Rose Lowder

Biography

Rose Lowder (born in 1941 in Miraflores, Lima, Peru) is a French-Peruvian filmmaker. From 1947 to 1958, Lowder studied at the Colegio San Silvestre, Miraflores. She then specialized in painting and sculpture studies in artist’s studios and art schools in Lima, Peru (The Art Center (1951-1957), La Escuela de Bellas Artes (1957-1958) then in London (Regent Street Polytechnic, 1960-1962), Chelsea School of Art (1962-1964). While in London, she pursued artistic practice while working as an editor in the film industry (1964-1972). After 1977, Lowder worked on the visual aspect of the cinematographic process and had Jean Rouch, as well as his department from the Université Paris X, and presented a part of her research for a PhD entitled ‘Le film expérimental en tant qu’instrument de recherche visuelle/Experimental film, a tool for visual research’ (1987). In action since 1977, she has been programming rarely shown films as the co-founder of the Archives du film expérimental d’Avignon (AFEA, 1981), aiming to acquire 16mm films and paper documents, as well as publishing several books; Lowder was thus able to make these works more accessible to the public: ‘La part du visuel, films expér…

Directed

1. Bouquets 1-10 (1995) — Director
2. The Sunflowers (1982) — Director
3. Impromptu (1989) — Director
4. Quiproquo (1992) — Director
5. Bouquets 21-30 (2005) — Director
6. Bouquets 31-40 (2022) — Director
7. Roulement, rouerie, aubage (1978) — Director
8. Bouquets 11-20 (2011) — Director
9. Poppies and Sailboats (2001) — Director
10. Beijing 1988 (2011) — Director
11. Couleurs mécaniques (1979) — Director
12. Under the Sun (2011) — Director
13. Foryannfromrose (2015) — Director
14. Two Pictures (1999) — Director
15. foryannfromrose - hair removed (2015) — Director
16. Retour d'un repère composé (1981) — Director
17. Le dessert — Director
18. La Source De La Loire (2021) — Director
19. Retour d'un repère (1979) — Director
20. Côté jardin (2007) — Director
21. Scènes de la vie française : Arles (1985) — Director
22. Scènes de la vie française : Paris (1986) — Director
23. Habitat, Batrachian (2006) — Director
24. Scènes de la vie française : La Ciotat (1986) — Director
25. Scènes de la vie française : Avignon (1986) — Director
26. Poppies (2000) — Director
27. Salt Garden (2011) — Director
28. Champ provençal (1979) — Director
29. Rue des Teinturiers (1979) — Director
30. Sources (2012) — Director
31. Parcelle (1979) — Director
32. Sea Salt Flower (2010) — Director
33. Certaines Observations (1979) — Director
34. Les tournesols colorés (1983) — Director
35. Nothing Special (2011) — Director
36. Tartarughe d’acqua (2017) — Director
37. Turbulence (2015) — Director
38. L’Invitation au Voyage (2003) — Director
39. Boucle/Loops (1997) — Director
40. Jardin du marais (2010) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Cinématon (1978) — N°6
2. What Did You Eat Today? Rose Lowder (2005) — Herself
3. Cinexpérimentaux #5 : Rose Lowder (2002) — Herself
4. Souvenirs/Rouen (1983) — Herself
5. Printemps à Beijing (1988) — Herself
6. Fugues d'été : La Fage (1994) — Herself
7. Cinématon I (1978) — N°6
8. Cinématon n°6 : Rose Lowder (1978) — self