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Sally Potter

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Sally Potter

Born September 19, 1949 in London 23 films

Charlotte Sally Potter OBE (born 19 September 1949) is an English film director and screenwriter. She is known for directing Orlando (1992), which won the audience prize for Best Film at the Venice Film Festival. She also directed The Tango Lesson (1997), The Man Who Cried (2000), Yes (2004), Rage (2009), Ginger & Rosa (2012), The Party (2017) and most recently The Roads Not Taken (2020).

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Orlando posterFirst watchOrlando19926.9England, 1600. Queen Elizabeth I promises Orlando, a young nobleman obsessed with poetry, that she will grant him land and fortune if he agrees to satisfy a very particular request.View film

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23 films as director
  1. TBAAlmaDirector
  2. TBAOrlando, NowDirector
  3. 2022Look at MeDirector
  4. 2020The Roads Not TakenDirector
  5. 2017The PartyDirector
  6. 2012Ginger & RosaDirector
  7. 2009RageDirector
  8. 2005YesDirector
  9. 2000The Man Who CriedDirector
  10. 1997The Tango LessonDirector
  11. 1992OrlandoDirector
  12. 1988I Am an Ox, I Am a Horse, I Am a Man, I Am a WomanDirector
  13. 1986The London StoryDirector
  14. 1986TearsDirector
  15. 1986FearDirector
  16. 1986LaughterDirector
  17. 1986RageDirector
  18. 1983The Gold DiggersDirector
  19. 1979ThrillerDirector
  20. 1972CombinesDirector
  21. 1971Hors d'oeuvresDirector
  22. 1970PlayDirector
  23. 1969JerkDirector