Michael Peter Rose OBE (born 14 September 1961) is a British film producer and co-founder of Magic Light Pictures, a London-based independent film production company.
In the 2023 Birthday Honours, Rose was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to Animation.
Rose began his career running the cinemas at the Bristol's Watershed Media Centre and Arnolfini Gallery in the 1980s. He worked with Channel Four Television and later joined Aardman Animations in 1994 as Head of Development.
Rose headed the feature film division of Aardman Animations and was executive producer for animated films such as Chicken Run and the Oscar and BAFTA-winning '. Rose also produced the 1995 Oscar-winning Wallace & Gromit film, A Close Shave, directed by Nick Park.
In 2003 Rose, alongside producer Martin Pope, co-founded Magic Light Pictures, a London-based independent film production company which produced animated films including The Gruffalo and The Snail and the Whale, which was nominated for 4 Oscars and won 4 BAFTAs.
Rose has several film productions to his credit: