Louise Rosen is a media executive with over 25 years experience in the international television and film business, project development, production and distribution.

She has worked with a wide range of program genres and formats and set up major international co-productions. Her reputation as a talent-spotter has grown steadily, built upon her association with numerous award-winning projects. Louise was based in Europe for 8 years and has particular interest in the cross-cultural aspects of television/film.

She has taken an active role in many productions; overseeing research, editorial and budgeting as well as location- and post-production. Her experience also includes management, operations, marketing and business affairs. She has been honored to have among her projects Oscar, Emmy, Sundance, Prix Italia, International Emmy and other award-winning films.

In the last decade, Louise has specialized in non-fiction work. Completed work she is representing includes AMERICAN CASINO from Leslie and Andrew Cockburn (premiering at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival), EL GENERAL from Natalia Almada (“Best Director”, Documentary Competition, 2009 Sundance Film Festival), PRODIGAL SONS from Kimberly Reed (premiered at Telluride, followed by AFI/Los Angeles, Sheffield, Big Sky, True/False, Thessaloniki and others), BLAST! from Paul Devlin (premiered at HotDocs, followed by Telluride Mountain, Bergen, Cork, Sheffield, Big Sky and others) JOHNNY CASH AT FOLSOM PRISON from Bestor Cram/Northern Light Productions (now screened at over 30 festivals worldwide and recently nominated for a FOCAL Award) and ROSALIND RUSSELL: LIFE IS A BANQUET from Jonathan Gruber/Total Media.

Projects in post-production include GOD WILLING from Vangie Griego (supported by ITVS, airing on PBS in 2010), CRAZY WISDOM from Johanna Demetrakas and Lisa Leeman, JOE FRAZIER: When the Smoke Clears from Mike Todd and Geseth Garcia, PARTING THE WATERS from Jenny Levison and Oscar nominee Josh Waletsky and THE BIOSPHERE EXPERIMENT from Oracle Road/Northern Light Productions.

Highlights from projects currently in production include RAISING RENEE from Oscar nominees Jeanne Jordan and Steven Ascher (in association with HBO), GOOLD’S GOLD from Ryan Sevy and Tucker Capps, THE GAME MUST GO ON from Anemon Productions and PONZI & ME from David Zeiger.

Louise is also a credited co-producer on several projects, including PRODIGAL SONS (with director Kimberly Reed) on family dynamics, gender, identity and the past, BLAST! (selected as a Special Project of the International Year of Astronomy), SIR! NO SIR! (with director David Zeiger) on the active-duty GIs who protested against the war in Vietnam, HOLY WATER-GATE: ABUSE COVERUP IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH (with director Mary Healey) and CITIES OF LIGHT: THE RISE AND FALL OF ISLAMIC SPAIN (from Unity Productions Foundation). She is also co-producer of both the documentary and IMAX films on Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Antarctic expedition, titled THE ENDURANCE and SHACKLETON’S ANTARCTIC ADVENTURE respectively.

Louise is a Tutor at Discovery Campus Master School and has been a featured speaker at many conferences and film festivals, including the Real Screen Summit, Toronto’s Hot Docs Doc Forum and the annual conference of the National Association of Latino Independent Producers. She is Vice Chair of the Maine Film & Video Association, is on the Advisory Board of the Camden International Film Festival and has served on the board of directors of organizations such as the International Documentary Association and Women in Film & Video/Boston. In the 1970’s, Louise worked in other areas of the media including industrial and commercial film production, various aspects of the music business (with Grateful Dead Records and her own music management and booking agency) and in radio advertising sales with Westinghouse Broadcasting and others.