Helen's Nose - Short Film

I worked with Andrea Rosen (Stella, Upload, Transparent) on the Sundance short Squirrel in 2018. She asked me to her produce her own mysterious, mind-bending, mini-body-horror short film Helen’s Nose. I said hell yes.

We shot this over the summer in 2020 and Alex Mechanik and I edited it in the months after. Many li’l nose VFX shots later, we came out with something that is both endearing and funny. I love it. Give it a watch.

Synopsis: An overlooked woman finds much needed confidence when she experiences the horror of growing a 2nd nose.

Written & Directed by Andrea Rosen

Produced & Edited by Ted Marsden

Helen’s Nose is an Official Selection at a number of festivals including Woodstock Film Festival, SF Indie Fest, and 8th Annual NoHo Cinefest, where Andrea Rosen was also nominated for Best Actress.

Official selection at
23rd Annual Woodstock Film Festival
2022 San Francisco Independent Film Festival
2022 deadCenter Film Festival
2022 Kansas City Film Festival International
2022 New York Cine Fest
11th Annual McMinnville Short Film Festival
8th Annual NoHo Cinefest (nominated for Best Actress)

Director's Bio: Andrea Rosen is the director, co-producer, writer and star of HELEN’S NOSE. Before this project, Andrea directed, wrote, co-produced and starred in another short film called THE RAIN PONCHO. She also made the short film AND I NEED A HAIRCUT (Vimeo staff pick). Pre-pandemic, Andrea ran a stand up show in LA called “All That Jazz”, and performed regularly at UCB. Andrea is also an actor who’s been seen in UPLOAD, TRANSPARENT, EPISODES, GET SHORTY, AND STELLA. In 2013, Rosen had her own show on NickMom called TAKE ME TO YOUR MOTHER, a comedic documentary about motherhood that ran for 2 seasons.