Polly Bennett

Director, Movement Director and Choreographer

POLLY BENNETT is a sought-after and lauded director, movement director and choreographer based in London. Her film, TV and theatre experience spans creating nuanced, full-bodied characters to orchestrating elaborate, large-scale sequences and international events.

Polly's insights into human behaviour and physical psychology have earned the respect of a coterie of award-winning creatives, including Rami Malek, Sam Mendes, Baz Lurhmann, Emerald Fennell, Naomi Ackie and Austin Butler. Her work has spanned Oscar- and Emmy-winning projects such as Bohemian Rhapsody, Saltburn, Elvis, Netflix's The Crown, Hulu's The Great, and BBC's Killing Eve.

Her event work includes the Queen's Platinum Jubilee Celebrations at Windsor Castle (ITV), Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Opening and Closing Ceremony and London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony. Her theatre work spans West End, Broadway and includes hits People, Places and Things, Cyrano de Bergerac, Sweat and Travesties.

She has worked extensively across UK, West End and Broadway theatre, is the co-founder of The Mono Box, a training up and creative network for emerging theatre talent and is on Equity's Dance Committee and Chair of the Choreographers and Movement Directors Network at Equity.

Her upcoming work includes working on Sam Mendes' Beatles movies, Greta Gerwig's Narnia and Dune Prophecy.