Lowder studied painting and sculpture in Lima at The Art Center and the School of Fine Arts. She moved to the United States for a brief period and then to London.[1][2] There, Lowder studied at the Regent Street Polytechnic, which closed before she had finished her studies, and then at the Chelsea School of Art.[3]
Career
While working as an artist, Lowder made a living as a film editor in London. She edited documentaries, feature films, and advertisements.[1][2] Lowder worked as an assistant editor at the BBC from 1965 to 1967. She and her partner Alain-Alcide Sudre moved to France, eventually ending up in Paris. They began to organize regular screenings of avant-garde films.[3] In 1982, she and Sudre established the Archives du film expérimental d'Avignon.[4]
^ ab"Rose Lowder". Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
^ abMacDonald, Scott (1997). "Rose Lowder Interviewed". Millennium Film Journal (30/31). Retrieved May 24, 2020.
^MacDonald, Scott (2005). "Marie Menken, Carolee Schneemann, Marjorie Keller, Anne Charlotte Robertson, and Rose Lowder". In Petrolle, Jean; Wexman, Virginia Wright (eds.). Women & Experimental Filmmaking. University of Illinois Press. pp. 206–207. ISBN978-0-252-07251-2.
