Sadie Frost, Director of QUANT

<p>In this episode of <em>Frankly Speaking with Lynne Franks and Friends</em>, Lynne is joined by producer, actor, fashion designer and author Sadie Frost. They discuss her career to date and why she decided to make her first feature length documentary film QUANT, which Lynne selected as the SEED movie for their International Women’s Day celebrations for 2022. In this interview Sadie and Lynne speak openly about mental health, the challenges of being a woman and mother in the film industry as well as the importance of finding a community with other women to support and work with.</p><p><br></p><p>Sadie has over four decades experience in film, theatre and television. As an actor Sadie starred in globally acclaimed films such as Francis Ford Coppola’s BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA alongside Keanu Reeves, Gary Oldman and Winona Ryder, and heavyweight television dramas such as Jon Avnet’s UPRISING.</p><p><br></p><p>As a fledgling producer, Sadie set up production company Natural Nylon with fellow actors Jude Law, Ewan McGregor and Jonny Lee Miller, which went on to make EXISTENZ, NORA, XX/XY, TO KILL A KING, OWNING MAHOWNY and SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW, starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina Jolie.</p><p><br></p><p>After this success, Sadie went on to co-found Blonde to Black Pictures to develop more diverse and challenging projects while helping to nurture exciting new talent. So far Blonde to Black Pictures has produced RAGS, the feature film TWO FOR JOY and shorts RUNNING MAN and CONTACT, also directed by Sadie.</p><p><br></p><p>Sadie directed a documentary about the iconic British fashion designer Mary Quant. Produced by Goldfinch Entertainment and stars people such as Edward Enniful, Kate Moss, Vivienne Westwood, Charlotte Tilbury, Dave Davies and Pete Townshend. The documentary was screened on major platforms and premiered at The London Film Festival.</p><p><br></p><p>Sadie’s latest acting roles have been in films such as NOCTURNAL (Dir-Nathalie Biancheri), LUCID (Dir- Adam Morse), WAITING FOR ANYA