Sharon Rocky Roggio

Sharon “Rocky” Roggio is making her directorial debut with 1946: The Mistranslation That Shifted Culture and proudly joins the ranks of women filmmakers and documentarians. 1946 is winning festivals since its premiere at Doc NYC in November of 2022, winning the Audience Award and being the most viewed film in Doc NYC history. It has since played The Palm Springs International Film Festival (Best of Fest), BFI Flare LGBTQIA+ London, and The Cleveland International Film Festival (Roxanne T. Mueller Audience Choice Award for Best Film and CIFF47 DReam Maker Winner). Roggio has been honing her expertise in film and television producing for two decades and has worked on award-winning films and series, including “House of Cards,” “Parks and Recreation,” “W/ Bob and David,” “Whip It,” “Red Dawn” and “Flipped,”. She also had the privilege to work and meet crews across the country, having done several national commercial campaigns. She is a previous member of 3 IATSE film unions, Local 487 D.C./Baltimore/Virginia, Local 38 Detroit, and Local 161 New York. In May 2014, Roggio left her crew position at “House of Cards” and moved to Los Angeles to produce film and television full-time. In 2016, Roggio associate produced, and production designed GOOK, a feature film that premiered at Sundance in 2017 and won the Audience Award in the Next Category. In 2018 when she heard about the 1946 mistranslation in the Bible, Roggio immediately quit all her other endeavors and has focused all of

Format: Unscripted Features

Location: Los Angeles, California, United States