Rosalee Yagihara | Bio

ROSALEE YAGIHARA is an accomplished filmmaker hailing from Vancouver, Canada. Her short film GNAW has screened and won awards for Best Female Film, Best LGBTQS+ Film, Best Horror Film, Best Actor, Best New Director, & Audience Choice Award from festivals around the world including the renowned Overlook Festival in New Orleans. Her compelling documentary short A COMMON THREAD, which shines light on social issues, has been rated as a top impact film.

For the past decade Rosalee has been developing her filmmaking sensibilities by working as an Assistant Director and is a member of the Directors Guild of Canada. As an AD, she works on feature films & episodic television. 

Before transitioning to film, Rosalee resided in diverse locales such as Japan as well as New York City before returning to Vancouver to further her education and raise her children. She studied at Emily Carr University and Vancouver Film School. Beyond her creative pursuits, she finds rejuvenation in the natural beauty of British Columbia’s mountains and the exhilaration of riding motorcycles, embodying a spirit of adventure in her pursuits.