Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the W...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Scala!!!
2024
as Self
This feature-length big screen documentary tells the riotous inside story of the infamous sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll repertory cinema which inspired...
Scala Interviews
2024
as Self
An hour of interviews about the iconic British cinema.
Victoria & Abdul
2017
Producer
Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.
InRealLife
2013
as Narrator (uncredited) (voice)
InRealLife takes us on a journey from the bedrooms of British teenagers to the world of Silicon Valley, to find out what exactly the internet is doing...
InRealLife
2013
Director
InRealLife takes us on a journey from the bedrooms of British teenagers to the world of Silicon Valley, to find out what exactly the internet is doing...
Sex, Death and the Gods
2011
Director
An intimate journey into the twilight world of the devadasi, Hindus who are married to god in childhood and at puberty sold for sex. The girls of Karn...
Antony Gormley: Making Space
2007
Director
Intimate documentary following acclaimed sculptor Antony Gormley as he creates new work for a major exhibition at London's Hayward Gallery. Made by fi...
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
2004
Director
Bridget Jones is working as a TV host and still dating her new love, barrister Mark Darcy, for a perfect six weeks. But Bridget is jealous of the time...
Cinderella
2000
Director
Zezolla and her family live mid 20th century, where fashion is practically everything. As her father is won over by a selfish woman named Claudette, C...
Swept from the Sea
1998
Director, Producer
The film tells the story of Russian emigree and the only survivor from ship crash Yanko Goorall and servant Amy Foster in the end of 19th century. Whe...
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
1995
Director
Manhattan drag queens Vida Boheme and Noxeema Jackson impress regional judges in competition, securing berths in the Nationals in Los Angeles. When th...
Great Moments in Aviation
1994
Director
The film follows Gabriel Angel (Rakie Ayola), a young Caribbean aviator who falls in love with the forger Duncan Stewart (Jonathan Pryce) on her journ...
Hookers, Hustlers, Pimps and Their Johns
1993
as Self
British filmmaker Beeban Kidron ventures onto the mean streets of the South Bronx and other New York locales to examine the lives of those involved in...
Hookers, Hustlers, Pimps and Their Johns
1993
Director, Producer
British filmmaker Beeban Kidron ventures onto the mean streets of the South Bronx and other New York locales to examine the lives of those involved in...
Used People
1992
Director
At her husband's funeral, Pearl, Jewish mother of two divorced and antagonistic daughters, meets an old Italian friend of her husband, whose advice ye...
'Itch
1991
Director
A lone hitch hiker, marooned near a housing estate, has a dramatic effect on the lives of those around him.
Antonia and Jane
1990
Director
Plain Jane Hartman hates her life. She's goofy, boring and only has sex if she reads Iris Murdoch novels out loud to her loopy boyfriend. Her oldest f...
Vroom
1988
Director
Two young men and a sultry divorcee flee their drab hometown existence, taking to the road in a bubblegum pink chevrolet.
Carry Greenham Home
1983
Director
Activists take action to disrupt activities at an air force base after cruise missiles are stored at the facility.
Your Greenham
N/A
Director
Your Greenham, produced and Directed by Beeban Kidron, is a documentary to commemorate and preserve the history of the Greenham protest.