About

Louise Rosen serves as an editorial and business consultant, producer, and sales agent. Her media projects include Oscar, Emmy, and Sundance award-winning films, that have appeared on networks and platforms such as the BBC, Canal Plus, NHK, Netflix, PBS, and HBO and been released theatrically -  domestically and internationally. Louise began her career in film and television at WGBH-TV as Director of International Sales and Co-productions. She later launched her own distribution company and sales agency. Among the many dozens of films and series she has raised finance for and distributed are landmark projects such as Eyes on the Prize, as well as the Oscar winner Anne Frank Remembered, and Oscar nominee Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern. Louise is a credited producer on films such as The Endurance: Shackleton’s Legendary Antarctic Expedition, and the feature documentaries Killing for Love, Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison, Prodigal Sons, and Holy Water-Gate. Louise tutors annually at Germany’s Documentary Campus Masterschool and has been a speaker and moderator at numerous conferences and film festivals including Sheffield DocFest, CPH: DOX, DOC NYC, and HotDocs and has served on selection committees and juries. 

In other roles, Louise was the Founding Director of the Points North Documentary Forum at the Camden International Film Festival; Executive & Artistic Director of the Maine Jewish Film Festival, and Consulting Director of L/A Arts. She was Senior Consultant, Programs & Strategy and then Interim Managing Director at the International Documentary Association (IDA) and was Program Director for the inaugural Progress History Summit. 

Earlier in her career she worked in advertising sales; music marketing, promotion, and management with companies such as Westinghouse Broadcasting, WBCN, Grateful Dead Records, and Intermedia Systems Corp. Louise has lived and worked in numerous places including Boston, Los Angeles, London, and Boulogne sur Mer, France. She now resides in Brunswick, Maine where she revels in outdoor activities year-round, is a passionate gardener and cook, and an enthusiastic supporter of the state's rich cultural life.