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Filmmaker.

Ezra Rose is a filmmaker living on Lenape land/New York City. Born in Norfolk, England, Rose began their career in entertainment playing disgruntled children on television.

As part of the AFI DWW+ 2024-2025 program, they are making the narrative short film, OLD DYKES, a love story about old dykes.

Rose has directed several short films including CLOWN TITS, an experimental meditation on dysphoria told through drag, dance and queer history, and LIKE MAMMA MIA?, a comedy film about a woman who has the idea for Mamma Mia the musical, only to discover it’s already been made.

Between 2018 and 2023, Rose worked with MasterClass.com as a producer and director, proudly contributing to classes with individuals including Roxane Gay, Robin Roberts and Madhur Jaffrey. While at MasterClass, they served two years as co-chair of the LGBTQIA+ employee resource group where they used their organizing skills, education in LGBTQIA+ issues and personal experience to serve their community.

Rose is currently working on a documentary project, PAPER TIES, with a digital newsletter companion Gender Appropriate, about the radical history of community-generated transgender publications.

They are a Winter 2024 Guest Resident at Woodward Residency in Ridgewood, Queens.