Sandra Goldbacher

Has directed many major commercials for Absolute Vodka, The Observer, Philips, Evian, Wella, Johnny Walker and Baileys. She also directed various arts documentaries for the BBC series 'Building Sights' and two documentaries on the world of boxing for Channel Four. She wrote and directed her first feature film The Governess (1998) starring Minnie Driver and Jonathan Rhys Meyers. For that film she was nominated for a BAFTA for best newcomer and won a Hitchcock Award at the Dinard British Film Festival. She also won the Audience Award and a Special debut Prize at the Karlovyvary International Film Festival and the Kodak Vision Award.