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To contact Rosemary Kay (also known as Rose Kay):
Agent: Christine Glover, Casarotto Ramsey
020 7287 4450
Rosemary was awarded a BAFTA for Best New Writer for her feature length film: This Little Life, produced by Stewart Mackinnon (Headline Pictures/BBC Film) and directed by Sarah Gavron. Shown to critical acclaim at International Festivals, it was awarded the Jury Prize for Best Debut Feature at the Toronto Film Festival, won Best Film at the Banff TV awards, in Canada, and was awarded a special Prix Europa. At the Royal Television Awards, it won Best Single Drama. It was nominated for Best Single Drama for the BAFTA awards and was nominated for best film in the BFI Awards.
Other television and film projects include:
2021 AUDREY Original feature fiction film, profiling a period of Audrey Hepburn’s life, Sharp House Films
2020 ONCE ON A WINTER’S NIGHT 8 part original returnable thriller set in Venice, commissioned by Gaumont
2020 THE HOUSE OF NEVER COMING HOME original multi-episode dramady, commissioned by Two Cities TV 2019 2020 SUNDANCE original feature commissioned by Sharp House and BFI
2019 WILDERNESS Original 8 part drama series produced by Hat Trick Mercurio
2019 KERNAL PANIC 8 part sci-fi drama serial with Lionsgate/Further South
2018 THE DAUGHTER’S SECRET adaptation from novel for STV
2017 THE INNOCENTS Writers’ room with New Pictures / Netflix
2017 THE ROTTING HEART Original drama series with Hartswood TV
2017 CARMILA Original drama series in development with Urban Myth
2017 ONCE IN COLOMBIA Original drama series in development with ITV Studios (Exec: Kate Bartlett)
2017 HOLES IN THE WALL Original single 90 min drama with Runaway Fridge TV / BBC Scotland
2017 MAYFLOWER Original drama series in development with STV
2106 SPINNING PLATES Original drama series in development with ITV Studios
2015 PRECIPICE Original drama series in development with Endor Productions
2015 THE DUCHESS Original drama series in development with Headstrong
2013 MISS ENGLAND Commissioned by Hillbilly Productions
2011 PRE-LOVED Commissioned by Festival Films
2010 CHRISTMAS BALL Feature film commissioned by Ruby Films
2008 CRUNCH 6 part drama commissioned by BBC
2006 FRESHER Returnable series commissioned by Sony / Columbia Pictures
2006 SHELF LIFE Single drama commissioned by Zenith / Box Productions
2006 INFIDELITIES 2 part drama commissioned by Granada
2005 THE CHANGELING Feature film commissioned by Sigma Films
2005 ADOPTION Developed with Firefly / Carlton
2005 HOW TO MANAGE YOUR MOTHER Returnable series commissioned by Granada
2004 WHOSE BABY, single drama, produced by Granada TV
Immersive Experiences
Dr Rose Kay founded Immersive Storylab in 2017 to create immersive cinematic experiences, using new XR technology to tell screen-based stories in new locations. Having won several R&D grants, the company explores innovative ways to lead audiences along coastal paths, through the underground cells of prison museums, on long-distance train journeys or even on boats as they cross the oceans. As CEP of the company, Rose brings the production quality of high-end film and TV to the new disciplines of VR, AR and XR.
Radio and Film
In 1996 Rosemary won the Alfred Bradley Bursary. Her radio play, Wilde Belles won a Sony Award and the Richard Imison Award.
Other radio dramas transmitted on BBC Radio:
The Yearning, Saturday afternoon drama, Radio 4 1997
Black Five Foot Nothing, Friday Night Play, Radio 4 1998
Not Either an Experimental Doll. Five part serial, Radio 4 1999
The Dying Wish, Saturday afternoon drama, Radio 4, part of horror series. 2011
The Murmuring of Water, Immersive, locative audio drama, BBC, 2013
Books
Rosemary’s first book, Between Two Eternities, was published in 2000 by Headline in the UK. Saul was published by Random House in Canada, and St Martin’s Press in America, and has been translated into several languages. She won the BBC 2 Dennis Potter Award in 2002 for her adaptation of the story into film. It is now available as an e-book: Saul: Between Two Eternities
Rosemary was a scholar at the University of Manchester, having been awarded the President’s Doctoral Award, where she gained her PhD.
To find details of Rosemary on her agent’s site, please click casarotto
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