Sarah Perry is a world renowned Movement Director; Movement, Character & Performance Coach and Motion Capture Director working in Film, TV, Animation, VR and Theatre. 

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CREDITS:
2024 Movement Coach & Casting Director, HE Commercial TBA, RESET, Romain Chassaing & David Fincher
2024 Movement Coach, ‘The Salt Path’, Number 9 Films, Marianne Elliot,
2024 Movement Coach, ‘The Wizarding World of Harry Potter-Ministry of Magic’, Universal Epic Universe, Orlando,  Thierry Coup. 
2023 Movement & Motion Capture Director, 3 VR Documentary Films, Illinois Holocaust Museum/East City Films; Mary Matheson, Darren Emersen, Charlotte Mikkelborg
2023 Movement Coach, ‘The Burning Girls’ Buccaneer Media/Paramount+, Charles Martin
2022 Movement Coach, ‘His Dark Materials’ S3, eps 4-7 Bad Wolf/BBC, Weronika Tofilska, Charles Martin, Russell Dodgson.
2022 Movement Director, ‘In Pursuit of Repetitive Beats’ VR Film, East City Films, Darren Emerson
2021 Movement Coach, ‘There’s Something About Movies’ S4, ep 5, Sky/CPL Productions, Brian Klein.
2021 Movement & Performance and Motion Capture Director, ‘Dream’ for Royal Shakespeare Company, Philharmonia Orchestra, Marshmallow Laser Feast
2020/21 Movement Coach, ‘A Discovery of Witches’ S3, Bad Wolf/Sky One, Jamie Donoughue, Debs Paterson.
2019/20, Movement Coach, ‘A Discovery of Witches’ S2, Bad Wolf/Sky One, Farren Blackburn,Philippa Langdale, Jonathan Teplitzky.
2019, Performance Director, ‘Baulders Gate 3’, Larian Studios, Pitstop Productions.
2017, Performance Coach for Jellyfish Pictures, ‘Dennis and Gnasher: Unleashed’, Steve Dorrance (Head of Animation)
2016, Movement Director, R&D of ‘Creature’, SDNA.TV (Valentina Flores & Ben Foot), Dir. Kirsty Housley
2016, Performance Coach for Framestore working on ‘The Jungle Book’ Kevin Spruce (Head of Animation)
2015, Performance Coach for Jellyfish Pictures working on ‘The Floogals’ Steve Dorrance (Head of Animation)
2013, Movement Coach for Nebula, ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’, Disney/Marvel Enterprises, James Gunn
2013, Performance Coach for Groot in ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’, MPC, Greg Fisher (Head of Animation)
2013, Movement Coach, ‘Jupiter Ascending’, Warner Bros/Village Roadshow Pictures, The Wachowskis
2013, Presenter/Movement Coach, TV Pilot, Lion TV, Barney Newman
2012, Performance Coach for MPC working on ‘World War Z’, Greg Fisher (Head of Animation)
2011, Performance Coach for Framestore working on ‘Gravity’ Kevin Spruce (Head of Animation)
2011, Performance Coach for Double Negative working on ‘John Carter’, Eamonn Butler (Head of Animation)
2009, Performance Coach for Reepicheep in ‘Nania: Voyage of the Dawn Treader’, MPC, Greg Fisher (Head of Animation)


GUEST SPEAKER in MOVEMENT & PERFORMANCE and OTHER SPECIAL EVENTS
2024, ‘The role of Movement Director in TV and Film’ Polly Bennett & Sarah Perry: Front Row, BBC Radio 4
2022 for Serious/Take 5 Programme– Movement & Performance Coach for Jazz Musicians
2022 for ACMI online, Australia - Movement & Mocap Performance Direction for ‘Dream’ (RSC)
2022 for RSC SXSW, Austin Texas: Immersive Technologies in the Performing Arts.
2022 for ‘Dream’ & Royal Shakespeare Company, Beyond Conference -Belfast
2021, for ‘Dream’ & Royal Shakespeare Company: Radio 4 Today Programme
2020, Women in Animation panelist, Motion Capture Director, NYC – online.
2018-2019, Movement & Storytelling for restaurant staff at The Fat Duck, Bray
2017, Semi final judge/movement tutor, Alan Bates Award
2017, The Actors Centre 2016 - 2017, Animex Festival, University of Teeside, Acting for Animators
2014-2017, BFX Festival, University of Bournemouth, Acting for Animators




MENTORING:
Sarah is the founder of Shapes in Motion, offering specialist movement & performance workshops and events to professional actors and performers led by various movement practitioners, theatre companies and movement professionals, including amongst others; Complicite, Gecko, Trestle, Toby Sedgwick and Russell Maliphant. Her goal is to raise the profile of movement in all areas of storytelling and performance. Shapes in Motion supports both emerging & established artists & creatives. Sarah co-ordinates the Shapes in Motion ‘Movers & Makers’ Troupe, a troupe of professional actors & movers with a diverse range of movement specialisms, who can be called upon for Film, TV, Theatre & other work. Visit: www.shapesinmotion.com for more information.

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MOVEMENT TUTOR:
Sarah is a visiting lecturer and workshop leader at numerous UK Universities and educational institutions. Sarah is an industry liaison representative and lecturer of movement & acting in animation at Norwich University of the Arts. She has also taught at Mountview, Central School of Speech & Drama, East 15, Ravensbourne, University of Hertfordshire, NFTS/Aardman, Met Film School, Bucks New University, University of Kent, University of the Arts London: LCC, University of West London, UCL, Staffordshire University, Escape Studios, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, The Actors Atelier – Munich, The Actors Guild, The Actors Centre, Spotlight, UCA Farnham, ICAT, London & Manchester…

Yoga and Yoga Therapy clients include and have included: HMR: Hammersmith Medical Research Hospital, Spotlight, ZSL, HSBC Headquarters, Rufus Leonard, Royal Mail, NHS, Schroders, Not Actual Size, Bannatynes, CRI, Sapphire Independent Housing and DAIS (Specialising in addiction recovery and support). Visit www.sarahperry.yoga for more information. 

www.sarahperrymovement,com

sarahperryemail@gmail.com

Dual Nationality: UK & US
Home base: Wiltshire, UK also has bases in London, UK and Rhode Island US. 

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MOVEMENT DIRECTOR MOVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE COACH
MOTION CAPTURE DIRECTOR AND HEAD OF MOVEMENT

SARAH PERRY is a Movement Director; Movement, Character & Performance Coach and Motion Capture Director working in Film, TV, Animation, VR and Theatre. Sarah recently worked as Movement Coach and Casting Director for HE Commercial TBA with RESET, directed by Romain Chassaing and David Fincher. Movement Coach on ‘The Salt Path’ for Number 9 Films, directed by Marianne Elliot, released 2025 and Movement & Performance Coach for ‘The Wizarding World of Harry Potter: Ministry of Magic’ a Cinematic Immersive Experience for Universal Epic Universe opening in Orlando in 2025.

Sarah has coached many Actors, Movers and Dancers in Film, TV, Animation & Theatre, liaising with Directors, VFX Supervisors, Stunt Coordinators and all other heads of department and is frequently called in to work with various renowned VFX/Animation companies to assist their animation teams working on various projects, productions and characters including for; Jellyfish Pictures, Framestore, MPC, Double Negative and Aardman. Sarah can also be called upon as Head of Movement for larger projects & productions, to build an ensemble of movement specialists. Sarah has also coached musicians, singers, magicians, child performers and non-professional performers in various contexts and settings.

Sarah's skills range from character performance & embodiment, creature performance research and direction, performance capture movement direction, motion capture directing, actor preparation, ensemble crowd direction, developing a movement language and style to suit a project, developing an actors' or characters movement language & vocabulary, ensemble devising/choreography, acting & character movement for animators, movement analysis & choreology and wellbeing for actors & creatives. Sarah teaches Acting & Character Movement for Animators nationally and internationally.

TRAINING:
Working in Television – RADA (2006), One Year Acting – The Oxford School of Drama (1997), BA (Hons) Dance and Drama with English Literature – De Montfort University, Bedford (1996). Sarah was a member of The Young Vic Youth Theatre, headed by then Artistic Director David Thacker.
Sarah is a qualified and practicing Yoga Teacher and Yoga Therapist with over a 1000 hours of teacher training credits. She continues her studies in Yoga Therapy, Human and Creature Anatomy & Physiology, Laban Movement Analysis, Choreology, Devising, Movement for Actors, Animal studies, Stanislavski and Voice.

For further information on availability, rates, terms and negotiables, please get in touch.   

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