Sally Potter
(1949-), Film director and screenwriterSitter in 1 portrait
Potter made her first 8mm film aged fourteen and joined the London Film-Makers' Co-Op in the late 1960s. She has since written and directed several feature films, as well as many short films (including Thriller), and has directed opera (Carmen for the ENO in 2007) and other live work. Orlando (1992), Potter's bold adaptation of Virginia Woolf's classic novel, first brought her work to a wider audience. It was followed by The Tango Lesson(1996), in which she drew on her dance training and performed with Pablo Veron, Rage (2009), Ginger and Rosa (2012), and The Party (2017). . Potter's films have won numerous international awards and received both Academy Award and BAFTA nominations. She was appointed OBE in 2012 for services to film. She has had full career retrospectives of her film and video work at the BFI Southbank, London, MoMA, New York, and the Cinematheque, Madrid.
by Nina Mae Fowler
compressed charcoal and pencil on paper, 2019
NPG 7067
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