Beeban Kidron

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Beeban Kidron (born 1961) is British television and film director.

Her work includes Used People, Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit, Swept from the Sea, To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar and Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason.

She will next direct an adaptation of the 60's memoir Hippie Hippie Shake (2008) adapted by her husband Lee Hall from the memoir by Richard Neville.

She is the co-founder of FILMCLUB along with educationalist Lindsay Mackie. The organisation seeks to set up a UK-wide school-based network of film clubs with the onus on making a wide variety of films available allowing young people the chance to view a range of films they would normally not see.

One of her first films was called Carry Greenham Home. She has created a website http://www.yourgreenham.co.uk to celebrate twenty five years of the peace camp.

[edit] External links

• Beeban Kidron at the Internet Movie Database