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Rosie Garthwaite
- Location:
- United Kingdom
- Languages:
- English
- Issues:
- Climate Change, Disability Rights, LGBTQIA+, Child Welfare, Racial Injustice, Gun Violence, Mass Incarceration & Criminal Justice Reform, Refugee Crisis and Immigration, Privacy and Surveillance, Technology & Data, Labor issues, Women and Girls, Gender violence , Human Rights
- Expertise:
- Educational materials, Impact Producing, Consulting, Impact Strategist/Advisor, Mentorship
- Cultural/racial identity:
- White
- Self identification:
- Female
Bio
As as a commissioning exec at BBC News Arabic, Rosie Garthwaite is currently based in London making docs and interactives about the Middle East and North Africa. In 2011, she founded Mediadante, producing the Emmy-nominated, The Workers Cup, which premiered on the opening night of Sundance 2017. In 2022, she exec-produced Under Poisoned Skies, a film that helped secure a pledge to reduce gas flaring emissions from the Iraqi government and won the RTS for Best International Documentary of the Year. The International Emmy-award winning film Escape from Isis/Escaping ISIS she developed, was referenced by the UK Prime Minister in a key speech and shown to the U.S. Congress. In 2014, she exec-produced a CINE Golden Eagle award-winning series On The Top, following the first Saudi woman up Everest. She is a former British army officer and author of the award-winning book How to Avoid Being Killed in a War Zone, published by Bloomsbury in 2011.
