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Artist
Sally Potter
12+ albums
English film directorpianotangofolk popactor
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Sally Potter (b. 19 September 1949 in London) is an English film director and screenwriter. Her films include Orlando, The Man Who Cried, The Tango Lesson, and more recently, Yes. Having left school at sixteen to become a filmmaker, she joined the London Film-Makers' Co-op and started making experimental short films. She later trained as a dancer and choreographer at the London School of Contemporary Dance, before founding her own company, The Limited Dance Company. Potter went on to become an award winning performance artist and theatre director, with shows including Mounting, Death and the Maiden and Berlin. In addition, she was a member of several music bands (including the Feminist Improvising Group and The Film Music Orchestra) working as a lyricist and singer. She collaborated (as a singer-songwriter) with composer Lindsay Cooper on the song cycle Oh Moscow which was performed throughout Europe, Russia and North America. Her music work continued later when she co-composed with David Motion the soundtrack to Orlando, and created the score for The Tango Lesson. Her most recent music work is as producer and composer of the original tracks for Yes. Potter returned to filmmaking with her short film Thriller (1979) which was a hit on the international festival circuit. This was followed by her first feature film, The Gold Diggers (1983), starring Julie Christie; a short film, The London Story (1986); a documentary series for Channel 4, Tears, Laughter, Fears and Rage (1986
