Rose Glass

Rose Glass (* around 1990 in Chelmsford ) is a British screenwriter and film director .

Life

Rose Glass was born near Chelmsford, Essex and studied film at the London College of Communication . In 2014 she graduated from the National Film and Television School with a Masters in Directing. Her graduation film Room 55 has been shown at the South by Southwest Film Festival , the Palm Springs ShortFest and the London Short Film Festival , among others .

After a series of, partly experimental, music videos and mystery and horror short films, Glass made her feature film debut as a director with Saint Maud . The film premiered at Fantastic Fest in September 2019. In the horror film, a nurse takes care of her patients with great devotion, but turns into a religious madness when she believes that only she can save the soul of her terminally ill patient Amanda.

Filmography

• 2010: Moths (short film)
• 2011: Storm House (short film)
• 2013: The Silken Strand (short film)
• 2014: Room 55 (short film)
• 2015: Bath Time (short film)
• 2019: Saint Maud

Awards (selection)

London Film Festival

• 2019: Honorable Mention - Best Film ( Saint Maud )
• 2019: Nomination for Best Film in the Official Competition (Saint Maud)

South by Southwest Film Festival

• 2015: Nomination for the SXSW Grand Jury Award - Narrative Short (Room 55)

Web links

• Rose Glass in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Information on Rose Glass from the British Film Institute

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lewis Knight: BAFTA Breakthrough Brit director Rose Glass talks acclaimed horror Saint Maud. In: mirror.co.uk, November 1, 2019.
2. ↑ Wendy Ide: Meet the new directors who lit up the film festivals. In: The Guardian, October 20, 2019.
3. ^ Rose Glass. In: lighthouse.org.uk. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
4. ↑ Saint Maud. In: fantasticfest.com. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
5. ↑ Bong Joon Ho: Bong Joon Ho's 20 upcoming directors for the 2020s. In: bfi.org.uk, February 25, 2020.
6. ^ Neil Smith: Horror film wins first-time director Rose Glass £ 50,000 award. In: bbc.com, October 2, 2019.
7. ↑ Kaleem Aftab: Rose Glass, Director of Saint Maud: “I was interested in the idea of ​​having a film where the central relationship took place inside someone's head”. In: cineuropa.org, October 14, 2019.