GNAW TRAILER

ROSALEE YAGIHARA is an award-winning filmmaker and Vancouver native. Her short film GNAW has won multiple awards at festivals around the world including the acclaimed Overlook Festival in New Orleans. Her award-winning documentary short A COMMON THREAD has been rated as a top impact film. 

For the past decade Rosalee has been developing her skillsets by working as an Assistant Director and she is a member of the Directors Guild of Canada. As an AD, she works on feature films & episodic television. She studied at Emily Carr University and has earned a diploma in film production from VFS. 

Before transitioning to film, Rosalee resided in Japan as well as New York City before returning to Vancouver to further her education and to raise her two children, solo, who are now thriving young adults.