http://ezrarose.me/thoughts daily 0.75 2023-04-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c58f34e4b03a67100aeb5b/4a154233-8759-4a1a-93cd-843e39d590c4/IMG_0998.jpg THOUGHTS - thoughts Everything I do as a filmmaker and video artist starts with two questions: What does this work need to do? And then, how can I serve it best? I proceed from there. I apply these questions to my directing, writing, producing, performance, and interviewing. This process asks me to be principled. For my questions around the purpose of the work to mean anything, I have to be clear about the values that filter into the work; Values of solidarity, liberation, compassion, generosity, and humor. I believe deeply in collaboration and community. I have fulfilled both leadership and support roles. I have collaborated with large groups and worked in silence, by myself, on the couch. I have worked with other filmmakers, start-ups, commercial companies, and, of course, punks. I have met so many incredible people, getting to know them the way I know best, through the act of creating together. My flexibility extends through repeated stretching. As a person who houses several different practices, I felt I had to find a way to represent that wholeness properly. This website reveals an archeological cross-section of my work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c58f34e4b03a67100aeb5b/4a154233-8759-4a1a-93cd-843e39d590c4/IMG_0998.jpg THOUGHTS - thoughts Everything I do as a filmmaker and video artist starts with two questions: What does this work need to do? And then, how can I serve it best? I proceed from there. I apply these questions to my directing, writing, producing, performance, and interviewing. This process asks me to be principled. For my questions around the purpose of the work to mean anything, I have to be clear about the values that filter into the work; Values of solidarity, liberation, compassion, generosity, and humor. I believe deeply in collaboration and community. I have fulfilled both leadership and support roles. I have collaborated with large groups and worked in silence, by myself, on the couch. I have worked with other filmmakers, start-ups, commercial companies, and, of course, punks. I have met so many incredible people, getting to know them the way I know best, through the act of creating together. My flexibility extends through repeated stretching. As a person who houses several different practices, I felt I had to find a way to represent that wholeness properly. 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The film uses surreal elements of fantasy, dance, and drag to delve into an experience of gender dysphoria. Pictured: Ezra Rose and Brendan McGowan, Clown Tits DP. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c58f34e4b03a67100aeb5b/1645480587690-7EVAGIJI1MZ542R9FTXZ/000024020020.jpg Clown Tits - Clown Tits production still. (Copy) Images of prescriptive feminine costuming create conditions for the consenting subject to disassociate in front of the camera. Pictured: Ezra Rose https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c58f34e4b03a67100aeb5b/1645480593470-JAOO1W9NPTZUV9F7NT9T/000024020021.jpg Clown Tits - Clown Tits production still. (Copy) The phrase “Clown Tits” was used by Ezra Rose to describe the body they inhabited pre-top surgery. Pictured: Clown Tits slate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c58f34e4b03a67100aeb5b/1645626807965-N733TQBR3JBVF5YXZTCK/IMG_0020.JPG Clown Tits - Clown Tits production still (Copy) Before access to gender-affirming surgery was granted, Ezra experienced many surreal fantasies of ways to transcend the body that incorrectly reflected their gender. Here the filmmaker attempts to capture one of those fantasies, eliciting the frustration and comedy inherent in pre-medical transition. Pictured: Evan Hyde (art), Brendan McGowan (DP), Brian Bahe (Actor), and Ezra Rose. http://ezrarose.me/like-mamma-mia daily 0.75 2025-10-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c58f34e4b03a67100aeb5b/1646412881396-1OBL7U0BORD35VPT8HCE/2021.06.12%2BMamma%2BMia%2BBTS_9405.jpg Like, Mamma Mia? - Like, Mamma Mia production still (Copy) Summer 2021, Ezra Rose directed the short comedy film Like, Mamma Mia, written by Melissa Rich. Pictured: Ezra Rose gives direction to actors, David Odyssey and Melissa Rich in between takes. Photo by Arin Sang-Urai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c58f34e4b03a67100aeb5b/1646182491689-Q19N939QJMIQVUF8SFN2/2021.06.12+Mamma+Mia+BTS_9384.jpg Like, Mamma Mia? - Like, Mamma Mia production still (Copy) Summer 2021 Ezra Rose directed the short comedy film Like, Mamma Mia, written by Melissa Rich. Pictured: Ezra gives direction to David Odyssey in between takes. Photo by Arin Sang-Urai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c58f34e4b03a67100aeb5b/1646151937275-YBR8YI4VLZ27JM8J5AKR/IMG_7950.jpg Like, Mamma Mia? - Like, Mamma Mia production still (Copy) Actors David Odyssey and Melissa Rich pose for a photo between takes. Photo by Ezra Rose. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c58f34e4b03a67100aeb5b/1645480905387-HXPML3UOJ204O7JT4ON1/IMG_8176.jpg Like, Mamma Mia? - Like, Mamma Mia production still (Copy) Photo of actors Melissa Rich and David Odyssey on the monitor during filming of Like, Mamma Mia. Photo by Arin Sang-Urai http://ezrarose.me/masterclass daily 0.75 2025-10-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c58f34e4b03a67100aeb5b/1647020570861-15MCPYP79ZKC5059AHUE/b99393e8-8a26-487d-9e1c-f5b83524baf4.jpg MasterClass Alongside producing for the Roxane Gay MasterClass in Iceland, I had the honor of having my writing featured as a student in the class. Pictured: Ezra listens to critique from Roxane Gay OC. Photo by Ari Magg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c58f34e4b03a67100aeb5b/1646182582644-MGE0BPI3A0H9S7WU0QWD/c4b2d87d-b98b-4c95-b8d6-b9307b17c469.JPG MasterClass Alongside producing for the Roxane Gay MasterClass in Iceland, I had the honor of having my writing featured as a student in the class. Pictured: Ezra listens to critique from Roxane Gay. Photo by Ari Magg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c58f34e4b03a67100aeb5b/1646182580763-XE8RLWNOUQBV33BUXWAE/071b3cc3-cf24-4e46-b5e0-407c9a5a918d.JPG MasterClass One of the most exciting experiences in my career has been the work I got to do in Iceland with the likes of Daniel Pink. Pictured: Jasmeet Sidhu, Daniel Pink, and Ezra discuss the lesson in between takes. Photo by Ari Magg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c58f34e4b03a67100aeb5b/1646182580625-10VC4Z3A1SKDEAQN525Z/25e6637a-235c-40ff-a48e-4d61586d2828.JPG MasterClass Working with Jon Kabat-Zinn was transformative. There was a powerful effect in the room when filming this incredible MasterClass. Pictured: Jasmeet Sidhu, Ezra, Jon Kabat-Zinn, and Diane Houslin on the set for Jon Kabat-Zinn’s MasterClass. Photo by Ari Magg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c58f34e4b03a67100aeb5b/1646182584249-VXA1RUA074EAGCVFGF70/ec67d287-95d0-4423-83cb-349fb718e38a.JPG MasterClass I will never forget the time with Jon Kabat-Zinn. Pictured: Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ezra Rose, and Diane Houslin discuss the lesson between takes. Photo by Ari Magg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c58f34e4b03a67100aeb5b/1646182580252-6XI8TZ8WY06QLYCLRTD9/5b5a3a01-62d4-4d54-bddd-0cc86e70557b.JPG MasterClass While producing may seem glamorous and shiny, often it is lots of emails and texts. Pictured: Nikita DeMare and Ezra Rose working in a break on the Emily Morse MasterClass. 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I love to utilize the skills I have gained on large-scale projects to make dream projects with my friends. Pictured: Michael Aurelio, Ezra Rose, and Brendan McGowan discuss the day on day one of filming The Crocodile. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c58f34e4b03a67100aeb5b/1646183207429-F6MG4XDE4IQ8BIUK9E51/IMG_9386.JPEG The Crocodile When it’s a passion project sometimes the green-room is also the production office. Pictured: Carly Evans, Roger Casey, Michael Aurelio, Samantha Tetro, Brendan McGowan, Ezra Rose and Frank Carson. Cast and crew prepare after lunch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c58f34e4b03a67100aeb5b/1646183214194-MMVMNEYWXRF4IC2IZFMU/IMG_9335.JPEG The Crocodile Filming in October with a cold paddling pool presented its challenges but everyone remained safe and happy, and we made our day! Pictured: Samantha Tetro, Peter Harrison, Brendan McGowan, Ezra Rose, Roger Casey, Michael Aurelio, Lucy Shauman, and Mitch Perrin set up the last shot of the day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c58f34e4b03a67100aeb5b/1646183388107-EQXE82VRIL1YFHRLPTWE/Screen+Shot+2019-08-06+at+12.27.28+PM.png The Crocodile Poster art for The Crocodile by Layman Lee. http://ezrarose.me/drag daily 0.75 2023-04-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c58f34e4b03a67100aeb5b/1557880697850-0Q63PEGRFTVBU24PTRV1/IMG_2770.jpg Drag My very real, very heterosexual wedding to Holly Would (Riley Westling). Pictured: Emily Faris, Ezra Rose (as KD Long), Marcy Jarreau, Riley Westling (as Holly Would). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c58f34e4b03a67100aeb5b/1557881258690-ZGC6T5BFJKMNC4O7W89F/IMG_3490.jpg Drag The performance that would win me the crown at UCB Drag Race. It made no sense, but I got my tits out at the end and that’s all anyone needed. 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