Rosie Gaunt-Mathieson is an award-winning TV, film and commercials director and writer. Her work has won Broadcast and RTS awards and has been nominated for a Rose D’OR.

In television, she has recently finished 6-part comedy Ruby Speaking for ITVX starring Jayde Adams and Katherine Kelly with Yellow Door; Also a Sky short film Lemons starring Jordan Stephens with CPL. Rosie has directed sketches Big Juice for Channel 4 with Merman and comedy shorts for BBC3. Her independent short film Just Delivered, starring 22 non actors, picked up nominations at some of the most prolific international festivals, qualifying for BAFTA and winning the Audience Award at Calgary. Whilst Jack Rooke’s Dawn of a New Gay for Channel 4 was selected for London Film Festival. She has sat as a juror on BAFTA and RTS juries and was recently selected for Director’s UK’s Inspire scheme and paired with mentor Jim Archer.

In commercials, Rosie has directed some of the UK’s most prolific brands, Tesco Delivers Christmas, starring Jamie Redknapp and Fred Siriex, Bumble One Gal Show starring Aimee Lou Wood (Drum’s Ad of The Day), PG Tips Wellness starring Judi Love and Maltesers: Late Night Feed starring Ellie Taylor. She directed and wrote on UK and US versions of Beauty Pie’s first TV commercials, where she oversaw the writers room and was a contributing writer. She has also scripted spots for Bank Of Ireland and LNER Get Out There starring Edith Bowman, both of which she directed too.

Her early career was spent working with Alan Partridge and Vic and Bob and before directing, Rosie worked in Development at Me and You Productions, as Director of Development at ABC International and Scripted Comedy Development Lead at Little Dot Studios in scripted comedy development; working extensively with comedy and drama scripts and talent.

Struggling to find female directors, she decided to be the change she wanted to see. And she hasn’t looked back.