AnnaRose King

September 12, 1985 - January 3, 2021 KING--AnnaRose McLaughlin. A filmmaker whose work explored the quirky, tender, poignant, and funny aspects of young love and life, died on January 3 at Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital in Manhattan. She was 35. Her death followed a valiant, almost three year battle with cancer. Ms. King is survived by her husband, Michael Charles Telis, and their four year old daughter, Willow Rose King Telis, of Brooklyn, NY. Aside from her husband and daughter, she is survived by her mother, Alison Therese Moore of Brooklyn, NY, her sister Lucinda Monroe King of Los Angeles, CA, and her mother and father-in-law, Karen and Sherman Telis, of Washington, DC. She is the daughter of the late Roger Monroe King. Born in Manhattan, she grew up in Beverly Farms, MA. She was a graduate of Miss Porter's School, in Farmington, CT, earned her bachelor's degree in Diplomacy and World Affairs from Occidental College, and her Masters of Fine Arts degree in Film Production from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. AnnaRose wrote, directed, and starred in the feature length film, "Good Enough," and co-created, wrote and directed the web series "American Viral" starring Michael Showalter. In a testament to her drive, creativity, stamina, and ability to see love and humor during the most trying human moments, she was selected as a 2020 Sundance Institute FilmTwo Fellow for her original screenplay about a young woman from New York on a last-ditch effort to heal her incurable cancer by participating in a cutting-edge experimental treatment in Houston. AnnaRose had a playful spirit and profound love and caring for others. Her friendships spanned continents and were close and enduring. AnnaRose worked hard, lived fully, loved to travel around the world, and generously hosted friends and family at her beloved home in Sherman, CT. Her generosity extended not only to those in her wide circle, but spread to so many others in need, including through the cancer research fund she established at MD Anderson. Donations may be made to the fund in her honor here: https://www.annaroseking.com/advocacy