  Born on an army base in British Columbia, at the age of five Tracey Rose moved to Germany where she spent two formative years. As a result, German became her first language and she was forced to relearn English upon her return to Canada where she spent the rest of her youth “in the hood” of Ontario Housing in Scarborough, Ontario.
Rose has come a long way since then. After studying corporate communications, she spent half a dozen years working in the health-care industry. An early marriage and children put her business aspirations on hold for the next few years. Inspired by the pageantry of The Ten Commandments, one of her favorite childhood films, Rose returned to school, attending Centennial College Bell Centre for the Arts in Toronto where she graduated with Honors in Video Production. While at Centennial, Rose volunteered at Roger’s Cable. There she received invaluable on-the-job training in their live studio. During this time, Rose shot her first short film, Sophie, which she co-produced and directed. Not long after completing this film, illness threatened to sideline her, but Rose persevered working briefly with Juno award-winning rap group Ghetto Concept. In 1998, Rose moved on to Ericsson Canada Inc., where as marketing coordinator she organized an in-house video production service and was responsible for marketing communications, promotion, sponsorship and event marketing. In her spare time, Rose worked for larger productions including the Bessie Awards Show, and the Toronto International Film Festival where she volunteered until 2002. In 2003, Rose and a partner organized the first Mississauga Film Festival. This highly successful event featured short films from numerous aspiring filmmakers. She also wrote several articles which appeared in The Toronto Sun newspaper, one of which resulted in a death threat against her. Ever fearless, Rose continued to write becoming a Finalist in the 2000 CBC Women’s Writer Award contest with her science-fiction short screenplay entitled, Portrait of Rebecca. She continued to do stints on various productions until 2004 when she established her own company, VideoGirl Productions. It was there that she truly honed her industry skills working as a writer, producer, editor and camera operator on such varied projects as: Countdown to a Strike, a documentary about a strike between Canada’s largest food supplier, Loblaws, and the UFCW Local 1000A; comedy short Katie’s Big Escape!; promotional fitness video Evolution of the Couch Potato and Just One Night a thriller short which she co-produced with Road Rage Films. Rose continued to collaborate with Road Rage Films on the multi-media horror project, Body Trade. In October 2009, Rose signed on with production company Eclectic Diversions Inc. as a producer for Middle of Somewhere, a romantic-comedy feature film. In addition to these projects, Rose is completing a short film, Son which she co-directed and produced. Over the last two years, she has also been developing a documentary about suicide entitled, 40 Seconds. This very personal project was inspired by Rose’s oldest childhood friend who suffered from mental illness and committed suicide.
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