Caroline Rowland

Filmmaker and entrepreneur, Caroline Rowland founded New Moon Television [1] in 1996 and Field of Play Sport & Entertainment in 2014. She is an English and Journalism graduate of Rhodes University[2] and serves as a Trustee of the Rhodes University Trust.[3] A former competitive swimmer, Caroline is an enthusiastic horsewoman, golfer, keen skier and private pilot, as well as having an interest in National Hunt horseracing and breeding.[4]

She was described by BAFTA’s Academy Magazine as “hot young talent” in the British Film Industry [5] and in 2007, Caroline was an Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist.[6]

In 2011, Caroline was honoured with the South African Business Club ‘Woman in Business of the Year’ award [7]

Caroline has been credited as being one of the ten most influential people in the Bid for the London 2012 Olympics [8] New Moon produced the two films for the London bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics. Sport at Heart and Inspiration have since been awarded 26 Awards between them.[9]

Caroline’s directorial debut ‘FIRST: The Official Film of the London 2012 Olympic Games’ was nominated for a 2014 Emmy [10] and was awarded Best Documentary Feature at the Moondance Film Festival.[11]

Caroline's production credits include a reinterpretation of W. H. Auden's Night Mail for the Royal Opening of St Pancras railway station,[12] the film Belief for the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics, the films for Sochi’s successful bid to host the 2014 Winter Olympics [13] the films for the successful Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup bid,[14] and the films for PyeongChang's successful bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympics.[15] In 2009 she produced the feature documentary We Are the People We’ve Been Waiting For about the education system in the UK and in 2013 directed and produced Rogge: Profile of an IOC President

Caroline is a member of the Beyond Sport Advisory Panel,[16] UKTI Catalyst, and BAFTA.