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Vanessa Roth

Actor, Director, Producer, Writer, Additional Credits
Vanessa Roth is an American filmmaker who writes, produces and directs non-fiction films and heads up social issue reform efforts through storytelling. She has won a number of film awards for her works, including a 2008 Academy Award for Best Short Documentary for Freeheld, an Emmy Honors Award for Social Impact and a IDA Nomination for best doc series for her Netflix series, Daughters of Destiny, an Alfred I duPont-Columbia award for Taken In: The Lives of America's Foster Children, Impact Doc Awards for Outstanding Achievement in filmmaking for The Girl and The Picture as well as two Sundance Special Jury Prizes, Cine Golden Eagles, Casey Medals and a MacArthur Grant. She is currently (2019) Directing the Untitled Mary J Blige Documentary feature for Amazon Studios.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Freeheld

Known For

  • Daughters of Destiny
  • Mary J Blige's My Life
  • American Teacher
  • Impact With Gal Gadot
  • Freeheld
  • The Last Wright: Building the Final Home Design of America's Greatest Architect
  • Anxious Nation
  • No Tomorrow
  • Aging Out
  • Liberation Heroes: The Last Eyewitnesses

Vanessa Roth Filmography

1994
Forrest Gump · as Hollywood Boulevard Girlfriend
1992
Melrose Place (TV Series) · as Meg
1990
Beverly Hills, 90210 (TV Series) · as Girl #2

2008
The 80th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner
2001
Democracy Now! (TV Series) · as Self
1953
The Academy Awards (TV Series) · as Self

2025
2021
Impact With Gal Gadot (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2017
2011
2007
2004
Aging Out · as Co-Producer

2016
Mr. Robot Virtual Reality Experience · as Executive Producer: Cause & Effect Media
2010
No Tomorrow · as Producer Director

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