Win Rosenfeld

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Win Rosenfeld
Born (1978-02-22) February 22, 1978 (age 45)
New York, New York, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater Grinnell College
Occupations
  • Screenwriter
  • Producer
Years active2005–present

Win Rosenfeld (born February 22, 1978) is an American screenwriter and producer, best known for his collaborations with Jordan Peele.

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Early life

Rosenfeld was born in New York, New York on February 22, 1978. He graduated from Grinnell College in May 2000. [1]

Career

In October 2017, Rosenfeld was hired as the president and CEO of Jordan Peele's company Monkeypaw Productions. [2] [3] Before he joined Monkeypaw Productions, Rosenfeld produced several cult television series, including Nova ScienceNow and Dark Net . [4] After his promotion, Rosenfeld has produced more popular television series such as the 2019 reboot of The Twilight Zone , Weird City , [5] [6] Lorena , [7] [8] The Last O.G. , [9] and Hunters . [10] [11] He also co-wrote the screenplay for the supernatural slasher film Candyman (2021), alongside Peele and Nia DaCosta. [12] In October 2020, Rosenfeld and Peele signed on to produce the remake of Wes Craven's 1991 horror film The People Under the Stairs . [13] In 2024, he produced the action thriller film Monkey Man [14] and the sports horror film Goat, both alongside Peele. [15]

Feature films

YearFilmWriterProducerNotes
2018 BlacKkKlansman [16] NoExecutive
2021 [17] Candyman [18] YesYes
2022 Moshari [19] NoExecutive
Nope [20] NoExecutive
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. [21] NoExecutive
Wendell & Wild [22] NoYes
2024 Monkey Man [14] NoYesPost-production

Television series

YearSeriesWriterProducerNotes
2005–08 Nova ScienceNow [4] NoYesDirected 2 episodes
Edited 8 episodes
2016 Dark Net [4] NoYes
2018–21 The Last O.G. [9] NoExecutive
2019 Weird City [23] NoExecutive
Lorena [24] NoExecutive
2019–20 The Twilight Zone [25] YesExecutiveEpisode: "The Who of You"
2020–23 Hunters [26] NoExecutive
2022 Quiet Part Loud [27] [28] NoExecutive

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  3. ↑ Luers, Erik (August 27, 2021). "Our #TellEveryone Hashtag is About Celebrating the Power of Black Art: Monkeypaw CEO and Co-writer Win Rosenfeld and Director of Social Impact Keisha Senter on Candyman". Filmmaker Magazine . Retrieved March 15, 2022.
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