Beeban Kidron
Beeban Kidron
Beeban Tania Kidron, Baroness Kidron, OBEis an English film director. She has directed an adaptation of Jeanette Winterson's autobiographical novel Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit and Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason. Baroness Kidron is the joint founder of the education charity Filmclub, which helps schools with after-school clubs in the United Kingdom...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth2 May 1961
changed comment life remarkable
The film that changed my life is a 1951 film by Vittorio De Sica, 'Miracle in Milan.' It's a remarkable comment on slums, poverty and aspiration.
age life lucky mentor women wonderful
Not many young women of my age have been lucky enough to have had a wonderful mentor in their life.
discovered enjoyed life
I've discovered my Jewishness late in life. And I've really enjoyed exploring that world.
believe life public
I think I've been very, very lucky in my life, and I do believe in public service.
life online
I don't see such a huge difference between online and 'in real life'. I think it has now become one and the same.
life love
I love being in real life, and in particular, I like being with young people.
thinking bigs hard
Making a big commercial movie is hard when you think about how many of them flop.
country children communication
I think that stories, and the telling of stories, are the foundations of human communication and understanding. If children all over the country are watching films, asking questions and telling their stories, then the world will eventually be a better place.
people abuse duty
People have a right to have their lives witnessed; if we coexist with the systems that abuse people, then we have a duty to understand.
answers film
Make films whenever and however you can - don't take no for an answer.
kings stories hollywood
We are increasingly offered a diet [by Hollywood] in which sensation, not story, is king.
technology irony access
The irony is palpable - technical access has never been greater, cultural access never weaker.
fables parables storyteller
Human beings have always told their histories and truths through parable and fable. We are inveterate storytellers.
demand funds paying work
We need to work out who is paying for film; in the U.K., it is increasingly difficult to get production funds - and pre-sales demand more and more shot/cut material.