Tammie Rosen, who had served since 2020 as the chief communications officer for the Sundance Film Institute, has died of cancer at the age of 49. From 2007 to 2019, she had previously been the executive vice president of communications and programming at the Tribeca Film Institute in New York City.
In announcing her passing, Ebs Burnough, chair of the Sundance Institute’s board of directors, issued the following statement: “All of us at Sundance Institute are profoundly saddened by the passing of Tammie Rosen following a courageous battle with cancer. Tammie was a remarkable leader whose integrity, compassion, and unwavering commitment to our organization will have a lasting impact. Under her stewardship, Sundance Institute’s story was told with heart and authenticity because, quite simply, she embodied the joy and power of our mission. Tammie had an extraordinary ability to connect and inspire; she led with purpose and heart, always guided by an ethic of excellence, empathy, and genuine care for others. Her warmth, generosity, and laugh were infectious, and her keen intelligence and moral character inspired her colleagues not only at Sundance Institute but across the industry.”
Tammie Rosen was beloved in the industry for her hard work and for her commitment to independent filmmakers. She began her career with Kenneth Cole Productions and with the Rubenstein public relations agency in New York.During her tenure, Rosen helped Sundance communicate its response to the COVID pandemic, when the festival went online, as well as its planned move from Park City, Utah to Boulder, Colorado next year.
Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal, her former employers at Tribeca, issued the following statement upon Rosen’s passing: “It is with profound sadness that Bob and I mourn the passing of Tammie Rosen … Tammie started working with us in 2004, just eight days before the third edition of Tribeca as the co-lead on our PR account with Rubenstein. Three years later in 2007 she joined us full time — and for the next 16 years we watched this extraordinary dynamic woman help us build Tribeca. Tammie’s passion, commitment, selflessness, hard work, love of our community, the arts, filmmakers, and the stories they tell was infectious. She helped build creative strategies that expanded Tribeca outside our backyard to Rome, Beijing, and Doha and into areas of innovation, music, and sports.”
De Niro and Rosenthal added, “We will forever be in awe of her tireless dedication, her impeccable ethics, her remarkable leadership, her humor, her love of Bruce Springsteen, her trademark red lipstick, and most of all her friendship. She was singularly just remarkable. We send our heartfelt sympathy to her mom Sheryle, sister Stefani, brother Brian, and the rest of her family and friends.”
Rosen’s funeral will be live-streamed from Cherry Hill, NJ on Friday, December 5 at 10:00 a.m. ET. Memorial donations can be made to Temple Beth Sholom, the Kenneth Rosen Endowment Fund, or the American Cancer Society.
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