Rowena Rasmussen

I am a Director/Producer/Writer with a Postgraduate in Screen Directing from AFTRS (Sydney). My Short ‘Fourteen’ played at several film festivals worldwide and ‘Ellie Was Here’ premiered at St Kilda Film Festival 2021. I also released ‘Closing Miss Rosie’s’ straight to Facebook, late 2020, which received over 20k views and hundreds of shares in 24 hours. I’ve also Directed numerous music videos for a variety of artists.

BACKGROUND

I've had 17 + years of professional experience in multiple disciplines. In 2003, I met QUEEN when cast in the original Australian production of We Will Rock You, which kicked off a unique career.

Behind the camera, I have worked as a Choreographer|Movement Director for Production houses; Finch, Goodoil, Rabbit Content Airbag, Exit Films and New Life Films Shanghai. In 2019, I was flown to China for 8 days to Choreograph the Shanghai Disneyland Spring TVC. Other TVCs include; Uber Eats, Masterfoods, Domain, UNO Homeloans, Suncorp, Telstra, Kmart, Carlton United Breweries, McCains, RSPCA, Mersynofen, TK MAXX and Sydney Metro.

Live TV guest performances include; Australian artists and international artists such as Kelly Rowland, Ricky Martin, Lunch Money Lewis, Geri Halliwell, Hugh Jackman; XFactor; The Voice; SYTYCD; Australia's Got Talent; Australian Idol; The Australian Open; The Footy Show; AFL Grand Final; NRL Grand Final; 20/20 Cricket; Today; GMA; The Morning Show; Sunrise; Carols by Candlight Melbourne and Sydney; The Helpmmann Awards and many more.

I played the role of 'Extraordinary Girl' in American Idiot; 'Anita' in the Manila production of West Side Story; 'Christmas Eve' in Avenue Q; 'Carmen' in FAME; We Will Rock You; Miss Saigon; Hugh Jackman - The Boy From Oz; 'Carmen' in Sweet Charity, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Opera Australia’s Orpheus in the Underworld; and The Eighth Wonder.

rowena@jtown.com.au

+61 404 456 608