
Polly Bennett
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Biography
Polly Bennett is a British sought-after and lauded movement director, choreographer and director based in London. Her film, TV and theatre experience spans creating nuanced, full-bodied characters to orchestrating elaborate, large-scale sequences. Polly’s insights into human behaviour and physical psychology have earned the respect of a coterie of award-winning creatives including Baz Luhrmann, Rami Malek, Sam Mendes, Emerald Fennell, Naomi Ackie and Austin Butler. Her work has spanned Oscar, Golden Globe and Emmy-winning projects such as Bohemian Rhapsody, Elvis, Netflix’s The Crown, Hulu’s The Great and BBC’s Killing Eve.
Known For

Tragedy strikes when Heathcliff falls in love with Catherine Earnshaw, a woman from a wealthy family in 18th-century England.
"Wuthering Heights"

The life story of Elvis Presley as seen through the complicated relationship with his enigmatic manager, Colonel Tom Parker.
Elvis

When a heartbroken New Yorker moves to London hoping for a love story, she falls for an indie musician who's anything but the typical romantic hero.
Too Much

The new upcoming film by Greta Gerwig.
Narnia: The Magician's Nephew

Jamaican singer-songwriter Bob Marley overcomes adversity to become the most famous reggae musician in the world.
Bob Marley: One Love

An early-20th-century tale of love across class boundaries which tells the legendary and romantic story of Lady Chatterley’s affair with her gamekeeper. Jed Mercurio’s adaptation of DH Lawrence’s classic.
Lady Chatterley's Lover

Ivy is a teenager in remission from cancer, whose mum and dad insist she attend Children Run Free Camp, a summer retreat for young adults affected by cancer. However, as Ivy is reluctantly dragged through camp experience, she discovers new feelings with new friends.
Sunny Dancer

In a dusty post-war summer in rural Warwickshire, a doctor is called to a patient at lonely Hundreds Hall. Home to the Ayres family for over two centuries, the Georgian house is now in decline. But are the Ayreses haunted by something more sinister than a dying way of life?
The Little Stranger

Zed, a young British rapper, is about to start his first world tour, when a crippling illness strikes him down, forcing him to move back in with his family. He tries to find himself between an international music career and Pakistani family traditions.
Mogul Mowgli

This piece offers interviews with the real life May and Taylor, who reminisce about the concert, along with other interviews and behind the scenes footage.
Bohemian Rhapsody: Recreating Live Aid

On a cold September morning in 1844 a young man from Bavaria stands on a New York dockside. Dreaming of a new life in the new world. He is joined by his two brothers and an American epic begins. 163 years later, the firm they establish – Lehman Brothers – spectacularly collapses into bankruptcy, and triggers the largest financial crisis in history.
National Theatre Live: The Lehman Trilogy

Set in an opulent chateau, a widowed Count (Willem Dafoe) meets three young strangers, who are full of desire of adventures. But then, the deceased Countess (Daisy Ridley), haunts her widowed husband through the lens of a camera, collapsing then and now, amongst youthful decadence and yearning.
Grande Envie

Once, Neil Marlow's life was a spontaneous festival of frivolity, friends and funk music. Now, it's one of OAPs, weekly bingo and ready-meals. Neil Marlow (aka The Rev) has chosen a life of the cloth above a life of liberalism. Like so many before him, he is convinced that his sexuality and extroverted personality are incompatible with his religious beliefs. This is the story of that struggle. The struggle of repression and rejection, of the vain attempt to leave a part of himself behind in the belief that he will somehow be happier if he inhibits his true self.
The Rev

From the private grounds of Windsor Castle, an all-star cast put on a theatrical arena event featuring 1,300 performers, 500 horses and four acts, which gallop through history to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee.
The Queen's Platinum Jubilee Celebration

Documentary about the making of the 2022 biopic Elvis