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

Rose Lowder
Rose Lowder in October 2023
Born1941 (age 82–83)
Lima, Peru

Early life

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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

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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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  • Roulement, rouerie, aubage (1978)
  • Certaines observations (1979)
  • Couleurs mécaniques (1979)
  • Champ provençal (1979)
  • Parcelle (1979)
  • Retour d'un repère (1979)
  • Rue des Teinturiers (1979)
  • Les tournesols (1982)
  • Les tournesols colorés (1983)
  • Scènes de la vie française: Arles (1985)
  • Scènes de la vie française: Avignon (1986)
  • Scènes de la vie française: La Ciotat (1986)
  • Scènes de la vie française: Paris (1986)
  • Impromptu (1989)
  • Quidproquo (1992)
  • Bouquets 1–10 (1995)
  • Les coquelicots (2000)
  • Voiliers et coquelicots (2002)
  • L'invitation au voyage with Carl Brown (2003)
  • Bouquets 21–30 (2005)
  • Habitat (2006)
  • Cote jardin (2007)
  • Bouquets 11–20 (2010)
  • Jardins du marais (2010)
  • Jardin du soleil (2010)
  • Rien d'extraordinaire (2010)
  • Beijing 1988 (2011)
  • Jardins du sel (2011)
  • Sous le soleil (2011)
  • Sources (2012)
  • foryannfromrose (2014)
  • Turbulence (2015)
  • Tartarughe d'Acqua (2016)

References

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  1. ^ a b c Delgado, Mónica (June 15, 2018). "Rose Lowder: 'I Would Like to Dispense with the Flicker in My Works'". Desistfilm. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Rose Lowder". Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  3. ^ a b 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.
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