A THOUSAND AND ONE

A.V. ROCKWELL (Writer, director, executive producer) is an award-winning screenwriter and director. Named as one of Filmmaker Magazine’s “25 New Faces of Independent Film,” her distinctive voice has been celebrated for slyly addressing issues of race, identity and systemic oppression. Rockwell’s debut feature film, A THOUSAND AND ONE, was written and directed for Focus Features. The film stars Teyana Taylor and was produced by Sight Unseen, Make Ready and Hillman Grad. She has directed the Clio award-winning short film The Gospel for Alicia Keys and numerous high-end commercials, including Bumble’s Super Bowl LIII spot featuring Serena Williams. Rockwell’s short film Feathers was acquired by Searchlight Pictures ahead of its world premiere at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival. Both Feathers and her shorts series Open City Mixtape are streaming on the Criterion Collection. Rockwell studied filmmaking at NYU Tisch School of the Arts and has received fellowships from Tribeca Film Institute, the Sundance Institute and the John S. Guggenheim Foundation.