Dame Hannah Mary Rothschild DBE (born 22 May 1962) is a British author, businesswoman, philanthropist and documentary filmmaker.
Rothschild's career started as a researcher in the BBC's Music and Arts department in the mid-1980s and quickly graduated to directing films for Saturday Review, Arena and Omnibus and initiating and making programmes for the series The Great Picture Chase and Relative Values.
In 1997, Rothschild joined London Films Ltd as Head of Drama, and set up the television series The Scarlet Pimpernel starring Richard E. Grant.
[2] Inspired by the Storyville programme, Rothchild wrote a biography of her great aunt, The Baroness: The Search for Nica the Rebellious Rothschild, which was published by Virago in 2012.
[3][4] Her documentaries and shorts have aired on the BBC, HBO, PBS and others and been screened and won awards at Telluride, Tribecca, London, Sheffield film festivals.
[citation needed] She also wrote a history of Channel 4's films and filmmakers; contributed to anthologies including Corfu, the Garden Isle ISBN 0-7195-5375-X; and Virago at 40.
In 2017, her term was extended by four years; however she later resigned from the position in June 2019 citing a wish to devote more time to writing and to her family's wide-ranging activities and philanthropic concerns.
Yad Hanadiv is a charity dedicated to creating resources for advancing Israel as a healthy, vibrant, democratic society and equal opportunity for the benefit of all its inhabitants.
She is a trustee of The Rothschild Foundation, a registered charity,[13] whose activities include preserving Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire on behalf of its owner, the National Trust.
"[14] An international jury, chaired by Rothschild, chose American artist Leo Villareal and in July 2019, the first five of fifteen bridges were lit.