Ms. Rotondi is an archival film, photo, network news,
headlines and articles researcher with 25+ years of experience. Ms. Rotondi believes at the heart of any successful documentary is solid research.

Rosemary works with local, nationwide and international archives. Her wide range of experience includes working as researcher on the documentaries OUR NIXON (2013), TEENAGE (2013), RISK (2017), MAVIS! (2016), DRUNK STONED BRILLIANT DEAD (2016), MAKING THE BOYS (2011), and Academy Award-nominated documentaries REGRET TO INFORM (1999), INSIDE JOB (2010) and CITIZENFOUR (2014) among others. INSIDE JOB by Charles Ferguson was awarded an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2011. CITIZENFOUR by Laura Poitras was awarded an Academy Award for Best Documentary in 2015.

“The archival footage is the foundation of the film so before we even figured out what story we were going to tell, we started doing archival research and that process was led by an extraordinary researcher named Rosemary Rotondi and she worked with a team of researchers in Washington DC, Germany and England. And basically, we gave her a vast, expansive list of topics when we started working together and she returned an incredible amount of footage. From there, it gave us a sense of the scope of what we could cover - what periods we could cover, what storylines that were yielding results and then would refine that list and go further and get more material.”
Matt Wolf, director of TEENAGE,
Eye for Film, January 31, 2014 interview

“The archival riches, as well, cannot be overestimated
(crack New York-based archival researcher,
Rosemary Rotondi, really outdoes herself).”
BERLINALE ‘10 WRAP-UP’, a 2010 festival review

"Assiduous research ... also unearths some
amazing archival material."
The Village Voice, March 9, 2011 issue

"I also worked very closely with our chief archival researcher, Rosemary Rotondi, who is first rate."
Crayton Robey, in an interview with
Nick Orlando's column, TalkinBroadway.com

Rosemary was on the DOC NYC 2016 panel “Mastering Your Craft Day II: Getting Creatve with Archives.”
www.docnyc.net/film/mastering-your-craft-day-two-getting-creative-with-archives/

On February 22, 2015 Laura Poitras’ new documentary about Edward Snowden, CITIZENFOUR, received an Academy Award for Best Documentary. CITIZENFOUR, premiered in the 52nd New York Film Festival, October 10-11, 2014. The documentary opened at The IFC Center on October 24th, 2014. The film opened nationwide on November 8, 2014. Rosemary served on the documentary’s research team, as network news and C-Span researcher for this critically acclaimed documentary. CITIZENFOUR is now being shown on HBO.
citizenfourfilm.com
nytimes.com/aponline/2015/02/22/us/ap-us-oscars
hbo.com/#/documentaries/citizenfour
ifccenter.com/films/citizenfour/
filmlinc.com/nyff2014/films/citizenfour
variety.com/2014/film/reviews/film-review-citizenfour
hollywoodreporter.com/review/citizenfour-nyff-review
indiewire.com/article/review-edward-snowden

Rosemary served as the lead researcher on Matt Wolf's documentary TEENAGE, which opened last spring at The Landmark Sunshine Theater, NYC. The film traveled throughout the USA and overseas. An excerpt of the movie was featured in The New York Times T-Magazine online on March 11, 2014. TEENAGE is now available on DVD, ITunes, Amazon.com, Netflix.
teenagefilm.com/
teenagefilm.com/archives/directors-diary/making-teenage/
teenagefilm.com/seethefilm
timeout.com/us/film/teenage
indiewire.com/article
facebook.com/photo
eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2014-01-31-teenage-interview

CURRENTLY AVAILABLE ON CABLE TELEVISION FREE ON DEMAND or ON DEMAND, ITunes, Amazon.com, Netflix, Blueray

RISK by Laura Poitras on Showtime
sho.com/titles/3448964/risk

BEFORE THE FLOOD by Fisher Stevens and Leonardo DiCaprio
itunes.apple.com/us/movie/before-the-flood/

MAVIS by Jessica Edwards
hbo.com/documentaries/mavis.html

IRIS by Albert Maysles
magpictures.com/iris/

DRUNK STONED BRILLIANT DEAD
by Doug Tirola and 4th Row Films
magpictures.com/nationallampoon/

THE GREAT INVISIBLE by Margaret Brown thegreatinvisible.com/about

CITIZENFOUR by Laura Poitras, Praxis Films
citizenfourfilm.com

IT'S ME HILARY: The Man Who Drew Eloise by Matt Wolf
mattwolf.info/It-s-Me-Hilary

DANNY SAYS by Brendan Toller
dannysaysfilm.com/Danny_Says/Danny_Says.html

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Hiring an archival researcher is an
indispensable investment.

Experienced researchers add considerably to the quality of a documentary, film, commercial or video art tape. A skilled researcher is able to identify and evaluate imagery, better matching the visuals to your requirements. An adept, skilled researcher saves a client money and time.

An experienced researcher knows how to access sources more quickly. Just as important, researchers bring with them talents as visual assessors. Accurate research fleshes out a documentary, enriching it. One also avoids receiving prepackaged visual images, a system which accounts for the high incidence of documentaries sharing similar themes often utilizing the same archival footage.

Using an inexperienced intern or in-house assistant to do an experienced researcher's work can result in lower quality and less access to material due to lack of experience. This will have an impact on the entire production.The experienced archival researcher brings an individualized focus to your work in order to get you the best footage or photograph available, as quickly as possible, on deadline — and within your budget. Experienced researchers such as Ms. Rotondi also enjoy "preferred vendor" relationships with the archives with whom they work.

Be it for a historical or contemporary documentary, a skilled researcher is necessary and a worthy investment.