Rose Lowder

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Rose Lowder
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Rose Lowder in October 2023
Born1941 (age 8283)
Lima, Peru

Rose Lowder (born 1941) is a French-Peruvian avant-garde filmmaker.

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Early life

Lowder was born in the Miraflores District of Lima, Peru. She attended the San Silvestre School. [1]

Lowder studied painting and sculpture in Lima at The Art Center and the School of Fine Arts. She moved to the United States for a brief period and then to London. [1] [2] There, Lowder studied at the Regent Street Polytechnic, which closed before she had finished her studies, and then at the Chelsea School of Art. [3]

Career

While working as an artist, Lowder made a living as a film editor in London. She edited documentaries, feature films, and advertisements. [1] [2] Lowder worked as an assistant editor at the BBC from 1965 to 1967. She and her partner Alain-Alcide Sudre moved to France, eventually ending up in Paris. They began to organize regular screenings of avant-garde films. [3] In 1982, she and Sudre established the Archives du film expérimental d'Avignon. [4]

Filmography

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Delgado, Mónica (June 15, 2018). "Rose Lowder: 'I Would Like to Dispense with the Flicker in My Works'". Desistfilm. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Rose Lowder". Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  3. 1 2 MacDonald, Scott (1997). "Rose Lowder Interviewed". Millennium Film Journal (30/31). Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  4. MacDonald, Scott (2005). "Marie Menken, Carolee Schneemann, Marjorie Keller, Anne Charlotte Robertson, and Rose Lowder". In Petrolle, Jean; Wexman, Virginia Wright (eds.). Women & Experimental Filmmaking. University of Illinois Press. pp. 206–207. ISBN   978-0-252-07251-2.