Harry Wootliff is an English film director and screenwriter.
Career Wootliff's feature film True Things starring Ruth Wilson and Tom Burke, had its World Premiere at Venice Film Festival,Barraclough, Leo (Sept 2, 2021) Variety, Harry Wootliff Delivers ‘True Things,’ a Tale of Obsession, Starring Ruth Wilson, in Venice and also screened at TorontoTIFF website , and The London Film Festival,LFF website where it won the IWC Shaffhausen award.Dalton, Ben (Oct 17, 2021) Screen Daily, Harry Wootliff, ‘Hit The Road’ head BFI London Film Festival winners . Samuel Goldwyn Films acquired North American distribution rights to the film.
Wootliff's debut feature film, the critically acclaimed romantic drama Only You starring Laia Costa and Josh O'Connor, premiered 19 October 2018 at The London Film Festival, where it was nominated for both the First Feature Award and IWC Schaffhausen Filmmaker Bursary Award. Only You went on to win The Critics’ Award at the 30th Dinard Film Festival,Lemercier, Fabien (Sept 30, 2019) Cineuropa, Dinard Festivals/Awards two British Independent Film Awards,BIFA website, award winners a Writers' Guild Award,Writers' Guild Awards 2020 shortlist and a BAFTA nomination.The Guardian, Baftas 2020: full list of nominations.
Wootliff's debut short film Nits premiered in Cannes Directors' Fortnight,Quinzaine des Réalisateurs website 'Nits' was BAFTA nominated,BAFTA short film, nominees and won The BFI London Film Festival TCM Classic Shorts Film Competition,Jury, Louise (The Independent) 'chilling-and-well-crafted-womens-visions-take-honours-at-the-london-film-festival' Soho Rushes, and Birds Eye View.Felperin, Leslie (The Independent) 'Film festival: The lady thrillers' Her second short film Trip premiered in Official Selection at Berlin.Berlinale website
Wootliff directed the finale of BBC/HBO's His Dark Materials season three.Lark Management She directed The Woman in the Wall, for BBC/Showtime.BBC website, The BBC and Showtime commission new drama series The Woman In The Wall
Sight & Sound poll
In the 2022 poll of the greatest films of all time, conducted every ten years since 1952, Harry Wootliff was chosen to contribute and selected the following: Paris, Texas (1984, Wim Wenders) À NOS AMOURS (1983, Maurice Pialat) The Conversation (1974, Francis Ford Coppola) White Material (2009, Claire Denis) A Woman under the Influence (1974, John Cassavetes) Three Colours Blue (1993, Krzysztof Kieslowski) Mouchette (1966, Robert Bresson) Rosetta (1999, Luc Dardenne, Jean-Pierre Dardenne) IVANOVO DETSTVO (1962, Andrei Tarkovsky) Breaking the Waves (1996, Lars von Trier).Sight and Sound | The Greatest Films of All Time | All voters | Harry Wootliff
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New talent: the rising stars of culture, science and food 2019