Zoé Ford Burnett

Director

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Biography

Zoé Ford Burnett is a UK-based director working across film, television, and theatre, with credits spanning leading institutions including the RSC, Donmar Warehouse, Shakespeare’s Globe and the National Theatre. She has collaborated extensively with Sam Mendes as an associate director on internationally acclaimed productions including The Lehman Trilogy and The Motive and the Cue, alongside directing her own work in the UK and internationally. Her screen work includes roles on major productions for Netflix and Sony Pictures.

Credits

In Development

Production Company Notes
THE BEATLES
2025 		Sony Pictures/Neal Street Productions

Drama Associate
Dir. Sam Mendes

Television

Production Company Notes
ADOLESCENCE
2025 		Netflix/Warp Films

Acting Coach
BAFTA for Limited Drama
Golden Globe Award for Best Television Limited Series
Critics’ Circle Award for Best Limited Series
National Television Award for Best New Drama
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series

Theatre

Production Company Notes
THE HILLS OF CALIFORNIA
2024 		Broadhurst Theatre, New York

Associate Director
Dir. Sam Mendes
Nominated for Outer Critics
Circle Award for Outstanding
New Broadway Play
THE HILLS OF CALIFORNIA
2024 		Harold Pinter Theatre/Sonia Friedman Productions

Associate Director
Dir. Sam Mendes
Nominated for Olivier Award for Best New Play
THE MOTIVE AND THE CUE
2023 		Noël Coward Theatre/Neal Street Productions

West End Director
Dir. Sam Mendes
THE LEHMAN TRILOGY
2023 		Gillian Lynne Theatre

West End Director
Dir. Sam Mendes
THE MOTIVE AND THE CUE
2023 		National Theatre (Lyttelton)/Neal Street Productions

Associate Director
Dir. Sam Mendes
Evening Standard Award for Best Play
Nominated for Olivier Award for Best New Play
Nominated for WhatsOnStage Award for Best New Play
THE LEHMAN TRILOGY
2018 – 2022 		Ahmanson Theater, Los Angeles/Nederlander Theater, New York/Piccadilly Theatre/Park Avenue Armoury/National Theatre (Lyttelton)

Associate Director
Dir. Sam Mendes
Tony Award for Best New Play
Outer Critics Circle Award for
Outstanding New Broadway Play
Drama League Award for Outstanding Production of a Play
Nominated for Olivier Award for Best New Play
Nominated for Evening Standard Award for Best Play
CLOSE QUARTERS
2019 		RADA

By Kate Bowen
1984
2018 		Guildford School of Acting

Director
JULIUS CAESAR
2018 		LSDA

Director
OCTAVIA
2018 		Barbican

Rehearsed Reading
Director
ANTONY & CLEOPATRA
2018 		Royal Shakespeare Theatre/Barbican Centre

Assistant Director
Dir. Iqbal Khan
EARTHWORKS
2017 		Royal Shakespeare Company (The Other Place)

Assistant Director
Dir. Erica Whyman
MACBETH
2016 		Mountview

Director
HENRY V
2016 		Regents Park Open Air Theatre

Assistant Director
Dir. Robert Hastie
LES LIASONS DANGEREUSES
2016 		Donmar Warehouse/NT Live

Assistant Director
Dir. Josie Rourke
TEDDY FERRARA
2015 		Donmar Warehouse

Assistant Director
Dir. Dominic Cooke
SPLENDOUR
2015 		Donmar Warehouse

Assistant Director
Dir. Robert Hastie
THE VOTE
2015 		Donmar Warehouse

Assistant Director
Dir. Josie Rourke
CLOSER
2015 		Donmar Warehouse

Assistant Director
Dir. David Leveaux
SELECTED SONNETS
2014 		Shakespeare's Globe

Director
HAMLET
2014 		Riverside Studios

Director
RICHARD III
2014 		Upstairs at the Gatehouse

Director
CLICK 2 SHARE
2014 		Theatre503

Director
TITUS ANDRONICUS
2013 		Arcola Theatre

Director
BLOOD WEDDING
2013 		Waterloo East

Director
WOUNDS
2013 		Tristan Bates

Director
SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL
2013 		Waterloo East

Director
ROMEO & JULIET
2023 		Upstairs at the Gatehouse

Director
A LIFE IN THE THEATRE
2012 		Upstairs at the Gatehouse

Director
TITUS ANDRONICUS
2012 		Etcetera Theatre

Director

Other

Production Company Notes
LES LIASIONS DANGEREUSES
2016 		Donmar / Audible

Director / Editor
COMEDY OF ERRORS
2014 		Shakespeare's Globe

Text Assistant
Dir. Blanche McIntyre
JULIUS CAESAR
2014 		Shakespeare's Globe

Text Assistant
Dir. Dominic Dromgoole
TITUS ANDRONICUS
2014 		Shakespeare's Globe

Text Assistant
Dir. Lucy Bailey
HAMLET
2014 		Shakespeare's Globe

Text Assistant
Dir. Dominic Dromgoole
Zoé Ford Burnett
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