Name Caroline Rowland Education Rhodes University | Role Filmmaker | |
Movies We Are the People We've Been Waiting For, First | ||
Filmmaker and entrepreneur, Caroline Rowland founded New Moon Television in 1996 and Field of Play Sport & Entertainment in 2014. She is an English and Journalism graduate of Rhodes University and serves as a Trustee of the Rhodes University Trust. 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.
She was described by BAFTA’s Academy Magazine as “hot young talent” in the British Film Industry and in 2007, Caroline was an Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist.
In 2011, Caroline was honoured with the South African Business Club ‘Woman in Business of the Year’ award
Caroline has been credited as being one of the ten most influential people in the Bid for the London 2012 Olympics 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.
Caroline’s directorial debut ‘FIRST: The Official Film of the London 2012 Olympic Games’ was nominated for a 2014 Emmy and was awarded Best Documentary Feature at the Moondance Film Festival.
Caroline's production credits include a reinterpretation of W. H. Auden's Night Mail for the Royal Opening of St Pancras railway station, the film Belief for the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics, the films for Sochi’s successful bid to host the 2014 Winter Olympics the films for the successful Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup bid, and the films for PyeongChang's successful bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympics. 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, UKTI Catalyst, and BAFTA.