Director Georgia Oakley brings a fresh take to Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility, starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Esmé Creed-Miles as sisters Elinor and Marianne Dashwood. After their family loses its estate, the sisters navigate love, heartbreak and societal expectations while balancing reason and passion. Also starring Caitríona Balfe, George MacKay and Fiona Shaw, the film arrives in theaters October 16.
Georgia Oakley (Director)
Georgia Oakley is an award-winning writer and director. She most recently wrapped production on a new feature adaptation of Jane Austen’s SENSE AND SENSIBILITY, starring Daisy Edgar-Jones, Esmé Creed-Miles, George MacKay, Caitríona Balfe, Fiona Shaw, Herbert Nordrum, and Frank Dillane. Working Title and November Pictures produced the film for Focus Features. It is set to release theatrically in the US on October 16, 2026. Her debut feature Blue Jean had its world premiere at the 2022 Venice Film Festival where it won the People’s Choice Award and the Valentina Pedicini Award. Georgia was nominated for Best Debut at the BAFTAs for the film, and won the BIFA for Best Debut Screenwriter, one of four BIFAs Blue Jean was awarded. She was selected as a BAFTA Breakthrough that year. Georgia’s short films have screened at dozens of international festivals including SXSW, Tribeca, New York Film Festival, and Galway Film Fleadh. She has participated in talent development schemes including iFeatures, the BFI Flare & BAFTA mentorship scheme, where she was mentored by Desiree Akhavan, BFI Network x BAFTA Crew and the 2018 edition of Berlinale Talents.
She is currently writing an original feature for BBC Film, as well as adapting two short stories: Life Ceremony by Sayaka Murata for Tessa Ross/House Productions and Film4; and Pillory for Michael Parets/Sinestra and Fremantle.
Links to Georgia Oakley:
IMDb
Website
Wikipedia
Sense and Sensibility Instagram
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