Michael Rose (film producer)

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 2023 Rose was awarded the OBE for services to animation.

Career

Rose began his career running the cinemas at the Bristol's Watershed Media Centre and Arnolfini Gallery in the 1980s.^[3] He worked with Channel Four Television and later joined Aardman Animations in 1994 as Head of Development.^[4]

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.^[5] Rose also produced the 1995 Oscar-winning Wallace & Gromit film, A Close Shave, directed by Nick Park.^[6]

In 2003 Rose, alongside producer Martin Pope, co-founded Magic Light Pictures,^[7] 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.^[8]^[9]

Rose has several film productions to his credit:

Year	Production	Role
1995	A Close Shave (film)	Producer^[6]
2000	Chicken Run (film)	Executive Producer^[5]
2005	Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (film)	Executive Producer^[10]
2007	Sparkle (film)	Producer^[11]
2009	The Gruffalo (film)	Producer^[12]
2010	Wild Target (film)	Producer^[13]
2010	Chico and Rita (film)	Producer^[14]
2011	The Gruffalo's Child (film)	Producer^[12]
2011	One Life (wildlife documentary)	Producer
2012	Room on the Broom (film)	Producer^[15]
2015	Stick Man (film)	Producer^[16]
2016	Revolting Rhymes (film)	Producer^[17]
2017	The Highway Rat (film)	Producer^[18]
2018	Zog (film)	Producer
2019	The Snail and the Whale (film)	Producer^[19]
2020	Zog and the Flying Doctors (film)	Producer^[20]
2021	Superworm (film)	Executive Producer^[21]
2021-2023	Pip and Posy (TV series, 105 episodes)	Executive Producer^[22]
2023	The Smeds and the Smoos (film)	Executive Producer^[23]
2023	Tabby McTat (film)	Producer^[24]