Georgia Oakley: Austen, in Her Own Voice

The costumes may belong to another century. The feelings do not. With Sense and Sensibility now in US cinemas, Georgia Oakley is talking about the choices behind her adaptation.

A filmmaker’s point of view

In Harper’s Bazaar’s 16 October interview, Georgia joins Daisy Edgar-Jones and Esmé Creed-Miles to discuss the film’s intimate, lived-in approach to Austen. It is the directing conversation worth spending time with: what these women want, and what their world allows them.

Soundtracking offers another way into that conversation. Georgia and her two leads joined Edith Bowman for a live discussion at Everyman, published on 14 October. A chance to hear the filmmaker alongside the performers at the centre of the story.

Vogue’s 15 October screening coverage adds a revealing detail: drawing, ring-making and sleepovers helped the cast build the familiarity of sisters. Small preparations, with something larger at stake on screen.

The final feeling

The choices continue long after the cameras stop. In The Final Cut, released on 22 October, Georgia joins editor Izzy Curry and producer India Flint for the official Sense and Sensibility podcast. They discuss her voice notes from set, Roger Goula’s score and finding the film’s ending in the edit.

A closer look at how a film finds its shape, and the feeling it leaves behind. Listen to the conversation through the link below.

Explore Georgia’s work and read our release story. The interviews and screening coverage are linked below.