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Miranda Sawyer presents in-depth interviews with actors, directors and soundtrack makers.

Miranda Sawyer presents in-depth, revealing interviews with actors, directors and soundtrack makers about their lives and careers in music and film.

Sound and Vision: Sally Potter

Sally Potter

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Film director Sally Potter chats to Miranda Sawyer about key musical moments in her life.

Visionary director and independent filmmaker Sally Potter joins Miranda Sawyer to talk about key musical moments from her life and the making of her new album Pink Bikini.

Sally Potter made her first 8mm film aged fourteen. She has since written and directed nine feature films, as well as many short films (including THRILLER and PLAY) and a television series, and has directed opera (Carmen for the ENO in 2007) and other live work, and she’s done so by following the roads not taken by others. Her background is in choreography, music, performance art and experimental film. ORLANDO (1992), Sally 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), THE MAN WHO CRIED (2000), YES (2004), RAGE (2009) and GINGER & ROSA (2012),and THE PARTY (2017). Her latest film, THE ROADS NOT TAKEN premiered at Berlin Film Festival in 2020.

Sally Potter is known for innovative form and risk-taking subject matter and has worked with many of the most notable cinema actors of our time including Tilda Swinton, Cillian Murphy, Javier Bardem, Chris Rock, Cate Blanchett, Julie Christie, Christina Ricci and David Oyelowo to mention a few. Her films have won over forty international awards and received both Academy Award and BAFTA nominations. She has had full career retrospectives of her film and video work at the BFI Southbank, London, MoMA, New York, and the Cinematheque, Madrid. She was awarded an OBE in 2012.

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