Susanna White facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Susanna White
Susanna White at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival
Born	1955/1956 (age 68–69) England
Occupation	TV and film director
Years active	1985–present
Children	2

Susanna White is a talented British director who creates movies and TV shows. She was born in England.

Susanna is famous for directing many popular series. These include the BBC miniseries Jane Eyre, the HBO miniseries Generation Kill, and the Disney+ Star Wars series Andor. She has won several important awards, like a BAFTA Television Award. She has also been nominated for many others, including two Primetime Emmy Awards.

Early Life and Learning

Susanna White was born in England. She became interested in making films when she was just eight years old. She asked her parents to buy her a Super 8 film camera.

One story says she was inspired after visiting the set of a children's TV show called Crackerjack. However, Susanna herself wrote that the idea came after her father took her to see the movie Doctor Dolittle. After seeing that film, she knew she wanted a camera.

She later studied English at Oxford University. Then, she won a special scholarship called a Fulbright scholarship. This allowed her to study film at UCLA in the United States.

Her Directing Career

After finishing her studies, Susanna White spent 12 years making documentaries for BBC2. These are films that show real-life events.

In 2001, she got a chance to direct a drama for BBC2. This was a TV film called Love Again. She has said that watching the 1993 film The Piano made her want to direct feature films, not just documentaries.

Susanna won a BAFTA award for her work on the 2005 TV series Bleak House. This award was for Best Drama Serial. She also directed the BBC miniseries Jane Eyre, which earned her an Emmy award nomination.

She directed four episodes of the HBO miniseries Generation Kill. She also directed all five episodes of the 2012 series Parade's End.

In movies, Susanna directed Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang, which is a fantasy film. More recently, she directed Our Kind of Traitor.

In 2022, she directed three episodes of the popular Disney+ Star Wars series Andor.

Susanna is also directing the film version of a play called Prima Facie. This film will star Cynthia Erivo.

Awards and Recognition

Susanna White has been recognized for her amazing work in television and film.

• In 2006, she won a BAFTA Television Award for Best Drama Serial for Bleak House.
• She was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in 2007 for Jane Eyre.
• In 2009, she was again nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Generation Kill.
• Her film Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Children's Feature Film in 2010.
• In 2013, Parade's End was nominated for a BAFTA Television Award for Best Mini Series.

Her Life Outside Work

Susanna White lives on a dairy farm in Sussex, England. She lives there with her husband, who is a professor at Oxford University, and their twin daughters.

Filmography

Susanna White has directed many films and television shows. Here are some of them:

Film

Television