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Ezra Rose is a filmmaker and artist living between Brooklyn, NY, and Portland, ME. 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 other short films including CLOWN TITS, an experimental meditation on dysphoria told through drag, dance, and queer history. CLOWN TITS has been shown at film festivals around the world including the Video Art & Experimental Film Festival (VAEFF) in New York City, the International Experimental Film Festival in Athens, Greece. Rose also directed 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. PAPER TIES is a recipient of the 2024 LEF Fund Early Development Grant.

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