Dana Rotberg

Biography

Dana Rotberg Rotschild (b. 11 Augiust 1960), better known simply as Dana Rotberg, is a Mexican film director and screenwriter based in Auckland, New Zealand. Born in Mexico City, she began her career with the documentary Elvira Luz Cruz, pena máxima (1985), followed by the feature Intimidad (1989). Her second feature, Ángel de fuego (1992), screened in the Directors’ Fortnight section of the 1992 Cannes Film Festival. Rotberg later wrote and directed Otilia Rauda (2001), which received a Sundance/NHK International Filmmakers Award in 2000. She returned to international attention with White Lies (2013), adapted from Medicine Woman by Witi Ihimaera; the film won her the WIFTs International Visionary Award for Best Director and was selected as New Zealand’s submission for the 86th Academy Awards (Best Foreign Language Film).