Rosemary House has been making dramatic and documentary films since 1990, when her first documentary, Rufus Guinchard, and her first short film, When Women Are Crazy, were produced. Since then she has written, directed and/or produced fifteen films.

When Women are Crazy was invited to the Toronto International Film Festival in 1992 and again in 1993. Her short drama Subway to Tickle Gut took 2nd place at the 1994 Montreal International Film Festival and was also invited to TIFF.

Rain, Drizzle and Fog, House's documentary about her beloved hometown of St. John's, Newfoundland featured Mary Walsh, Andy Jones, Ed Riche, Des Walsh, Anita Best and Bryan Hennessey, and was produced by Kent Martin at the National Film Board in 1997. It was invited to Toronto in 1998, screened extensively on CBC and is still one of the NFB’s best-selling films.

In 1999 House made the documentary Ron Hynes: The Irish Tour, for Rink Rat Productions, about the Newfoundland song-writer (nominated for two Geminis awards) and wrote and directed her first feature film, Violet, starring Mary Walsh and Peter MacNeill. Violet opened theatrically at the Carlton in Toronto and also received a Gemini nod for Best Sound. Both films were produced by partner Mary Sexton.

House made Salvation, a National Film Board documentary produced by Kent Martin, about front-line workers and the homeless in downtown Toronto, in 2001. Salvation was nominated for the Donald Brittain Award at the 1992 Geminis and received the Bronze Plaque at the Columbus International Film Festival. Hospital City, House’s documentary about the upstairs/downstairs world of hospital workers, was shot in June of 2003 and produced by Mary Sexton and Kent Martin for the CBC.

Bloomsday Cabaret, commissioned by Bravo!, was shot in Dublin and St. John’s in the fall of 2003. Produced and directed by House, it starred Bryan Hennessey, Mary Lou Fallis and Paul Harrington. Bloomsday premiered theatrically in Montreal and Dublin and continues to screen on Bravo, CLT and CBC in Canada, on RTE in Ireland and ABC in Australia and at international film festivals. House received a Gemini nomination in 2005 for Best Direction.

House has just finished production of a new film, for Bravo! TV, directing Ahead of the Curve, about her brother Christopher House, the acclaimed choreographer and artistic director of Toronto Dance Theatre. The film, co-produced with Mary Sexton, will premiere in Toronto on May 16, at the Bloor Street Cinema. She has recently optioned Joan Clark's novel, An Audience of Chairs for a feature film adaptation and co-production with Ireland, and is developing Embrace the Dark, a feature doc on northern people and the challenges of life in the darkest days of winter, for the National Film Board.