Beeban Kidron
Beeban Kidron is a British film and television director.
She has recently directed an adaptation of the 60's memoir Hippie Hippie Shake (currently in post-production) by Richard Neville for Working Title. She came to prominence directing the BBC's acclaimed film adaptation of Jeanette Winterson's Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit. Amongst her feature films are Antonia and Jane, Used People, Swept Away from the Sea, To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar and Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason. Her work includes many documentaries including a recent film Antony Gormley: Making Space and one of her first documentaries was Carry Greenham Home. She has created a website www.yourgreenham.co.uk to celebrate 25 years of the peace camp.
Beeban is co-founder (with Lindsay Mackie) of Filmclub, a government-funded scheme designed to bring film into schools nationwide. Filmclub makes available to young people an extraordinary range of films that challenge, unite, amaze and inspire future generations.
