Rosemary Lambert

Originally from Minnesota, Rosie earned her undergraduate degree at The College of Saint Benedict in central Minnesota, earning her degree in English Literature with secondary degrees in Fine Art and Communications. She studied abroad in London, England while in school and then returned there to work in advertising post graduation. She also worked at the ad agency Fallon McElligott in the Twin Cities and was bitten by the directing bug after working on the set of a Hush Puppies shoe commercial. She moved to San Diego, California to work in marketing communications and then executive-level sales before opening up her home-based production company, Front Porch Productions in 2001. She started graduate school in 2003 to obtain an MFA in film production with a concentration in directing. In 2005, she was a national finalist in the Coca-Cola Refreshing Filmmakers Award competition for her commercial "Kid Entrepreneur," and went on to win the overall title in 2006 for another commercial, "The Reel Monkey". "The Reel Monkey" played at over 21,000 theaters across the U.S. While in grad school she was mentored by director Harold Becker (Taps, Sea of Love, Malice) and also earned a coveted directing internship through the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences where she shadowed four television directors from CBS which landed her work with CBS.com. She works as a freelance filmmaker and is writing a film school guidebook.