JACQUELINE ELYSE ROSENTHAL is a Student Emmy-winning editor, writer and director. She holds an MFA degree in Film Production from the University of Southern California, where she was awarded the John Huston Award for Outstanding Directing. Three days after graduation, she was in Cannes promoting her official selection graduate thesis film "BACKLOG" - the true story of a survivor’s mission to end the rape kit backlogs, screening in the American Pavilion's Emerging Filmmaker Showcase. Jacqueline's nine short films, namely "Til We Meet Again" (acquired by Omeleto) and "BACKLOG" have screened at over 70 film festivals. BACKLOG recently screened at Cannes Film Festival in the Emerging Filmmaker showcase was awarded the best student film award at the Oscar-Qualifying Cleveland International Film Festival, Best Writer and Best Director at the Feminist Media Festival, and has two upcoming Oscar-Qualifying festivals. Jacqueline is also a College TV Award winning editor and won the editing Faculty award for her work on "Provenance" at USC's First Look. She has two features currently in development.