Gracie Otto

Gracie Otto
GracieOttoFrOct2011.jpg
Otto in October 2011
Born (1987-05-23) 23 May 1987 (age 33)
OccupationDirector, writer, actress, editor, model
Years active2005–present
Parent(s)Barry Otto
Susan Hill
RelativesMiranda Otto (half-sister)
Websitewww.ralffilms.com

Gracie Otto (born 23 May 1987) is an Australian filmmaker. She made her feature-length directing debut with the 2013 documentary The Last Impresario about prolific British theatre impresario and film producer Michael White. The film made its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival in October 2013.[1][2][3][4][5] Otto has directed a variety of screen content such as television commercial videos (TCVs), shorts, television series, feature films and documentaries.

Early life

Gracie Otto is the daughter of the Australian actor Barry Otto and Susan Hill. Actress Miranda Otto is her half-sister. She attended Burwood Girls High School in Sydney. As a schoolgirl, Otto represented Australia and New South Wales in indoor soccer, and represented her home state New South Wales in school softball.[6] She graduated from the Sydney Film School in 2007 and spent the following year living in Paris.[citation needed]

Director

Otto's feature-length directing debut was with the 2014 documentary The Last Impresario, about prolific British theatre impresario and film producer Michael White. The film made its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival in October 2013, where it was positively received by critics; it features interviews with 60 of his friends and associates.[6]

Otto has directed over five short films, all of which have screened at international film festivals. In 2019, after winning the North American Script Competition through Soho House in the US, Gracie directed and edited a new short film, Desert, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.

In 2019, Otto was the director of the second series of the Stan original, The Other Guy starring Matt Okine, Claudia Karvan, and Harriet Dyer. In early 2021, the Stan original series Bump was released starring Claudia Karvan, Natalie Morris, and Angus Sampson. Otto directed three of the ten episodes in the series.

Gracie is in post-production on a new feature documentary, Under the Volcano, about music producer George Martin's 1980s recording studio.

Filmography

Actress

Director

  • Kill Blondes (2004)
  • Broken Beat (2005)
  • Tango Trois (2006)
  • La Meme Nuit (2007)
  • Seamstress (2011)
  • La Cabane a Marseille (2012)
  • Yearling (2012)
  • Parfum de Regrets (2012)
  • Fashion Lust (2013)
  • The Last Impresario (2013)
  • Candy Crush (with Thom Kerr) (2017)
  • Desert Dash (2018)
  • The Other Guy (Season 2) (2019)
  • Bump (2020)

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