director | writer

Ezra Rose (they/them) is a filmmaker and artist living in Brooklyn, NY. Born in Norfolk, England, Rose began their career in entertainment playing disgruntled children on television.

As part of the AFI DWW+ 2024-2025 program, Rose made the short film OLD DYKES, a bittersweet love story about two women in their sixties. OLD DYKES had its world premiere at Vancouver Queer Film Festival and has played at many more, including the Academy Award Qualifying festival Out On Film and Appalachian Queer Film Festival, where it won Best Narrative Short. Rose is currently developing the feature version of 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.

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