Rona Edwards

A graduate of California Institute of the Arts with a degree in theatre, Rona Edwards became Vice President of Creative Affairs for multiple Emmy-winner John Larroquette (Night Court), Academy-Award W ...Show More

A graduate of California Institute of the Arts with a degree in theatre, Rona Edwards became Vice President of Creative Affairs for multiple Emmy-winner John Larroquette (Night Court), Academy-Award Winner Michael Phillips Productions (The Sting, Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, Taxi Driver) and Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated Producer Fern Field (Monk, Heartsounds) before she was dragged kicking and screaming into the world of independent producing. As a Producer, she Co-Produced and/or Executive Produced One Special Victory (NBC) starring John Larroquette, The Companion (USA/Sci Fi Channel) directed by Gary Fleder, I Know What You Did (ABC) starring Rosanna Arquette, Out Of Sync (VH1) starring Gail O'Grady, and Der Morder Meiner Mutter (Sat.1/Studio Hamburg) for German television. She set up Matchmakers, a feature at Warner Bros. based upon an article she found in People magazine and developed and sold a movie, Blind Trust, which aired in 2007 on Lifetime television. Edwards optioned a series of books subtitled "Crimes of Fashion" by Ellen Byerrum. Two of those books ("Killer Hair" and "Hostile Makeover"), Edwards produced for the Lifetime Movie Network.She is also working on a number of documentaries including one with award-winning documentarian, Barbara Multer-Wellin about Military Nurses, which will examine war through the POV of nurses who were there healing the wounded. She produced "Unforgettable" written and directed by Eric Williams ("Mad City," "Out Of Sync"), which tells the story of his brother who has what is called hyperthymesia - the autobiographical ability to recall every day of his life that aired on PBS Wisconsin. She executive produced the awarding-winning documentary, "Selling Sex In Heaven," directed by Meredith Ralston which won the Beyond Borders Award for Documentary Film, the Juror's Award at the Big Bear Lake Int'l Film Festival, and aired on the CBC.Edwards has had projects made and/or in development with many of the major networks and studios including a script deal at ABC, movies at CBS, ABC, NBC, Hearst Entertainment, VH1, HBO, Phoenix Pictures, Edward R. Pressman, Motor City Films, Warner Bros., Alan Landsberg Productions, The David Wolper Organization, Lifetime, Incendo Media, All Girl Productions and Wilshire Court, to name a few.With Monika Skerbelis, a former VP at Universal Pictures, she wrote "I Liked It, Didn't Love It (Screenplay Development From The Inside Out!)" now in its 3rd edition and "The Complete Filmmakers Guide to Film Festivals" - both are used as textbooks at universities worldwide. Edwards was also contributing writer to The Beachwood Voice, The Los Feliz Ledger and a column "Rona's Reel Take" for the NY publication, NeoWorld Review, in which she rants and raves about the film business. She has also written music reviews for FAME (The Folk Acoustic Music Exchange) online. She's been a restaurant reviewer and feature writer for numerous publications and is a contributing writer to Produced By Magazine, the official magazine of the Producers Guild of America.Edwards spent 4 years teaching FilM, TV & Transmedia Producing in Singapore where she was an Assistant Professor at Chapman University's Singapore Campus, teaching Creative Producing &Development, Screenwriting, Producing for Television and Overview of Creative Transmedia Producing to name a few courses and continues to teach Screenwriting, Producing, TV producing and New Media, Business of Screenwriting classes for Chapman University at Dodge College, Columbia College Chicago's Semester in LA, Riverside City College and has taught Finance in Media for the University of Miami to name a few. Hide