Biography

Marie Rose

Writer, Director, Producer

A retired Army brat, Marie was graduated magna cum laude with a Master of Arts in Theater Arts from the University of Texas at El Paso. A story addict with expertise in three-act Aristotelian plot structure, she's an alumna of the super cool Disney Writing Program and a top ten finalist of the fabulous Nicholl Fellowships. As a selected participant of the amazing American Institute Directing Workshop for Women (AFI-DWW), Marie directed Dakota Fanning (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, The Watchers) in her first starring role in Marie's original short, Father Xmas.

Next, Marie hit the ground running as a cohort in the Producers Guild of America Diversity Workshop, where she developed the concept and sizzle reel for her television reality series spec, The High Roller. She earned her "Produced By" credit on the festival winning comedy It's Not You, It's Me, starring Joelle Carter (Justified), Ross McCall (Band of Brothers, White Collar), Eric Avari (The Mummy, The Chosen), and Vivica A. Fox (Independence Day, Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2, Independence Day: Recurrence).

Marie studied improvisational acting and comedy writing at The Groundlings in Los Angeles. Her romcom romp feature spec, Frenchalicious, represented by Dave Warden of The Warden Group, is set to go out to producers shortly.

As a professional voice-over actress, Marie has narrated, booth directed, and produced audiobooks for Audible, including Zwoosh!, one of two children's picture books she's authored. Marie created the characters and voices for her animated, children's television pilot in development, Zabble and Zibble Quibble. You may have heard Marie's dulcet tones in films and commercials; you can hear more of her vocal stylings at MarieRose-Voiceovers.com.

Now that we've covered some of her bona fides, Marie has been having a blast traveling to several U.S. locales, from cruising to Alaska, gambling on the Vegas Strip, and exploring New Orleans. All the weather whiplash serves to gather research and content for a new travel & lifestyle social media channel she created, Wanderlust for Two.

Her adventures also fuel her new, hour-length TV pilot, Lily Shade's Otherworld, and other stories featuring inexplicable phenomena. Inspired by her father, a West Point Colonel with government Secret Clearance who shared declassified stories of real government programs that sound plucked from the X-Files, Marie's imagination was sparked early. This may explain why Marie leans into blending paranormal, fantasy, and/or Sci-Fi plotting with suspense, action, humor, and a touch of romance.

And if that wasn't enough to ignite ideas for many of Marie's stories, she grew up in a city with "the most haunted high school in America" that's famous among paranormal investigators, and where she and others may have seen some things she can't explain... but she's happy to use them as inciting plot incidents and writing prompts.

Affiliations: The Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA), Alliance of Women Directors, The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, and IATSE Local 700 Story Analysts Guild

Creative development clients have included: The Walt Disney Studios, MGM/UA, New Regency, Village Roadshow, Force Entertainment (Parent-Stuber), Icon Productions, ABC, and the Disney Channel.

For available spec script inquiries or to schedule virtual or in-person classroom readings of her children's books, please contact Marie through ByMarieRose.com.
- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous