Dear Rosie

Dear Rosie
Directed byPeter Cattaneo
Written byPeter Morgan
Mark Wadlow
Produced byStewart Richards
Barnaby Thompson
Nicky Kentish Barnes
StarringFiona Victory
CinematographyClive Tickner
Edited byGuy Bensley
Music bySimon Davison
Production
companies
Channel 4 Television Corporation
World's End Productions
Distributed byFilmFour International
Release dates
  • 15 March 1991 (1991-03-15) (New York New Directors and New Films Festival)
Running time
11 minutes [1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Dear Rosie (1990) is a 1990 British short subject directed by Peter Cattaneo from a script by Peter Morgan and Mark Wadlow.[2] The plot follows Rosie, played by Fiona Victory, an unsuccessful novelist who begins receiving letters from overweight people after her agent publishes her diet tips.

Cattaneo directed the short while he was a student at the Royal College of Art.[3] The 11-minute film premiered at the 1990 London Film Festival.[4] The following year, it was presented at the New York Film Festival.[5]

The short was nominated in the Best Short Film category at the 44th British Academy Film Awards,[6] and the Best Live Action Short Film category at the 63rd Academy Awards.[7]

  1. ^ MUBI
  2. ^ Letterboxd
  3. ^ Bould, Mark (2001). "Peter Cattaneo" in Yoram Allon, Del Cullen, Hannah Patterson: Contemporary British and Irish Film Directors: A Wallflower Critical Guide. Wallflower Press: p. 52. ISBN 1-903364-21-3.
  4. ^ "Dear Rosie". British Film Institute. Retrieved on 29 November 2008.
  5. ^ Holden, Steven (15 March 1991). "Life Without the Gloss In New Directors Series". The New York Times (The New York Times Company). Retrieved on 29 November 2008.
  6. ^ "Film Nominations, 1990". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved on 29 November 2008.
  7. ^ "1990 (63rd) Short Film (Live Action) Archived 9 June 2014 at Archive-It". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences