Sandra Goldbacher

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Sandra Goldbacher
Born
Sandra A. Goldbacher

1960 (age 62–63)
Hampstead Garden Suburb, London UK
Nationality British
Citizenship British
Education Sussex University
Middlesex University
Occupation(s)Film screenwriter
Film director
TV director
Known for The Governess
Me Without You
SpousePeter Salmi
Children1

Sandra A. Goldbacher (born 1960) [1] is a British film director, TV director, and screenwriter. [2]

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Early life and education

Goldbacher grew up in Hampstead Garden Suburb in the London Borough of Barnet, [1] [3] the daughter of an Italian Sephardic Jewish father, a fruit importer, and a Protestant mother, who was a native of the Isle of Skye in Scotland. [4] Her mother converted to Judaism when Goldbacher was a year old. Goldbacher's father was a Holocaust survivor. [5] Goldbacher grew up as a Reform Jew. [3] She said she encountered some anti-semitism growing up. [6]

Goldbacher graduated from Sussex University as a French Literature major, and then did a year-long course at Middlesex University, studying film and video. [3]

Career

Goldbacher got her start directing commercials for The Observer Philips, Evian, Wella, Johnny Walker and Baileys. She also directed documentaries for the BBC series Building Sights, and two documentaries on boxing for Channel 4.

In 1994, Goldbacher made two shorts: Seventeen, which starred Rachel Weisz, and Piccadilly Circus By Night. She had made films while in college. [7]

Goldbacher's first feature film, The Governess , [8] starring Minnie Driver, [9] [10] which Goldbacher wrote based on a fictional diary that she wrote, [11] was nominated for a BAFTA award in 1999 for best newcomer. [6]

In 2001, she released her second film, Me Without You, [12] which starred Anna Friel and Michelle Williams and was written by Goldbacher and Laurence Coriat. [13] [14] The movie had been in development before The Governess, but funding came earlier for the other film. Me Without You explores the "over-intense" relationship between two teenage girls. [15] The film was loosely based upon a childhood friendship she had when she was younger. [15] Both films featured Jewish characters and themes. [16] [17]

In 2007, Goldbacher directed the television film adaptation of Noel Streatfeild's book Ballet Shoes for BBC One, which starred Emma Watson. [18]

In 2011, she wrote the book Matilda's Secret for the British doll company A Girl for All Time, which follows their character from Tudor times. She wrote two more books in this series, Amelia's Inheritance (2012) set during the Victorian period, and Clementine's Winter (2015) set during World War II.

In 2012, she directed two episodes of the second season of The Hour, starring Dominic West. [19]

In 2016, Goldbacher directed an episode of the TV series Endeavour , set in 1967. [20] Also in 2016, she directed two episodes of the British TV series Victoria . In 2017, she directed an episode of the TV series Anne with an E .

In 2018, Goldbacher directed the first series of the Amazon TV series Ordeal by Innocence , starring Bill Nighy and Alice Eve. [21] It was an adaptation of the 1958 book by Agatha Christie. [22]

In 2019, Goldbacher directed the four-episode Channel 4 mini-series, The Accident, which was created by and written by Jack Thorne, and is about a small Welsh community and how it copes with a devastating explosion. [23]

Personal life

In 1999, Goldbacher married writer/producer Peter Salmi. [24] They have one child. [25]

Awards and honours

Filmography

Works or publications

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