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Caroline Rowland (filmmaker)

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Filmmaker and entrepreneur, Caroline Rowland founded New Moon Television [1] in 1996 and Field of Play Sport & Entertainment in 2014. She is an English and Journalism graduate of Rhodes University[2] and serves as a Trustee of the Rhodes University Trust.[3] A former competitive swimmer, Caroline is an enthusiastic horsewoman, golfer, keen skier and private pilot, as well as having an interest in National Hunt horseracing and breeding.[4]

She was described by BAFTA’s Academy Magazine as “hot young talent” in the British Film Industry [5] and in 2007, Caroline was an Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist.[6]

In 2011, Caroline was honoured with the South African Business Club ‘Woman in Business of the Year’ award [7]

Caroline has been credited as being one of the ten most influential people in the Bid for the London 2012 Olympics [8] New Moon produced the two films for the London bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics. Sport at Heart and Inspiration have since been awarded 26 Awards between them.[9]

Caroline’s directorial debut ‘FIRST: The Official Film of the London 2012 Olympic Games’ was nominated for a 2014 Emmy [10] and was awarded Best Documentary Feature at the Moondance Film Festival.[11]

Caroline's production credits include a reinterpretation of W. H. Auden's Night Mail for the Royal Opening of St Pancras railway station,[12] the film Belief for the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics, the films for Sochi’s successful bid to host the 2014 Winter Olympics [13] the films for the successful Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup bid,[14] and the films for PyeongChang's successful bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympics.[15] In 2009 she produced the feature documentary We Are the People We’ve Been Waiting For about the education system in the UK and in 2013 directed and produced Rogge: Profile of an IOC President

Caroline is a member of the Beyond Sport Advisory Panel,[16] UKTI Catalyst, and BAFTA.

References

  1. ^ "The Televisual Handbook". www.televisual.com. Retrieved 2018-11-08.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-11. Retrieved 2011-06-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Rhodes University Trust UK | Rhodes Alumni UK". www.rhodesalumni.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-11-08.
  4. ^ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/caroline-rowland-my-life-in-media-474445.html
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-06-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ "Subscribe to read". Financial Times. Retrieved 2018-11-08. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
  7. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-06-08. Retrieved 2014-06-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ^ Campbell, Dennis (2005-07-10). "The day Coe won gold - part two". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-11-08.
  9. ^ "New Moon achieves Olympic success with winning film". Retrieved 2018-11-08.
  10. ^ Johns, Nikara (2014-03-26). "ESPN, Fox Lead Sports Emmy Awards Noms". Variety. Retrieved 2018-11-08.
  11. ^ http://moondancefilmfestival.com/moondance-winners-and-finalists/
  12. ^ "New Age Of Travel Launched On Silver Screen - UK Broadcast News | 06/11/2007". www.4rfv.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-11-08.
  13. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-03-23. Retrieved 2011-06-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  14. ^ "FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar - The Inspiration Room". The Inspiration Room. 2010-12-03. Retrieved 2018-11-08.
  15. ^ http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/d2a5a4ae-974c-11e0-9c9d-00144feab49a.html#axzz1QTZPkr1z
  16. ^ "Beyond Sport". www.beyondsport.org. Retrieved 2018-11-08.

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