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Michael Rose (film producer)
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Michael Peter Rose OBE (born 14 September 1961) is a British film producer and co-founder of Magic Light Pictures, a London-based independent film production company.[1][2]
In the 2023 Birthday Honours, Rose was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to Animation.[3]
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Career
Rose began his career running the cinemas at the Bristol's Watershed Media Centre and Arnolfini Gallery in the 1980s.[4] He worked with Channel Four Television and later joined Aardman Animations in 1994 as Head of Development.[5]
Rose headed the feature film division of Aardman Animations and was executive producer for animated films such as Chicken Run and the Oscar and BAFTA-winning Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit.[6] Rose also produced the 1995 Oscar-winning Wallace & Gromit film, A Close Shave, directed by Nick Park.[7]
In 2003 Rose, alongside producer Martin Pope, co-founded Magic Light Pictures,[8] a London-based independent film production company which produced animated films including The Gruffalo and The Snail and the Whale, which was nominated for 4 Oscars and won 4 BAFTAs.[9][10]
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Filmography
Rose has several film productions to his credit:
Selected Productions
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