Susanna White

Susanna White (born 1960) is a British television and film director. She is best known for directing BBC mini-series Jane Eyre, HBO miniseries Generation Kill, and Disney+ Star Wars series Andor. She has won multiple awards, including 1 BAFTA Television Award, and received numerous nominations, including nominations for 2 Primetime Emmy Awards and 2 BAFTA Awards.

Our Kind of Traitor (2016)

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A young Oxford academic and his attorney girlfriend holiday in Morocco. They bump into a Russian millionaire who owns a peninsula and a diamond watch. He wants a game of tennis. What else he wants propels the lovers on a tortuous journey to the City of London and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Susanna White
CAST:  Ewan McGregor  •  Stellan Skarsgård  •  Naomie Harris  •  Alicia von Rittberg

A young Oxford academic and his attorney girlfriend holiday in Morocco. They bump into a Russian millionaire who owns a peninsula and a diamond watch. He wants a game of tennis. What else he wants propels the lovers on a tortuous journey to the City of London and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Susanna White
CAST:  Ewan McGregor  •  Stellan Skarsgård  •  Naomie Harris  •  Alicia von Rittberg

The Diary of a Nobody (2007)

Based on the English comic novel written by the brothers George and Weedon Grossmith in the 1880s. The diary records the daily events in the lives of a London clerk, Charles Pooter, his wife Carrie, his son Lupin, and numerous friends and acquaintances, over a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Susanna White
CAST:  Hugh Bonneville

Based on the English comic novel written by the brothers George and Weedon Grossmith in the 1880s. The diary records the daily events in the lives of a London clerk, Charles Pooter, his wife Carrie, his son Lupin, and numerous friends and acquaintances, over a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Susanna White
CAST:  Hugh Bonneville

Lie with Me (2004)

In this made-for-television thriller, Roselyn Tyler (Eve Best) awakens in her London flat with no memory of the previous night. She discovers that she was drugged and sexually assaulted -- and her roommate is dead. When investigating cop Will Tomlinson (Andrew ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Susanna White
CAST:  Andrew Lincoln  •  Eve Best  •  Paul McGann  •  Amanda Mealing

In this made-for-television thriller, Roselyn Tyler (Eve Best) awakens in her London flat with no memory of the previous night. She discovers that she was drugged and sexually assaulted -- and her roommate is dead. When investigating cop Will Tomlinson (Andrew ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Susanna White
CAST:  Andrew Lincoln  •  Eve Best  •  Paul McGann  •  Amanda Mealing

Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010)

Nanny McPhee appears at the door of a harried young mother who is trying to run the family farm while her husband is away at war. But once she’s arrived, Nanny discovers that the children are fighting a war of their own against two spoiled city cousins who have ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Susanna White
CAST:  Emma Thompson  •  Ralph Fiennes  •  Maggie Gyllenhaal  •  Maggie Smith

Nanny McPhee appears at the door of a harried young mother who is trying to run the family farm while her husband is away at war. But once she’s arrived, Nanny discovers that the children are fighting a war of their own against two spoiled city cousins who have ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Susanna White
CAST:  Emma Thompson  •  Ralph Fiennes  •  Maggie Gyllenhaal  •  Maggie Smith

Woman Walks Ahead (2018)

Based on a true story, this riveting western follows a headstrong New York widow as she journeys west to meet Sioux chief Sitting Bull, facing off with an army officer intent on war with Native Americans.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Susanna White
CAST:  Jessica Chastain  •  Michael Greyeyes  •  Sam Rockwell  •  Ciarán Hinds

Based on a true story, this riveting western follows a headstrong New York widow as she journeys west to meet Sioux chief Sitting Bull, facing off with an army officer intent on war with Native Americans.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Susanna White
CAST:  Jessica Chastain  •  Michael Greyeyes  •  Sam Rockwell  •  Ciarán Hinds

Love Again (2003)

Dramatisation of the romantic life and various relationships of poet Philip Larkin, from his arrival as librarian at Hull University in 1955 to his death in 1985.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Susanna White
CAST:  Hugh Bonneville  •  Tara Fitzgerald  •  Amanda Root

Dramatisation of the romantic life and various relationships of poet Philip Larkin, from his arrival as librarian at Hull University in 1955 to his death in 1985.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Susanna White
CAST:  Hugh Bonneville  •  Tara Fitzgerald  •  Amanda Root

Mr Harvey Lights a Candle (2005)

A teacher comes to terms with his past during a school trip to Salisbury Cathedral.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Susanna White
CAST:  Timothy Spall  •  Celia Imrie  •  Ben Miles  •  Natalie Press

A teacher comes to terms with his past during a school trip to Salisbury Cathedral.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Susanna White
CAST:  Timothy Spall  •  Celia Imrie  •  Ben Miles  •  Natalie Press

Tell Me the Truth About Love (2000)

A look at the theme of love in the life of the poet WH Auden, who wrote such famous poems as "Stop All the Clocks" (made famous in "Four Weddings and a Funeral"), "Lay Your Sleeping Head My Love" and "As I Walked Out One Evening". This film centres on new ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Susanna White
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A look at the theme of love in the life of the poet WH Auden, who wrote such famous poems as "Stop All the Clocks" (made famous in "Four Weddings and a Funeral"), "Lay Your Sleeping Head My Love" and "As I Walked Out One Evening". This film centres on new ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Susanna White
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TS Eliot: Into 'The Waste Land' (2022)

An exploration of TS Eliot's The Waste Land, in its centenary year, that for the first time uncovers the personal story behind Eliot's creation of his celebrated poem.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Susanna White
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An exploration of TS Eliot's The Waste Land, in its centenary year, that for the first time uncovers the personal story behind Eliot's creation of his celebrated poem.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Susanna White
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Volvo City (1991)

Stamford Hill in North London is home to a community of 30,000 Hasidic Jews. Aiming to preserve a way of life they had in eighteenth century Poland and living strictly according to over 600 Biblical commandments brings them into conflict with modern life. They have ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Susanna White
CAST: 

Stamford Hill in North London is home to a community of 30,000 Hasidic Jews. Aiming to preserve a way of life they had in eighteenth century Poland and living strictly according to over 600 Biblical commandments brings them into conflict with modern life. They have ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Susanna White
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