Suzanne Gielgud

Suzanne Gielgud was as a professional ballet dancer before she founded the dancers talent agency Gielgud Management in 1996 with husband, the choreographer, Piers Gielgud. In 2004 she worked on Oliver Stone's feature Alexander, casting all the dancers in the film, after which she founded Gielgud Films and made her debut documentary 'Dancing for Oliver'. The film was selected for festivals worldwide including the Marbella Film Festival where it won Best Documentary Award 2006. Since then Gielgud Films has specialised in filming and producing live ballet and opera performances. In 2016, Suzanne's documentary 'The Gospel of Ross McKim' was selected for various festivals including Raindance Film Festival and Hollywood International Independent Documentary Awards in October 2016 where it won her a Best Feature and Female Filmmaker award. Since 2016, through the Raindance MA in Film, Suzanne has been writing her debut feature film 'Olga' which has since won 'Best Unproduced Script' at the 2018 Nice Film Festival, received an 'honourable mention' at the 2018 New York International Screenplay Awards.