Rose just recently completed ALL HAPPY FAMILIES, her sophomore feature film as writer, director and producer. It is Executive Produced by Michael Shannon and stars Josh Radnor, Becky Ann Baker, Chandra Russell, Rob Huebel, John Ashton with music by Rodney Crowell and Coco among others and slated to be released in 2024.

Her feature film debut as writer/director ONCE UPON A RIVER was “One of the Most Anticipated Films” in TIME Magazine and FILMMAKER, winning 19 awards at over 40 festivals worldwide including Best Director at the Bend Film Festival, Red Nation, the Alice Guy Blaché Emerging Female Filmmaker Award at Oxford, the Stubbornly Independent Award at Tallgrass, and only the second American film ever to win the Efebo d’Oro in Palermo, Italy. The ONCE UPON A RIVER soundtrack was a collaboration between Haroula and other acclaimed recording artists such as Grammy winning Rodney Crowell, Will Oldham, JD Souther, and Peter Bradley Adams, with a score by Zac Rae. She was selected as one of three directors by Reese Witherspoon’s company Hello Sunshine for their Meet Cute Short Film Series, for which she wrote and directed a rom com called HOUND OF LOVE starring Jess Weixler.

Rose’s work has been supported by a Fulbright Fellowship in Madrid, Almanack Screenwriters, WarnerMedia, Warner Brothers Directing Workshop, and Tribeca Film Institute. She has mentored at Sundance Film Forward, the Femme program at Utah Valley University, and has taught workshops or has done many speaking engagements through various festivals and communities. Rose received her BA and MA from the University of Chicago, and attended USC's MFA program. Other acclaimed short films and videos include AS THEY SLEPT, LOST & FOUND, WEDDING DRESS, NO LOVE SONG, and BABY CRAZY. As a producer she has worked on FRUITVALE STATION, THE FEAR OF THIRTEEN, HEAVEN ADORES YOU, PERMANENT and SAINT FRANCES.

Rose’s songs can be heard in many TV series, films and commercials, she has toured internationally and released three full length LP’s as well as remixes, singles and EP’s, through her own imprtnt Little Bliss in collaboration with Thirty Tigers and Tone Tree Music.

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