Tuesday, December 23, 2008


Amma Asante
"Birds of a Feather" (2 episodes, 1993-1994)
First-Time Caller (1994) (TV)
It Happened in Hollywood (1993) (TV)
The Best of Friends (1991) (TV)
"Freddie and Max (Episode #1.4)
"Desmond's" (Veronica) (1990)
"The Bill" (One for the Ladies) (1989)

She attended full time stage school in London, where she trained as a student in dance and drama. She began her film and television career as a child actress, appearing as a regular in the British school drama Grange Hill.


Lynne Ramsey
Cinema16: British Short Films (2003) (V)
Morvern Callar (2002)
Ratcatcher (1999)
Gasman (1997)
Small Deaths (1996)
Kill the Day (1996)
Ramsay has won a BAFTA for Best Newcomer as well as four prizes at the Cannes Film Festival. In 2007, she was given the #12 spot in Guardian Unlimited's list of the world's 40 best directors working today

Jane Campion
The Water Diary (2006)
In the Cut (2003)
Holy Smoke (1999)
The Portrait of a Lady (1996)
The Piano (1993)


Academy- nominate
d film maker and Academy Award-winning screenplay writer. She is one of the most internationally successful New Zealand directors, although most of her work has been made in or financed by other countries, principally Australia.

Beeban Kidron
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)
Murder (2002) (TV)
Cinderella (2000/I) (TV)
Hookers Hustlers Pimps and Their Johns (1993)
Used People (1992)
Antonia and Jane (1991)

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".

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