Rose Lowder


Rose Lowder is a French-Peruvian avant-garde filmmaker.

Early life

Lowder was born in the Miraflores District of Lima, Peru. She attended the San Silvestre School.
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. There, Lowder studied at the Regent Street Polytechnic, which closed before she had finished her studies, and then at the Chelsea School of Art.

Career

While working as an artist, Lowder made a living as a film editor in London. She edited documentaries, feature films, and advertisements. 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. In 1982, she and Sudre established the Archives du film expérimental d'Avignon.

Filmography