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Beeban Kidron

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Beeban Kidron

Born May 2, 1961 · 65 years25 titles 18 movies · 7 TV
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Biography

Beeban Kidron is an English film director known for her much-lauded adaptation of Jeanette Winterson's autobiographical novel Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit and for directing Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason. In 2008, with Lindsey Mackie, she founded the charity Filmclub, which has since grown to be one of the largest and most influential after-school clubs in the UK, attracting over 160,000 children and young people each week.

Born

May 2, 1961

North London, England, UK

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

5

Acting credits

21

Directing

0

Writing

4

Other crew

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Career timeline

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1983 1 title(s)

1985 1 title(s)

1986 1 title(s)

1988 1 title(s)

1989 1 title(s)

1990 2 title(s)

1991 1 title(s)

1992 1 title(s)

1993 1 title(s)

1994 1 title(s)

1995 1 title(s)

1997 1 title(s)

1998 1 title(s)

2000 1 title(s)

2002 1 title(s)

2004 1 title(s)

2007 1 title(s)

2011 1 title(s)

2013 1 title(s)

2017 1 title(s)

2022 1 title(s)

2024 2 title(s)

Undated 1 title(s)