Sports/Reality TV show
"I'd Kill For You" - Investigation Discovery - various directors (Canon C300)
- Season 3; various episodes as 2nd Unit and 1st Unit DP
"The First 48 Presents Killer Verdict" - A&E - dir. Joey Grossfield (Arri Alexa) *re-creation scenes only*
- Special Episode of "The First 48"
"Tripolar" - dir. Eleanor Gaver - (Black Magic Cinema Camera, Sony FS7)
- Season 1, 2 & 3; web series
"The Vanilla Ice Project" - DIY Network - (Sony PMW-200, DSLRs, GoPros)
- Season 5; Reality/Home-Renovation TV show, position included producing as well as shooting
"We're Newbridge, We're Comin to Get YA!'" - dir. Tom Scharpling (Sony PMW-200)
- Comedy special for Adult Swim
"Make Talk" - dir. Liza Glucoft - (Sony FS5 & A7S)
- Branded web talk show for Darby Smart & INE
"F to 7th" - dir. Ingrid Jungermann (Canon 5D Mk3)
- Season 2 Episodes 3 & 6; web series
"Twenty Five" - dir. Josh Duboff (Canon 5D Mk3)
- Entire first season; web series
"Hip Hop Adventures" - dir. Michael Ratner (Sony F5)
- Pilot episode; Reality/Documentary TV show, produced by FUSE
"A One and A Two" - dir. Lee Manansala (Canon 5D Mk3)
- Various segments; web series
Other/WEB:
"Jared & Ivanka" - dir. Langan Kingsley (Canon C300)
- Funny or Die original, series of comedy shorts
"Big Bird Interns at Funny or Die" - dir. Matt Mayer
- FOD original, featuring (the real) Big Bird, The Count and Bobby Moynahan
Industrials/Corporate/Internal:
Clients include: L'Oreal USA; Google; JP Morgan Chase; Pepsi Co; Martha Stewart; Sears; DirecTV; TED Talks; Illy Coffee; Girl Scouts of America; The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative; NYU's Stern School of Business, & many more.
Awards:
- Genart Film Festival 2013: Cinematography Award for "Top Floor"
- First Run Film Festival 2013: Cinematography Award for "Plan B"
- First Run Film Festival 2012: Commendation for Cinematography for "Johnny Loves Dolores", "Candlesticks", "Oysters Rockefeller" & "Her Seat is Vacant"
- Women's Independent Film Festival 2012: Cinematography Award for "The Astral Woman"
- First Run Film Festival 2011: Commendation for Cinematography for "Lena and Me"
Education:
New York University: Master of Fine Arts in Film, 2011
California State University Long Beach: B.A. in Film & Electronic Arts, 2006
Equipment:
Camera: Sony FS7, Canon 5D Mk3
Lenses: Canon 24-70mm L 2.8, Canon 70-200mm L 2.8, Angenieux 20-120 T2.9, variety of vintage Canon FD lenses
Support: Manfrotto 504HD, slider
Lighting: LiteGear Litemat 2 (S2), Astra 4x Daylight, LiteGear custom car kit, basic grip accessories
Audio: Sennheiser G3 wireless lav kit, Rode NTG-2 mic