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Sally Potter

English film director and screenwriter (born 1949)
Person human Q268840

Facts

22 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
female[19]
Date of birth
September 19, 1949
Place of birth
London
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[9]
Occupation
film director, screenwriter, film producer, film score composer, actor, theatrical director, director, singer, rock singer, composer, musician[10][11][12][13][14][15]
Award received
Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Young European Film of the Year[17][18]
Notable work
Orlando[16]
Spouse
Christopher Sheppard[8]
Official website
sallypotter.com[22]
Nominated for
Young European Film of the Year[26]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[27]
Copyright status as a creator
works protected by copyrights
Described by source
Women film directors : an international bio-critical dictionary, The St. James women filmmakers encyclopedia[24][25]
Family name
Potter[20]
Floruit
2012[23]
Given name
Sally[21]
Has works in the collection
Museum of Modern Art
Name in native language
Sally Potter[28]
P14419
51743
P14750
698D-555B-33EC-76D1-BFCE
Start of work period
1979[29]
🏷️ Also known as
en Charlotte Sally Potter en Sally Potter ar سالي بوتر de Charlotte Sally Potter es Charlotte Sally Potter fa سالی پوتر he סאלי פוטר ja サリー・ポッター ko 샐리 포터 pt Charlotte Sally Potter ru Поттер С. ru Поттер Салли ru Поттер, Салли ru Салли Поттер sv Potter uk Саллі Поттер zh 莎莉波特 zh 萨莉·波特 zh-hant 薩莉·波特
🔖 Identifiers · 93
ISNI
0000000081584466
VIAF cluster ID
78760437
Library of Congress authority ID
n94051757, no2010060370
GND ID
122855930
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
MJK 71590 Sally Potter (The Roads Not Taken, Berlinale 2020).jpg ↗
ACMI ID
creators/61866
AllMovie person ID
p106934
Allcinema person ID
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AlloCiné person ID
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Artist-info artist ID
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Awards & Winners artist ID
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BAnQ authority ID
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BBC Things ID
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BIBSYS ID
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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
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CANTIC ID
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CINE21 person ID
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CLARA-ID
10994
CiNii Research ID
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Cinenacional.com person ID
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Companies House officer ID
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DDB person (GND) ID
122855930
DUC ID
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Danish National Filmography person ID
96080
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
122855930
Discogs artist ID
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Douban movie celebrity ID
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Douban personage ID
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EDb person ID
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ElCinema person ID
2007653
ElFilm person ID
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Elonet person ID
144811
Evene ID
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FAST ID
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FID performing arts ID
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FIPRESCI person ID
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Film.ru person ID
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Filmportal ID
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Freebase ID
/m/070br7
George Eastman Museum people ID
127819
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
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IMDb ID
nm0006845
IdRef ID
077604091
Ivi person ID
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JRC Names ID
1007520
KINENOTE person ID
83462
KMDb person ID
00049106
Kinobaza person ID
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Kinobox person ID
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Kinopoisk person ID
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LUMIERE director ID
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LdiF person ID
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Les Archives du spectacle person ID
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Libris-URI
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LyricsTranslate ID
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MYmovies person ID
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Moov artist ID
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MovieMeter person ID
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Munzinger person ID
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Museum of Modern Art artist ID
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MusicBrainz artist ID
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Musicalics composer ID
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NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA09245277
NDL Authority ID
00865659
NLP ID
a0000001743918
NUKAT ID
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National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007349768005171, 987007422632405171
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810648187805606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX1094293
National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID
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Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
126935890
Open Media Database person ID
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PORT person ID
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Postimees topic ID
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Quora topic ID
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Related category
Category:Films directed by Sally Potter
Rotten Tomatoes ID
celebrity/sally_potter
SBN author ID
RAVV091104
SELIBR ID
276046
SNAC ARK ID
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Scope.dk person ID
4186
Sinemalar person ID
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Swedish Film Database person ID
181172
TMDB person ID
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Tabakalera ID
112197
The Guardian topic ID
film/sally-potter
Unifrance person ID
18556
Union List of Artist Names ID
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Wellcome Collection concept ID
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WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/faea71f4-081d-47ff-8ba4-49c06f002aef
Yle topic ID
18-142602
ČSFD person ID
3539

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🔗 Connections
Films directed 8
The Man Who Cried, The Party, Orlando, Ginger & Rosa, The Roads Not Taken, The Tango Lesson, Rage, Yes
Films written 8
The Man Who Cried, The Party, Orlando, Ginger & Rosa, The Roads Not Taken, The Tango Lesson, Rage, Yes
Occupation 8
actor, singer, film director, screenwriter, film producer, director, theatrical director, film score composer
Compositions 2
Orlando, The Roads Not Taken
← Cast member 2
The Tango Lesson, Women Make Film
Award received 1
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom
Family name 1
Potter
Given name 1
Sally
Has works in the collection 1
Museum of Modern Art
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Notable work 1
Orlando
Place of birth 1
London
Related category 1
Category:Films directed by Sally Potter
Sex or gender 1
female
← Category combines topics 1
Category:Films directed by Sally Potter
← Creator 1
Ginger & Rosa
← Film editor 1
The Roads Not Taken
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Summary

Sally Potter was born on September 19, 1949[1], in London[2]. She has worked as a film director[3], screenwriter[4], film producer[5], film score composer[6], and actor[7].

FAQs

Where was Sally Potter born?

Sally Potter's place of birth was London[2].

Who was Sally Potter married to?

Sally Potter's spouses include Christopher Sheppard[8].

What did Sally Potter do for work?

Sally Potter worked as a film director[3], screenwriter[4], film producer[5], film score composer[6], and actor[7].

What awards did Sally Potter receive?

Honors received include Officer of the Order of the British Empire[17] and Young European Film of the Year[18].

Related Entities

London Museum of Modern Art United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . Museum of Modern Art online collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . LUMIERE. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . www.acmi.net.au. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . europeanfilmacademy.org. Retrieved . europeanfilmacademy.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [1] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . europeanfilmacademy.org. Retrieved . europeanfilmacademy.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 12d ago · PeterCanthropus · 2026-10-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Cinenacional.com person ID → sally-potter
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  2. 18d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'bcl', 'ca', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr',
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  3. 7w ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Kinobaza person ID → sally-potter
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  4. 8w ago · Anti-Strange-Ipek-Action · 2026-09-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  5. 8w ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  6. 15w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-07-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  7. 23w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → film director, screenwriter, film producer +8
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  8. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → film director, screenwriter, film producer +8
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  10. 25w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Family name → Potter
    Website → —
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