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A. V. Rockwell (born Alina Victoria Rockwell) is an American film director. In 2023, she made her directorial feature film debut with the film A Thousand and One, which gave her a Gotham Award, a Black Reel Award, an Independent Spirit Award, a Director's Guild nomination, and nominations at the NAACP Image Awards.
A.V. Rockwell's films are of New York, by New York, and for New York. Born and raised in Queens, the filmmaker studied at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and cut her teeth helming short films with titles like Gotham F—king City and El Train, exploring race, identity and systemic oppression within vignettes of the city.
A.V. Rockwell is known for A Thousand and One (2023), Feathers (2018) and The Gospel (2016).
Apr 5, 2023 · It’s time to get familiar with A.V. Rockwell — the writer and director of her hit feature film debut “A Thousand and One,” which is continuing to run up numbers at the box office in addition to...
Apr 21, 2023 · A. V. Rockwell is an award-winning screenwriter and director. Named one of Filmmaker magazine’s “25 New Faces of Independent Film,” she has been celebrated for addressing issues of race, identity, and systemic oppression with her distinctive voice.
Mar 30, 2023 · For A.V. Rockwell, A Thousand and One was the result of a lifetime of heartbreak. The movie — her debut feature — is the filmmaker's response to feeling pushed out, to being overlooked, to never seeing Black women like herself or those around her represented in the breadth of their humanity on-screen.
Mar 29, 2023 · How A.V. Rockwell's A Thousand and One Pays Homage to A Forgotten NYC and Its Most Vulnerable Citizens. The writer-director talks about creating a vibrant '90s New York and tackling issues of...
