Beeban Kidron
Biography
Beeban Tania Kidron, also known as Baroness Kidron, OBE, is a British filmmaker, politician, and social activist born on May 2, 1961, in North London, England. She is recognized for her work as a film director. Among her directing credits is the 1995 United States film To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar, which featured a cast including Wesley Snipes, Patrick Swayze, John Leguizamo, Stockard Channing, and Blythe Danner. Her other notable directing work includes an adaptation of Jeanette Winterson's autobiographical novel Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit and Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason. In 2008, alongside Lindsey Mackie, she founded the charity Filmclub, which grew into an after-school club in the UK. Kidron is also known as an advocate for children's rights in the digital world.
Career overview
Beeban Kidron is an English film director, filmmaker, politician, and social activist who was born on May 2, 1961, in North London, England, United Kingdom. She is known for directing Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason and for her much-lauded adaptation of Jeanette Winterson's autobiographical novel Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit. Her directing credits also include the film To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything! Julie Newmar, released in the United States in 1995, with a cast that featured Wesley Snipes, Patrick Swayze, John Leguizamo, Stockard Channing, and Blythe Danner.
Alongside her filmmaking career, Kidron is an advocate for children's rights in the digital world and has played a role in establishing online standards. In 2008, she and Lindsey Mackie founded the charity Filmclub, which grew to become one of the largest and most influential after-school clubs in the United Kingdom, engaging over 160,000 children and young people each week.
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Career timeline
Full Filmography
33 titles- Scala!!! (2024) as Self
- Scala Interviews (2024) as Self
- Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg (2022) as Self
- Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg (2022) as Self - Chair, 5Rights Foundation
- Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg (2022) as Self - Crossbench Peer
- Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg (2022) as Self - Online safety campaigner
- Victoria & Abdul (2017) Producer
- InRealLife (2013) as Narrator (uncredited) (voice)
- InRealLife (2013) Director
- Sex, Death and the Gods (2011) Director
- Antony Gormley: Making Space (2007) Director
- Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004) Director
- Murder (2002) Director
- Murder (2002) Creator
- Cinderella (2000) Director
- Swept from the Sea (1998) Director
- Swept from the Sea (1998) Producer
- Storyville (1997) Director
- To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995) Director
- Great Moments in Aviation (1994) Director
- Hookers, Hustlers, Pimps and Their Johns (1993) as Self
- Hookers, Hustlers, Pimps and Their Johns (1993) Director
- Hookers, Hustlers, Pimps and Their Johns (1993) Producer
- Used People (1992) Director
- 'Itch (1991) Director
- Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1990) Director
- Antonia and Jane (1990) Director
- 4 Play (1989) Director
- Vroom (1988) Director
- ScreenPlay (1986) Director
- Screen Two (1985) Director
- Carry Greenham Home (1983) Director
- Your Greenham Director
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When and where was Beeban Kidron born?
Beeban Kidron was born on May 2, 1961 in North London, England, UK.
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Beeban Kidron has accumulated over 33 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1983 to 2024.
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Beeban Tania Kidron, also known as Baroness Kidron, OBE, is a British filmmaker, politician, and social activist born on May 2, 1961, in North London, England. She is recognized for her work as a film director. Among her directing credits is the 1995 United States film To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar, ...