- Sophie Neville is an award-winning writer with a number of books to her name. She became well known for playing Titty in the 1974 movie of 'Swallows and Amazons' but opted to work in television production, writing much of her own material. Sophie made her first documentary for Channel 4 whilst driving from London to Johannesburg and by the age of 27 was directing drama-documentaries for BBC Television. After spending 13 weeks on the Ealing film stages as director of FX and animation on a 10-part drama, she began directing comedies featuring small children and produced an 'Inset' series. Emigrating to southern Africa in 1992, she worked freelance for the BBC setting up wildlife documentaries in Botswana, Namibia and South Africa. She married in 2004 and settled on the south coast of England to concentrate on adapting true stories for the screen. Sophie is a founder of The Waterberg Trust that uplifts young people in a corner of rural Africa. She has a BA Honours in Anthropology, is a fellow of the Endangered Wildlife Society and Director of Witness Films Ltd.- IMDb mini biography by: Sophie Neville
- SpouseSimon(October 2004 - present) (3 children)
- RelativesPerry Neville(Sibling)Tamzin Neville(Sibling)
- Gender / Gender identityFemale
- Pronounsshe/her
- Sexual orientationStraight
- Race / EthnicityWhite
- Nationality / Religious or Ethnic identityBritish, Danish, Irish, Scottish
- Writing in the UK
- Sophie Neville is now an award-winning author.
- After playing an archery champion a movie, Sophie became adept at using a long bow, winning numerous county titles.
- Having worked as a guide on horseback safaris, Sophie has ridden horses across Ethiopia, the Namib Desert, the Maasai Mara, Western Okavango in Botswana, northern Tanzania and up the coast of South Africa and Mozambique. She has taken groups on five challenge rides through the game reserves of the Waterberg and crossed South America to raise funds for charity.
- Sophie is of Scots, Irish and Devon/Cornish descent, with turquoise eyes.
- I loved playing the part of Titty in the EMI film 'Swallows & Amazons', made on location in the Lake District back in 1973. It has been such an enduring success that children all over the world still call me Titty. It's a sweet name. They'll see me in the street and call out, 'Hello, Titty! How are you?' It can turn a few heads.
- I was once staying at Bank Ground Farm in the Lake District to record an interview for the BBC with Ben Fogle, when two Japanese ladies arrived to stay there. They flung up their hands and screamed in delight. The name Titty echoed from the hills of Cumbria.
- A lot of people end up on my website after searching for navy blue gym knickers. They are disappointed to find nothing but wholesome information.'
- Parents want their children to have a 'Swallows and Amazons' childhood. They want to take their children to the cinema to watch the film that had a great influence on their life. I meet so many sailors who say, 'I am sailing this dinghy because of Arthur Ransome, because we saw your film and we though, perhaps we could do this.'
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