Sophie Hyde (born 1977) is an Australian film director, writer, and producer based in Adelaide, South Australia. She is co-founder of Closer Productions and known for her award-winning debut fiction film, 52 Tuesdays (2013) and the comedy drama Animals (2019).

Sophie Hyde is a founding member of Closer Productions and social impact company The Unquiet Collective. In 2022, Sophie directed Emma Thompson in the BAFTA and Golden Globe nominated comedy Good Luck To You, Leo Grande.

Jun 16, 2022 · Director Sophie Hyde with Daryl McCormack on the set of 'Good Luck to You, Leo Grande.' Those chats wind up being as revealing as anything else in the movie, although in truth, it was everything else that required the actors to rise to the occasion.

Jimpa is a 2025 drama film starring Olivia Colman and John Lithgow.It is directed by Sophie Hyde and written by Hyde and Matthew Cormack, of Closer Productions in Adelaide, South Australia.It had its world premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival on 23 January 2025, and will also be screened at the Adelaide Film Festival in October 2025. It received mixed reviews from critics.

Jan 23, 2025 · Breaking Baz: Filmmaker Sophie Hyde Says It Wasn’t Easy Casting Olivia Colman To Play Her In Hot Sundance Movie ‘Jimpa’

Sophie Hyde was born in 1977 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. She is a producer and writer, known for 52 Tuesdays (2013), Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (2022) and The Hunting (2019).

Jun 16, 2022 · Australian director Sophie Hyde has quite an impressive resume of films highlighting the complicated ways sex, gender, and relationships shape our day-to-day lives.

Sophie Hyde is an Australian film director, writer, and producer based in Adelaide, South Australia. She is the co-founder of Closer Productions and known for her award-winning debut fiction film, 52 Tuesdays (2013) and the comedy drama Animals (2019).

6 days ago · Sophie Hyde's Jimpa is about a family, focusing on the heterosexual filmmaker mother Hannah (Oscar winner Olivia Colman), her 16-year-old nonbinary teen Frances (Aud Mason-Hyde, the director's ...

Jan 24, 2025 · In a script Hyde wrote with her “52 Tuesdays” co-writer Matthew Cormack, we are taken fully into the world of Jim (aka Jimpa), played by John Lithgow, and his daughter Hannah, played by Olivia ...