Where film, finance, and philanthropy meet.

 

Rosser Goodman is the Founder & CEO of TANŌ RISING FILM. A filmmaker and Hollywood domain expert with more than 20 years of experience, her distinguished perspective is a rare combination of hands-on production experience and executive leadership in story development and film distribution.

Rosser saw that the commercial model leaves exceptional screenplays behind because they are judged primarily on marketability and profit. She built TANŌ RISING FILM so philanthropy greenlights the films the commercial system will not. Through Philanthropic Film Finance®, TANŌ gives benefactors the power to create catalytic change through cinema.

 

Rosser began her professional career on an NBC television series co-produced by Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment. She later founded Circle Content, with offices on the Paramount Studios lot, where she expanded her experience in story development, production, and film distribution.

She directed and produced the feature films Holding Trevor and Love or Whatever, both of which secured domestic and international distribution and screened at film festivals worldwide. The Los Angeles Times praised her direction as “suspenseful and involving” and tinged with humor and pathos. Variety wrote that she "delivers a polished product with solid tech values.” The Hollywood Reporter selected Rosser as one of Outfest’s “5 in Focus” directors.

Her career spans independent film, television, streaming, commercial production, film festivals, and distribution. Her work has appeared on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, Apple, PBS, and Revry, with professional experience that includes Disney, Lionsgate, NBCUniversal, MTV, HBO Max, Peacock, Samsung, Toyota, Meta, and Chevron.

 

Rosser is a philanthropist, social entrepreneur, solutionist, memoirist, and private investor whose interests include real estate, alternative assets, and companies founded by women creating economic opportunity and measurable change.