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Susanne Salavati Screen Star of Tomorrow 2022.
Susanne opened The Lazarus Project S2 alongside director Carl Tibbetts, shot Back To Life S2 directed by Ella Jones, When Barbara Met Alan directed by Bruce Goodison and Amit Sharma and Lucy Kirkwood’s Maryland for the BBC/Royal Court. Feature documentary work includes Grierson award winning White Riot directed by Rubika Shah and Even When I Fall, nominated for the BIFA Discovery Award, and Jane Gull’s BIFA nominated and award winning feature My Feral Heart.
FEATURES / DRAMA
THE STORM (Feature)
Prod. Warner Bros. / Netflix
Dir. Josephine Bornebusch
THE CROW GIRL (Lead Cinematographer)
Prod. Buccaneer Media
Dir. Charles Martin
THE LAZARUS PROJECT S2 (Lead Cinematographer)
Prod. Sky / Urban Myth Films
Dir. Carl Tibbetts
TRUE LOVE (Blk 2)
Prod. Clerkenwell Films
Dir. Carl Tibbetts
THE FLATSHARE S1 (Blk 2 – Eps 4 5 6)
Prod. 42 Productions
Dir. Chloë Wickes
MARYLAND (Single Drama)
Prod. BBC / Royal Court
Dir. Brian Hill & Lucy Kirkwood
WHEN BARBARA MET ALAN (Single Drama)
Prod. BBC / Dragonfly
Dir. Bruce Goodison / Amit Sharma
Nomination: Best Single Drama – RTS Awards 2023
LOVE WITHOUT WALLS (Feature)
Prod. Karen Newman
Dir. Jane Gull
Nomination: Best Scripted Single Drama – RTS (East) Awards 2024
Winner: Best UK Feature – London Independent Film Festival 2023
Winner: Best Independent Film – National Film Awards 2023
Official Selection / Winner: Manchester Film Festival – Best UK Feature 2023
Official Selection: London Independent Film Festival 2023
Official Selection: Galway Film Festival 2023
BACK TO LIFE S2
Prod. Two Brothers
Dir. Ella Jones
Nomination: Best Director (Comedy/Drama) – RTS Craft & Design Awards 2021
BEHIND THE FILTER (Pilot)
Prod. Big Talk / BBC
Dir. Ella Jones
SEX EDUCATION: A CONVERSATION ABOUT SEXUAL HARASSMENT (Documentary / Companion Piece)
Prod. Bear Jam / Netflix
Dir. Lucy Brydon
ENTERPRICE S2
Prod. Fudge Park
Dir. Ella Jones
Winner: Best Comedy Drama / Situation Comedy Director – RTS Craft & Design Awards 2020
Nomination: Best Comedy Programme – Broadcast Digital Awards 2020
ROCKS (Operator – Main Unit Days)
Prod. Faye Ward / Ameenah Allen
Dir. Sarah Gavron
WHITE RIOT (Feature Documentary)
Prod. BFI
Dir. Rubika Shah
Nomination: Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer – BAFTA (Longlist) 2021
Nomination: Best Documentary – BIFA 2020
Nomination: The Douglas Hickox Award (Debut Director) – BIFA (Longlist) 2020
Winner: Grierson Award Best Documentary BFI LFF 2019
Special Mention: Crystal Bear – Berlin International Film Festival 2020
Official Selection: Sound & Vision – CPH:DOX 2020
Special Mention: DocFilmMusic Competition – Krakow Film Festival 2020
Official Selection: Edinburgh Int’l Film Festival 2020
MUGHAL MOWGLI (Feature – 2nd Unit)
Prod. Bennett McGhee
Dir. Bassam Tariq
SECOND SKIN (Main Unit Pick Up Days – DOP Laura Bellingham)
Prod. Maria Austin
Dir. James Kerr
WHERE IN THE WORLD (Documentary)
Prod. BBC/Evans Woolfe Media
Dir. Rhonda Evans/Tim Duck/Lucy Thwaite
Winner: Voice of the Listener and Viewer Children’s Broadcasting Award 2018
EVEN WHEN I FALL (Documentary)
Prod. Postcode Films
Dir. Sky Neal/Kate McLarnon
Nomination: Discovery Award BIFA 2017
MY FERAL HEART (Feature)
Dir. Jane Gull
Winner: Audience Award: Best Drama Feature – Cinequest 2016
Winner: Best Feature – LiftOff Season Awards 2017
Winner: Best Editing – Woodstock Film Festival 2017
Winner: Honourable Mention – Fargo Film Festival 2016
Winner: Best Panorama Film – Tirana Film Festival 2016
Winner: Best Feature Film – Moscow Breaking Down Barriers 2016
Nomination: Best Feature & Best Screenplay – IARA 2017
Nomination: BIFA Best newcomer, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress
Nomination: Best Feature / Indie Film – IARA Awards 2017
Nomination: Best Young Actress – IARA Awards 2017
Nomination: Best Original Screenplay – IARA Awards 2017
Official Selection: Woodstock Film Festival 2016
Official Selection: 70th Edinburgh International Film Festival
HOW WE LIVE NOW (Feature – Main Unit Pick Up Days)
Dir. Kevin McDonald
ROCK, PAPER
Prod. Super Gorilla
Dir. Ben Salavati/Alex Lopera
FANBOYS ANAONYMOUS
Prod. Google
Dir. Ben Salavati
WHAT IS ART? (Documentary)
Prod. BBC/Evans Woolfe Media
Dir. Tristan Anderson
BEYOND THE SALWEEN RIVER(Documentary)
Prod. Soul Rebel Films
Dir. GiGi Berardi
Official Selection: Yamagata Int’l Documentary Film Festival 2019
OFF THE GRID (Documentary)
Prod. Soul Rebel Films
Dir. Meghna Gupta
THE TOWN AND THE TIDE (Documentary)
Prod. Signal Films
Dir. Samantha Harrie
HOMESICK (Documentary)
Prod. Dropping Frames
Dir. Alex Lind
ZAN (Documentary)
Prod. Zaf Productions
Dir. Farinaz Nikbakht
KNIGHTHOOD & DECOY
Prod. Channel Flip
Dir. Jamie Lennox
SHORT FILMS
THE HONEYMAKERS
Prod. Jo Farrugia
Dir. Jeneffa Soldatic
Winner: Best Cinematography – Global Impact Film Festival 2020
NIGHT BUS
Prod. Helen Gladders
Dir. Henrietta Ashworth & Jessica Ashworth
HAYLEY ALIEN
Prod. Rebel Park Productions
Dir. Hannah Arterton
World Premiere: Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin 2020
GHOSTED
Starring Alison Steadman
Dir. Duncan Roe
7.2
Dir. Nida Manzoor
Official Selection: London Film Festival 2014
Official Selection: LA Comedy Fetsival 2015
Official Selection: Vimeo’s Short of the Week 2015
Official Selection: Short of the Week – Shortoftheweek.com 2015
UNRAVEL
Prod. Soul Rebel Films
Dir. Meghna Gupta
Winner: Best Cinematography: Women’s Independent Film Festival LA 2014
Winner: Jury Award – AlJazeera International Documentary Films Festival 2014
Winner: Special Jury Prize for Documentary Short – RiverRun International Film Festival 2013
Winner: Audience Choice Award – Toronto CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival 2012
Winner: German Independence Award for Best Short Film – Oldenburg International Film Festival 2012
Winner: Best International Short – Edmonton International Film Festival 2012
Special Mention: Best of British – Encounters Short Film Festival 2012
TWITCHER
Dir. Jane Gull
Special Mention: Best Cinematography – Underwire Film Festival 2013
Nomination: Golden Horseman for Best Short Fiction Film – Dresden Film Festival 2014
Official Selection: ECU European Independent Film Festival 2014
ARCADE
Dir. Nida Manzoor
Winner: Critics Choice Award – LYC Fresh Faced Film Festival 2012
Nominated: Gold Hugo for Best Short Film – Chicago International Film Festival 2012
Official Selection: Encounters Short Film & Animation Festival 2013
TODAY IS A GOOD DAY
Dir. Ray Moody
HITLER & HENRY VIII
Dir. Jane Gull
Official Selection: The British Urban Film Festival 2011
SHORT LEASE
Dir. Prano Bailey-Bond/Jen Eiss
Winner: Best Short Film – British Horror Awards 2010
Winner: Critics Choice Circle – Fresh Film Festival Prague 2010
Winner: Best Actress – British Horror Awards 2010
Nominated: Film London Best of Borough Awards 2010
Official Selection: Screamfest LA 2010
Official Selection: Bloody Women – Birds Eye View 2011
Official Selection: Abertoir Horror Film Festival 2011
Official Selection: Celluloid Screams Horror Film Festival 2011
Official Selection: Viscera Film Festival 2011
Official Selection: Mayhem Horror Film Festival 2010
Official Selection: FD4W Film Festival 2010
Commended: Delta Film Awards 2010
COMMERCIALS
Lindsey Dryden: Tate Talks
Lynsey Miller: It’s Not Rocket Science
Magnus Alanko: Virgin
Mark Harrison: DW Summer of Sports
Martin Gooch: Benefit
Prano Bailey-Bond: Sussan
Ray Moody: Longshaw Ward SS17
Sonja Phillips: Pantene
MUSIC PROMOS
Simon Wood: Michelle Bee,Ray Moody,
Zackary Adler: Mr Furbo
Zoe Beck: Beating Hearts