Beeban Kidron

Director & actor · born 2 May 1961 · North London, England, UK

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.

Where to start: To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995).