Sarah Perry is a renowned Movement Director, Movement Choreographer,  Movement, Character & Performance Coach and Director working in Film, TV, Animation, VR and Immersive Productions. 

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CREDITS:
2026 Movement Coach, Film, 'Sonic the Hedgehog 4', Paramount, Jeff Fowler
2025 Performance Director, Commercial, 'Darbo', Blinkink, Animation Director Isabel Garrett
2025 Movement Coach, 'The Dream Lands', S1, ep 1, Sister/BBC, Erika Calmeyer
2025 Movement Coach & Casting Director, HE Commercial - Xbox 'Wake Up', RESET, Romain Chassaing & David Fincher
2024 Movement Coach, ‘The Salt Path’, Number 9 Films/Black Bear Pictures, 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.
2018, Performance Coach for Framestore working on ‘Mowgli, Legend of the Jungle’ Max Soloman (Animation Supervis0r)
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
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- Present, Podcast Host, ‘The Shapes in Motion Podcast’ (For Actors, Dancers, Movers and Makers of Movement)
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 The Royal Shakespeare Company, 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. The Shapes in Motion Podcast was launched in November 2024. 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).  Sarah also specialises in working with those living with Parkinson’s.
Visit www.sarahperry.yoga for more information. 

www.sarahperrymovement,com

sarahperryemail@gmail.com

Nationality: British with Dual Nationality: UK and US 
Home base: Bradford-On-Avon, Wiltshire, UK also has bases in London, UK and Rhode Island USA. 

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MOVEMENT DIRECTOR, MOVEMENT CHOREOGRAPHER,
PERFORMANCE COACH & DIRECTOR

SARAH PERRY is a UK-based Movement Director and Movement & Performance Coach working across Film, High-End Television, Animation, VR and immersive productions. She collaborates with directors, producers, actors and animators to craft physically driven storytelling, shaping character, creature and world through movement from development through to final performance.

Her work spans Movement Direction, Choreography and Performance Coaching, and she is frequently engaged on large-scale, VFX-heavy productions, designing movement languages, integrating performance with VFX pipelines, and building and leading specialist teams across cast, stunt, creature and motion capture departments.

Sarah’s expertise includes actor preparation, character embodiment, creature and non-human performance, performance capture/motion capture direction, movement choreography and large-scale ensemble and crowd work. She works closely with actors, stunt teams and animators to ensure continuity of performance across physical and digital environments, bridging live action and animation.

Her credits include His Dark Materials (BBC), The Burning Girls (Paramount+), A Discovery of Witches (Sky), Guardians of the Galaxy (dir. James Gunn) and Jupiter Ascending (dir. the Wachowskis), alongside collaborations with directors including Jeff Fowler, David Fincher and Marianne Elliott. She was Movement & Motion Capture Director on the VR project In Pursuit of Repetitive Beats and Performance Director on the Royal Shakespeare Company’s live virtual production Dream and Movement Director for  Wizarding World of Harry Potter-Ministry of Magic, Universal Epic Universe, Orlando, (dir. Thierry Coup). 

Sarah is the founder of Shapes in Motion and host of its podcast, and works as a Yoga Therapist, supporting sustainable, embodied  performance for cast.



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 1500  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. Sarah is a fellow member of the ZSL, with a passion for animal welfare and conservation.


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