---
name: "Susanna White"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/susanna-white"
fi1m_id: "susanna-white"
imdb_id: "nm1264352"
tmdb_id: 113600
wikidata_id: "Q7648702"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "1 January 1960"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 8
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_as: "director"
average_over: 8
updated: "2026-09-17T17:06:43.835986+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Susanna White

## Identity

Susanna White

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/susanna-white
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** susanna-white
- **IMDb ID:** nm1264352
- **TMDB ID:** 113600
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7648702
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susanna_White, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7648702, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1264352/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/113600

Director. Born 1 January 1960 in England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1960, England, UK
- **Active:** 2001–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Bathsheba Doran](https://film.one/person/bathsheba-doran.md), [Dave Flebotte](https://film.one/person/david-flebotte.md), [David Simon](https://film.one/person/david-simon.md), [Simon Cellan Jones](https://film.one/person/simon-cellan-jones.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 79, as director, over 8 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 75 (3), 2010s 80 (4), 2020s 86 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 81 to 80 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 5 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 8, Action & Adventure 2, Crime 2, War & Politics 2, Comedy 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susanna_White, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7648702, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1264352/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/113600

## Coming up

- *Prima Facie* (2026-11-13), Director

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Deuce*](https://film.one/tv/the-deuce.md) (84), [*Generation Kill*](https://film.one/tv/generation-kill.md) (84), [*Parade's End*](https://film.one/tv/parades-end.md) (80), [*Boardwalk Empire*](https://film.one/tv/boardwalk-empire.md) (80)
- **Disney+:** [*Andor*](https://film.one/tv/andor.md) (86)
- **Tubi:** [*Teachers*](https://film.one/tv/teachers.md) (76)
- **BritBox:** [*Bleak House*](https://film.one/tv/bleak-house.md) (65)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Susanna White

> Susanna White’s strength is making people believable in stories that might otherwise be overwhelmed by period detail or scale. We rate her patient attention to character, with *Andor* the strongest reason to seek out her work.

In *Andor* (2022), ordinary lives under the Empire get enough attention for the danger to matter. Susanna White directs episodes four to six, including the heist, and that stretch is a useful place to begin with her work. We were gripped by the heist because the series had given us people worth worrying about before asking us to fear for them. White’s contribution fits her interest in character-led stories, even when the action grows larger.

Her move from documentaries into drama helps explain that attention to believable behaviour, though it cannot account for every choice. *Bleak House* (2005), with Carey Mulligan, and *Jane Eyre* (2006), with Ruth Wilson, established her reputation for drawing naturalistic performances from emerging actors. *Generation Kill* (2008) took her into US television and a collaboration with David Simon. She directed four episodes of that war miniseries. The challenge there was to handle the scale of a war story without losing track of the people in it.

Her feature debut, the family film *Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang* (2010), makes any narrow description of her work unhelpful. In *Parade’s End* (2012), she directed all five episodes of Tom Stoppard’s adaptation, starring Benedict Cumberbatch. Simon and Stoppard matter to our view of her: these are substantial writing partnerships, and we should not mistake their contributions for hers. Her ability to work with strong material and performers is more persuasive than any claim to a single recognisable visual style.

That distinction matters most with *Andor*, which we recommend warmly while finding its opening too slow to take shape. White’s run begins after those opening episodes, so that fault is not usefully assigned to her. What we value in the series is the time it gives to performances and places, allowing the suspense to build around lives that feel worth protecting. Start with *Andor*, provided a thriller that takes its time sounds like a good evening.

## Biography

Susanna White is a British film and television director. She read English at Oxford University and studied film at UCLA on a Fulbright Scholarship. She began her career making documentaries for BBC2 before moving into drama.

Her credits include the BBC miniseries *Jane Eyre* (2006) and *Bleak House* (2005), the HBO series *Generation Kill* (2008) and *Parade's End* (2012), and three episodes of the Disney+ series *Andor* (2022). Feature films she has directed are *Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang* (2010), *Our Kind of Traitor* (2016) and *Woman Walks Ahead* (2018). She has also directed episodes of *Boardwalk Empire*, *Masters of Sex*, *Billions* and *The Deuce*, and served as lead director on *The Buccaneers* (2023).

White has won a BAFTA Television Award and received nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, starwars.fandom.com, casarotto.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (8)

- *Andor* (2022), Fi1m 86, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/andor.md)
- *The Deuce* (2017), Fi1m 84, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-deuce.md)
- *Masters of Sex* (2013), Fi1m 74, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/masters-of-sex.md)
- *Parade's End* (2012), Fi1m 80, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/parades-end.md)
- *Boardwalk Empire* (2010), Fi1m 80, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/boardwalk-empire.md)
- *Generation Kill* (2008), Fi1m 84, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/generation-kill.md)
- *Bleak House* (2005), Fi1m 65, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/bleak-house.md)
- *Teachers* (2001), Fi1m 76, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/teachers.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Prima Facie* (2026), Director, Executive Producer
- *The Buccaneers* (2023), series, Executive Producer, Director
- *TS Eliot: Into 'The Waste Land'* (2022), Director
- *Andor* (2022), series, Director — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/andor.md)
- *Woman Walks Ahead* (2018), Director
- *Trust* (2018), series, Director
- *The Deuce* (2017), series, Director — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-deuce.md)
- *Our Kind of Traitor* (2016), Director
- *Billions* (2016), series, Director
- *Masters of Sex* (2013), series, Director — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/masters-of-sex.md)
- *Parade's End* (2012), series, Director — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/parades-end.md)
- *Boardwalk Empire* (2010), series, Director — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/boardwalk-empire.md)
- *Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang* (2010), Director
- *Generation Kill* (2008), series, Director — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/generation-kill.md)
- *The Diary of a Nobody* (2007), Director
- *Jane Eyre* (2006), series, Director
- *Bleak House* (2005), series, Director — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/bleak-house.md)
- *Mr Harvey Lights a Candle* (2005), Director
- *Lie with Me* (2004), series, Director
- *Love Again* (2003), Director
- *Teachers* (2001), series, Director — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/teachers.md)
- *Attachments* (2000), series, Director
- *Tell Me the Truth About Love* (2000), Director
- *Modern Times* (1995), series, Director
- *Comrades* (1992), Director
- *Volvo City* (1991), Director

## Gallery

- ![Michael Greyeyes and Susanna White during a discussion following the U.S. premiere of Woman Walks Ahead at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival.](https://film.one/media/person/46572/gallery-95859a421a35.jpg) Michael Greyeyes and Susanna White during a discussion following the U.S. premiere of Woman Walks Ahead at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival. — Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Michael_Greyeyes_and_Susanna_White_%2851568%29.jpg/1280px-Michael_Greyeyes_and_Susanna_White_%2851568%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Susanna White during a discussion following the U.S. premiere of Woman Walks Ahead at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival.](https://film.one/media/person/46572/gallery-965c44d69abe.jpg) Susanna White during a discussion following the U.S. premiere of Woman Walks Ahead at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival. — Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Susanna_White_%2851474%29.jpg/1280px-Susanna_White_%2851474%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Susanna White](https://film.one/media/person/46572/gallery-055d148e0379.jpg) Susanna White — Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Susanna_White_%2851474%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Susanna_White_%2851474%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Discussion following the U.S. premiere of Woman Walks Ahead at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival, including Erika Olde, Bill Camp, Chaske Spencer, Sam Rockwell, Mi](https://film.one/media/person/46572/gallery-b550d96f6409.jpg) Discussion following the U.S. premiere of Woman Walks Ahead at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival, including Erika Olde, Bill Camp, Chaske Spencer, Sam Rockwell, Mi — Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Woman_Walks_Ahead_panel_%2851472%29.jpg/1280px-Woman_Walks_Ahead_panel_%2851472%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Susanna White](https://film.one/media/person/46572/gallery-0e7f180fc49e.jpg) Susanna White — Image via TMDB
- ![Sam Rockwell, Michael Greyeyes, and Susanna White during a discussion following the U.S. premiere of Woman Walks Ahead at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival.](https://film.one/media/person/46572/gallery-2a2c89150942.jpg) Sam Rockwell, Michael Greyeyes, and Susanna White during a discussion following the U.S. premiere of Woman Walks Ahead at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival. — Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Woman_Walks_Ahead_panel_%2851551%29.jpg/1280px-Woman_Walks_Ahead_panel_%2851551%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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