Kaia Rose

Kaia is a filmmaker based out of New York City who is passionate about meaningful, curious filmmaking and endeavors to make work that starts conversations, encourages new lines of thinking and engages with the important issues of our time. She works across disciplines and across countries - originally from California, she spent seven years in the UK working as a producer and production manager and is now a freelance director, producer and editor. Kaia was the lead producer and studio manager at the BAFTA-winning production company ArthurCox in Bristol, England, for four years, where she produced such projects as: the BAFTA-nominated Disney Jr series Nina Needs To Go; the digital archive project A Time Traveller's Guide to Bristol Zoo; and sections for the animated documentary feature A Liar's Autobiography: the Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman. She has produced, line produced, and production managed a wide range of commercials and short films for organizations such as the BBC, Aardman Animations, 20th Century Fox, and Bill & Ben Productions. As a director, she has directed, shot, and edited a variety of projects, including short films, web-series, promos, behind-the-scenes videos, and experimental work. Her short film Looking Forward to Yesterday premiered at Rooftop Films in New York City and was picked up by IndieFlix for distribution. Her web-series Climate Countdown recently took her to Paris for the UN climate change summit COP21. Kaia graduated at the top of her class with a BA (hons) in Theatre, Film & TV from the University of Bristol in England and was named one of the Top Ten Arts & Media Graduates in the UK.