Sarah Gavron

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.

• Name — Sarah Gavron • Born — 20 April 1970 • Birthplace — United Kingdom • Occupation — Film director • Years Active — 2000–present • Spouse — David Katznelson • Children — 2 • Parents — Robert Gavron Nicky Gavron

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. Frears is one of her influences in filmmaking and directing, as well as Mike Leigh and Terence Davies. She cites many female filmmakers as having inspired her. Before studying at the National Film School, she worked for the BBC in documentaries for three years. Gavron is married to cinematographer David Katznelson, and together, they have two children. Gavron has said she "got into filmmaking to make a difference." She has dedicated her career to telling the stories of women. In addition, the scarcity of women filmmakers in the UK is what inspires Gavron with her own filmmaking, and her responsibility as a female director.

Gavron began her film career making documentaries, a field that seemed "more accessible at that point," but kept returning to narrative filmmaking because of her desire to tell stories. Her first film, This Little Life (2003), is classified as a television drama, with the plot surrounding a couple and their premature born child; Brick Lane (2007) is her second most recognized feature film, that is an adaptation of Monica Ali's novel of the same name, which encapsulates the life of a Bangladeshi, female immigrant living in London, U.K; Village at the End of the World (2012) is a documentary that Gavron directed in a peninsula in Greenland. Her next film, Suffragette (2015), is set in London of 1912 and tells the story of the Suffragette movement, specifically, the lives of three women that take on fictitious names in the film, however represent non-fictional historical figures. In Brick Lane (2007), Gavron centers on the female protagonist in "one of the most ethnically diverse neighborhoods in the United Kingdom." Suffragette (2015) is "this first major feature film to focus on the fight for women's suffrage”. The film conveys important themes regarding legal and social positions of women, wives and mothers in 1912. Gavron believes that the women's suffrage movement must be regarded as a "multi stranded, and complex story that is still unfolding." Gavron intended Suffragette to be telling of important moments in the past, but also relevant in present day. Suffragette was acquired by Focus Features (originally Relativity) in March 2015. 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.

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)

The authorities additionally record the heading Hon. Her recorded language was English. She was the child of Robert Gavron, Baron Gavron and Nicky Gavron.