She directed 12 different TV movies before going to London to get her masters in 1982, where she majored in screenplay writing and directing. Her thesis project, They Say the Moon Is Fuller, won a silver medal at the Chicago Film Festival.
一九八二年，羅卓瑤到英國攻讀碩士，主修導演和編劇，畢業作品《他們說這兒月亮比較圓》，曾獲芝加哥影展銀牌獎。