Beeban Kidron
Beeban Kidron was born on May 02, 1961 in UK. Beeban Kidron's big-screen debut came with Vroom directed by Beeban Kidron in 1990.
She came to prominence with the much lauded adaptation of Jeanette Winterson's autobiographical novel 'Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit'. Since then she's directed feature films, television dramas and documentaries. In 2008, she founded the charity called Filmclub with Lindsay Mackie. It has since grown to be one of the largest and most influential after-school clubs in the UK, attracting over 150,000 children and young people each week.Filmclub screens 100 years of film from all over the world to its members. Inspirational, entertaining and with positive outcomes on literacy, social behaviour and cultural awareness, Filmclub members have the opportunity to review, discuss and meet professional film-makers.In 2006, she was asked to build a web-site for the Guardian newspaper to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Greenham camp.
Birthday
May 02, 1961Place of Birth
North London, England, UKAlso known
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Awards
3 wins & 2 nominations
Movies & TV Shows
- 2017
producer
6.8 - 20135.7
- 20046.0
- 1997
director, producer
6.7 - 19956.7
- 1992
director
6.1 - 1990
director
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