Short Bio
Rodes grew up acting in Los Angeles, started at the age of six and worked on shows like Wonder Years, Empty Nest, Blossom. After high school she received her Bachelors in Theater from UC Irvine. She shifted gears and focused on law for a few years while she studied serveral forms of martial arts.
Eventually she returned to her love for performance and continued on to get her Masters from USC in Writing for Film and Television. Over the past few years, she's coupled her directing with studying under Tom Irwin at Steppenwolf West.
Her leisure activities are far from leisure as she teaches kickboxing and studies at the Inosanto Academy of Martial Arts. After completing nearly a half dozen triathlons, she decided to win the Equinox Nationwide Cycling Challenge.
Intensity comes natural to her, as does kindness and charity. She starts her mornings off with affirmations, can be found meditating for hours and when she's not writing, she's usually reading or listening to audio books. She has a lot of big dogs who she loves passionately along with her two ridiculously cool adult children and punk rock husband.
Film
Whisper in the Static | Midnight Hour Studios | 1ST AD
Short film. In Post-production
Farewelling | unpaved rodes prod. | PRODUCER
Feature film. In Post-production
NEVER FORGOTTEN | Ty Gordon Film | PRODUCER
Feature film. In Post-production
Smoke 'N Mirrors | Cool Story Bro Prod. | PRODUCER
Short film. Official Selection Pasadena Int'l FF, Soho FF, Cleveland FF
Coyote | unpaved rodes prod. | WRITER | DIRECTOR
Feature film. Official Selection Burbank Int'l FF
DETACH | Frankie Ingrassia Project | PRODUCER
Short film. Official Selection California Women's FF, Shockfest FF
MindFULLness | unpaved rodes prod. | WRITER | DIRECTOR
Short film. Semi-finalist, AT&T Shapeathon
Double Sided | Big Whale Pictures | PRODUCER
Proof of Concept. In post-production
FOR GINA | unpaved rodes prod. | DIRECTOR | CO - PRODUCER
Short film
Julia’s Confession | unpaved rodes prod. | DIRECTOR | CO - PRODUCER
Short film
Going Home | David Beier Project | CO-DIRECTOR
VR Short film
Divorcing | Sundance Co//ab Project | DIRECTOR
Short film
FOLLOWED | Purple Wallpaper Prod. | DIRECTOR | WRITER
Feature film. In post-production
The Gist | USC 546 Project | DIRECTOR | WRITER
Short film
Education
MASTERS IN WRITING FOR FILM & TELEVISION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA
2012
BACHELORS IN THEATER/PLAYWRITING
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE
2006
ADVANCED SCENE STUDY
STEPPENWOLF WEST
w/ Tom Irwin
2018 - 2019
Accolades
2019 At&t Shapeathon Short Film Semi-finalist
2019 Sundance Co//ab Creative Producing Course Certification
2019 Sundance Co//ab Episodic Writing Course Certification
2019 Sundance Co//ab Fiction Directing Course Certification
2019 Sundance Co//ab Screenwriting Course Certification
2019 Emerge Screenwriting Short Finalist
2018 The New Hollywood Micro Grant Recipient
2017 Screencraft Screenwriting Feature Quarter Finalist
2014 NYC Midnight Screenwriters Challenge Finalist
2014 Sundance Screenwriting Lab Candidate - Finalist
Affliations
ALLIANCE OF WOMEN DIRECTORS
Member
2019 - Current
HOST | PODCAST PRODUCER
She Called Action Podcast
2018 - Current
ALZOUT BOARD MEMBER
2019 - Current
SUNDANCE Co//ab Community Leader 2019 - 2021
USC SCA ALUMNI NETWORK COMMITTEE MEMBER
2018 - 2021
SCRIPT COVERAGE MIRAMAX FILMS Office of BILL BLOCK
& MICHAEL LACHANCE
2018 - 2021
USC WCA BOARD MEMBER
FINANCE CHAIR
2019 - 2020
The New Hollywood
BOARD MEMBER
VP of CHARITY
2014 - 2019