Years active 2005–present Website www.ralffilms.com Parents Barry Otto, Susan Hill | Name Gracie Otto Nieces Darcey O'Brien Role Actress | |
Born 23 May 1987 (age 36) ( 1987-05-23 ) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Occupation Director, Writer, Actress, Editor, Model, Socialite Education Burwood Girls High School, Sydney Film School Movies The Last Impresario, Three Blind Mice, Women He's Undressed, LBF, Seamstress Similar People Michael White, Barry Otto, Miranda Otto, Matthew Newton, Lisa Shaunessy Profiles | ||
Siblings Miranda Otto, Edward Otto |
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Gracie Otto (born 23 May 1987) is a film director who made her feature-length directing debut with the 2013 documentary The Last Impresario about prolific British theatre impresario and film producer Michael White. The film made its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival in October 2013.
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Early life
Gracie Otto is the daughter of the Australian actor Barry Otto and Susan Hill. Actress Miranda Otto is her half-sister. She attended Burwood Girls High School in Sydney. As a schoolgirl, Otto represented Australia and New South Wales in indoor soccer, and represented her home state New South Wales in school softball. She graduated from the Sydney Film School in 2007 and spent the following year living in Paris.
Director
Otto's feature-length directing debut was with the 2014 documentary The Last Impresario, about prolific British theatre impresario and film producer Michael White. The film made its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival in October 2013, where it was positively received by critics; it features interviews with 60 of his close friends and associates.
Otto has directed five short films, all of which have screened at international film festivals.