Bethany Rooney (formally credited as Beth Hillshafer and Bethany Rooney Hillshafer) is an American television director and producer who has worked on over three dozen television series and made-for-television films. In addition, Rooney has directed various episodes of the American TV series, NCIS. She has also directed a number of made-for-television films, including Locked Up: A Mother's Rage (1991) also released as - starring Cheryl Ladd & Jean Smart, Mixed Blessings (1995), Remembrance (1996), Full Circle (1996), She Cried No (1996), When Innocence Is Lost (1997) and The Promise (1999).