Rosalind Ross, Screenwriter & Director
Rosalind Ross, Screenwriter & Director
AMBITION Advisory Board
Rosalind has developed scripts for some of Hollywood’s leading talent such as Reese Witherspoon, David Oyelowo, Casey Affleck and Mark Wahlberg. Her projects have garnered attachments from directors such as Reed Morano, Anthony Hemingway and Mel Gibson, and producers such as Gianni Nunnari, Stephen Levinson, and the Oscar-nominated Robbie Brenner and Chuck Roven. Her spec script BARBARIAN earned a spot on the 2016 Black List and is being produced by Atlas Entertainment. Having written for studios such as Bold Films, Paramount Pictures, Warner Horizon and Walden Media in both film and television, Rosalind is currently making her directorial debut with STU, a script she wrote, produced by Stephen Levinson and Mark Wahlberg with Mark Wahlberg starring as the titular character.
Rosalind is a former world champion in the sport of equestrian vaulting, a theatrical combination of dance and acrobatics on horseback, and holds the most team World Championship medals of any American female.In 2017, she adapted the WWII novel HELL FROM THE HEAVENS for Hollywood Gang, which has Mel Gibson attached to direct and Mark Wahlberg attached to star. The film is slated to begin production in early 2019. She also wrote BARBIE AND RUTH for Bold Films with Reese Witherspoon attached to star, as well as TRAIL OF TEARS for Oscar nominated producer Robbie Brenner, and BLACK SAM, for Casey Affleck.
Rosalind grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and headed east after high school, graduating from Emerson College with a degree in writing and literature with an emphasis on historical nonfiction. She is a former world champion in the sport of equestrian vaulting, a combination of dance, theater and acrobatics on horseback, and holds the most team World Championship medals of any American female. Rosalind defines ambition as channeling desire into relentless pursuit.