Caroline Rowland

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. ↑ http://www.televisual.com/handbook/index.php?nstart=2&start=6&stat=&page=c-corporate_producers_list&iSecGroupId=5
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-11. Retrieved 2011-06-28.
  3. ↑ http://www.rhodesalumni.co.uk
  4. ↑ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/caroline-rowland-my-life-in-media-474445.html
  5. ↑ http://www.innerdirection.co.uk/Caroline-Rowland
  6. ↑ http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/71b46872-d534-11da-93bc-0000779e2340.html
  7. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-06-08. Retrieved 2014-06-11.
  8. ↑ http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2005/jul/10/olympics2012.olympicgames7
  9. ↑ http://www.brandrepublic.com/News/483675/New-Moon-achieves-Olympic-success-winning-film/
  10. ↑ http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/espn-fox-lead-sports-emmy-awards-noms-1201147874/
  11. ↑ http://moondancefilmfestival.com/moondance-winners-and-finalists/
  12. ↑ http://www.4rfv.co.uk/industrynews.asp?id=68171
  13. ↑ http://www.davidandassociates.co.uk/2009/05/new-moon/
  14. ↑ http://theinspirationroom.com/daily/2010/fifa-world-cup-2022-in-qatar/
  15. ↑ http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/d2a5a4ae-974c-11e0-9c9d-00144feab49a.html#axzz1QTZPkr1z
  16. ↑ http://www.beyondsport.org/about-us/about-us-advisory-panel/

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