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Rowan Joseph has an extensive and varied career throughout the entertainment industry. His numerous credits include work as a professional film, TV, and stage actor, a film director and producer, an award-winning screenwriter, and a decades-long career as a producer and executive in the American Theater. He has worked at the highest level of the entertainment industry alongside such notable figures as Oscar winners Anne Hathaway, Rami Malek, Julie Andrews, Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Geraldine Page, and the legendary Katharine Hepburn. As an actor, Joseph began his career as a member of the prestigious Mirror Repertory Company in New York City alongside Academy Award-winners Anthony Hopkins, Geraldine Page, and F. Murray Abraham. TV credits include "Veep," "Gilmore Girls," a recurring role on the HBO series "Treme," and the FX/Hulu mini-series, "Class of '09." Film credits include "Haunted Mansion" w/Owen Wilson & LaKeith Stanfield, Pain Hustlers w/Emily Blunt & Chris Evans, "The Hill" w/ Dennis Quaid & Scott Glenn, "Grudge Match" w/Robert DeNiro & Sylvester Stallone, "The Campaign" w/Will Ferrell & Jason Sudeikis, "Princess Diaries 2" w/Anne Hathaway & Chris Pine, and "Raising Helen" w/Kate Hudson & Helen Mirren. Joseph produced & directed "Dalton Trumbo's Johnny Got His Gun," distributed by Magnolia Pictures' Truly Indie. The movie marked actor Ben McKenzie's ("Gotham," "Southland," "The O.C.") first starring role in a feature film and is available on Apple TV, Tubi, Amazon Prime Video, and other streaming services worldwide. As a screenwriter, Joseph co-wrote "The Pottsville Maroons" with Derek Heeren. The film is based on the true story of Tony Latone, a coal miner who carried his small town's team to the 1925 National Football League Championship only to have it forfeited. The screenplay was optioned and developed as a co-production with Penny Marshall. Joseph & Heeren's screenplay, "Hexe" is a horror/romance/thriller set in the Pennsylvania Amish country. It was a recent finalist in the 2023 ScreenCraft Horror Competition. Joseph's decades-long career as a producer and executive in the American Theater began in the early 1980s, as Executive Director of the West Bank Cafe's Laurie Beechman Theatre in Manhattan. He presented the early work of such diverse artists as Holly Hunter, Ben Stiller, Julianne Moore, Ethan Hawke, comic Lewis Black, and the comedy group The Kids in the Hall; as well as, such acclaimed writers, Aaron Sorkin, Alan Ball, Donald Margulies, and Peter Hedges. He produced the world premieres of, "Tapestry, the Music of Carole King" (Off-Broadway), and "The Queen of Bingo" (Off-Broadway, Los Angles, Chicago, and the national tour). He served as a consultant and executive at the Geffen Playhouse & the Blank Theatre Company in Los Angeles and as the Executive Artistic Director for five seasons at the Falcon Theatre, now the Garry Marshall Theatre, in Burbank, CA. From 2013 to 2020, he was the Producing Artistic Director at Totem Pole Playhouse outside Gettysburg, PA.

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