Celia Rowlson-Hall is a multidisciplinary artist who blends narrative storytelling, modern dance, and film – creating a genre all her own. Her most recent work, the film installation First Snow, was selected by Times Square Arts for their December 2022 Midnight Moment, the largest digital art installation in the world. Every night of December, First Snow took over 90 plus screens in Times Square, immersing the audience, through movement and dance, in a magical snowstorm. Celia can also currently be seen playing opposite Paul Mescal as Adult Sophie in award-season favorite Aftersun (A24), in which she also choreographed the final scene.

A Bessie Award Winning performer, Celia began her career as a professional dancer, but quickly transitioned to choreographing for film and television. After an early collaboration with Gaspar Noé, and three seasons of GIRLS with Lena Dunham, Vogue Magazine dubbed Celia “choreographer of the moment.” When not creating her own films, Celia is a prolific and widely sought after choreographer, creating the acclaimed and much talked about opening scene for After Yang (A24), the movement for Mia Goth’s Pearl in X (A24), Birds of Paradise (Amazon), Chapter One of Vox Lux (Neon), and movement for The Fits (Oscilloscope). Her recent TV work includes HBO’s The Staircase, two seasons of Ziwe (Showtime), John Mulaney’s Sack Lunch Bunch (Netflix), and The Other Two (HBO Max). She has also choreographed music videos for artists Alicia Keys, Coldplay, Bleachers, MGMT, and many others.

Celia’s debut feature, MA, which she wrote, directed, choreographed, and starred in, premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2015. Variety Magazine heralded it “one of the year’s most original debuts” and Indiewire called it “a spellbinding and fiercely original cinematic experience.” It went on to play at over 40 festivals worldwide, winning numerous awards, including the Breakthrough Audience Award at the AFI Film Festival. That same year, Celia was named one of the 25 New Faces to watch by Filmmaker Magazine. 

Celia’s vast body of short form works have garnered a variety of awards, including an Emmy nomination, and have screened at festivals such as Sundance, Venice, SXSW, SFIFF, Dance on Camera at Lincoln Center, and art fairs such as the Armory Show, Performa, and the New Museum. In 2017, Celia was selected to create the latest installment of the Miu Miu Women’s Tales series, which went on to premiere at the Venice Film Festival. Her short film, Swamp Lake, premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival as part of the omnibus feature Omniboat: A Fast Boat Fantasia. 

Celia is represented by CAA and Management 360, and is currently a Sundance Institute FilmTwo Fellow and recipient of a Cinereach Fellowship, both in support of her next feature, INT/EXT. DAY INTO NIGHT.