Rosie Lourde is a filmmaker traversing roles, formats and genres, who also has a passion for advocacy. Rosie’s feature directorial debut, ROMANCE ON THE MENU, trended on Netflix and was nominated for a Director’s Guild award. Horror short, DASHCAM screened in competition at CanneSeries as part of the anthology series DEADHOUSE DARK, and digital series, STARTING FROM NOW, has amassed almost 200 million views online. Rosie was formerly an Investment Manager of Screen Australia’s Online Production fund, was Co-Vice President of WIFTNSW, and has been a member of the Gender Matters Taskforce since 2020 and became the Taskforce Chair in 2023.