Sarah Gavron

Sarah Gavron (born 20 April 1970) is a British film director. She has directed four short films, and three feature films. Her first film was This Little Life, later followed by Brick Lane (2007) and Village at the End of the World (2012). Her film, Suffragette (2015) is based in the London of 1912 and tells the story of the Suffragette movement based on realistic historical events. Her most recent film is Rocks (2019) which she directed in a creative collaboration with the team and young cast.

Biography

Sarah Gavron was educated at Camden School for Girls. She graduated from the University of York with a BA in English in 1992 and an MA in film studies from Edinburgh College of Art when it was associated with Heriot-Watt University. Later, she went to the National Film and Television School. Gavron was in a directing class that was taught by Stephen Frears. Gavron has said she "got into filmmaking to make a difference." She has dedicated her career to telling the stories of women.

Her first film, This Little Life (2003), is classified as a television drama, with the plot surrounding a couple and their premature born child; which encapsulates the life of a Bangladeshi, female immigrant living in London, U.K; The film premiered at the 2015 Telluride Film Festival.

Her most recent film, Rocks, premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival in the Platform Prize program.

Favourite films In 2022, Gavron participated in the Sight & Sound film polls of that year. It is held every ten years to select the greatest films of all time, by asking contemporary directors to select ten films of their choice.

Gavron's selections were:

The Piano (1993) Persepolis (2007) I Am Cuba (1964) The Ascent (1977) Ratcatcher (1999) A Separation (2011) Divines (2016) Fanny and Alexander (1982) Shoplifters (2018) Secrets & Lies (1996)

Filmography Feature films Brick Lane (2007) Suffragette (2015) Rocks (2019)

Short films The Girl in the Lay-By (2000) Losing Touch (2000) Village at the End of the World (2013)

Television films This Little Life (2003)

Awards and nominations Sarah Gavron was nominated for the BAFTA Award and BIFA for best director in 2007 for her film Brick Lane. The film won a Silver Hitchcock and best screenplay at the Dinard Festival of British Cinema. She received the Tangerine Entertainment Juice Award from the Hamptons International Film Festival for directing the movie Suffragette, as well as the Mill Valley Film Festival's Audience Award (Mind the Gap), also for directing that film.

Year Association Category Title Result 2003 British Independent Film Awards Douglas Hickox Award This Little Life BAFTA TV Awards Best Single Drama 2004 Best New Director (Fiction) 2007 British Independent Film Awards Best Director Brick Lane BFI London Film Festival Alfred Dunhill UK Film Talent Award San Sebastián International Film Festival C.I.C.A.E. Award 2008 BAFTA Film Awards Carl Foreman Award forSpecial Achievement by a British Director London Critics Circle Film Awards British Breakthrough - Filmmaking 2015 Alliance of Women Film Journalists EDA Female Focus Award - Best Woman Director Suffragette Camerimage Golden Frog - Main Competition Hamptons International Film Festival Tangerine Entertainment Juice Award Mill Valley Film Festival Audience Award - Mind the Gap Women Film Critics Circle Courage in Filmmaking Award Best Movie by a Woman Women's Image Network Awards Outstanding Feature Film 2016 Empire Awards Best British Film Athena Film Festival Ensemble Award European Film Awards Best Production Designer Turia Awards, Spain Audience Award - Best Foreign Film WFTV Awards Deluxe Director Award Herself 2021 BAFTA Film Awards Best Director Rocks British Independent Film Awards Best British Independent Film Best Director