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Stephanie Rothman (born November 9, 1936, in Paterson, New Jersey) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter, known for her low-budget independent exploitation films made in the 1960s and 1970s, especially The Student Nurses (1970) and Terminal Island (1974).
Writer/director Stephanie Rothman was one of the few female filmmakers who specialized in low-budget drive-in exploitation fare in the '60s and '70s. Her movies are distinguished by gutsy, strong-willed and sympathetic women main characters and a radical libertarian feminist point of view.
- Writer, Director, Producer
- November 9, 1936
- Stephanie Rothman
Jul 23, 2022 · Explore the diverse and influential career of Stephanie Rothman, who directed The Student Nurses, The Velvet Vampire and Terminal Island. Learn how she blended genre, politics and style to create cult classics that transcend exploitation cinema.
- Benjamin Crabtree
ST. LOUIS — Stephanie Rothman got her start in journalism when she was a student at University of Texas at Austin to get her bachelor’s degree. Her education continued to...
Mar 7, 2016 · Stephanie Rothman was a pioneer of women-centered films in the 1970s, working with Roger Corman and making The Student Nurses. Learn about her career, influences, and challenges in this interview with Interview Magazine.
Now eighty-six, Stephanie Rothman, who studied filmmaking at USC in the early ’60s and was the first woman to receive the Directors Guild of America fellowship, began working in 1964 as an assistant to Corman, then a macher with American International Pictures.
Stephanie Rothman was a female filmmaker who made exploitation movies with feminist themes in the '60s and '70s. She worked for Roger Corman and Dimension Pictures, and was the first lady to get a Directors Guild of America fellowship.
