R.L. Lyone
- Director
- Actress
- Writer
Rose Lukwago, better known by her pen name R.L. Lyone, is a writer, world-builder, and hybrid filmmaker. She originally wanted to be a singer/songwriter and music producer, writing songs and creating compositions using DAW's and MIDI instruments since the age of 16.
Her professional career began by entering songwriting competitions and working as an intern at the multi-platinum Cue Recording Studios in 2017. After completing alternative business education and receiving one-on-one coaching from award-winning business professor Chris Haroun in 2020, she founded the music-entertainment startup Thaideke LLC and completed the UI/UX design for their independent music streaming service and online music store Sonicol BETA. Sonicol was designed to be a comprehensive music and fan community platform specifically created for Generation Z.
In 2024, she made the decision to officially dissolve Thaideke and head in another direction. The main factors in this decision were a Zoom conversation with PledgeMusic's founder Benji Rogers, the shutdown of Live Undiscovered Music (LUM), and the rise of generative AI.
Rose founded Lyone Media Group in 2025 to manage the expanding intellectual property library of her original fictional universe and published the micro-short project "Vessel of Mourning" in 48 hours for the Runway Gen:48 competition using various generative AI image, music, and video tools. While the film lost in the competition, this marked the first time her original fictional language, "Senguto", was used in media. She met writer and director Michael Szymczyk as a fellow participant in the competition and went on to briefly work for him as a Generative AI Animator on one of the first narrative AI feature films in history, "The Stranger" (2025).
On April 18, 2026, her short film, "Snow Colored Ashes," entered the global film festival circuit with its world premiere at the Chicago AI Film Festival. On June 29, 2026, "Snow Colored Ashes" became one of the first AI films in history to be nominated for multiple awards at a Canadian Screen Awards-Qualifying festival, and on September 11, 2026, it will become the first AI film to premiere during a prime-time slot at a Canadian Screen Awards-Qualifying Festival (the 10th Anniversary Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival).
Rose has frequently stated her commitment to upholding the Framework for AI Responsibility (FAIRCodex), and while she uses AI in visual productions, she writes all of her original stories and screenplays without any use of artificial intelligence.
Her professional career began by entering songwriting competitions and working as an intern at the multi-platinum Cue Recording Studios in 2017. After completing alternative business education and receiving one-on-one coaching from award-winning business professor Chris Haroun in 2020, she founded the music-entertainment startup Thaideke LLC and completed the UI/UX design for their independent music streaming service and online music store Sonicol BETA. Sonicol was designed to be a comprehensive music and fan community platform specifically created for Generation Z.
In 2024, she made the decision to officially dissolve Thaideke and head in another direction. The main factors in this decision were a Zoom conversation with PledgeMusic's founder Benji Rogers, the shutdown of Live Undiscovered Music (LUM), and the rise of generative AI.
Rose founded Lyone Media Group in 2025 to manage the expanding intellectual property library of her original fictional universe and published the micro-short project "Vessel of Mourning" in 48 hours for the Runway Gen:48 competition using various generative AI image, music, and video tools. While the film lost in the competition, this marked the first time her original fictional language, "Senguto", was used in media. She met writer and director Michael Szymczyk as a fellow participant in the competition and went on to briefly work for him as a Generative AI Animator on one of the first narrative AI feature films in history, "The Stranger" (2025).
On April 18, 2026, her short film, "Snow Colored Ashes," entered the global film festival circuit with its world premiere at the Chicago AI Film Festival. On June 29, 2026, "Snow Colored Ashes" became one of the first AI films in history to be nominated for multiple awards at a Canadian Screen Awards-Qualifying festival, and on September 11, 2026, it will become the first AI film to premiere during a prime-time slot at a Canadian Screen Awards-Qualifying Festival (the 10th Anniversary Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival).
Rose has frequently stated her commitment to upholding the Framework for AI Responsibility (FAIRCodex), and while she uses AI in visual productions, she writes all of her original stories and screenplays without any use of artificial intelligence.
