Antonia Bird: From EastEnders to Hollywood

Antonia Bird: From EastEnders to Hollywood

8 | 2016-05-12 | Documentary

In this new documentary, Susan Kemp explores the life and work of the great British director Antonia Bird, who died in 2013. Bird blazed a trail from the radical hotbed of the Royal Court Theatre in the 70s, via the groundbreaking early days of EastEnders and Casualty in the 80s, all the way to Hollywood in the 90s and back again. She always had something urgent to say, but her career was a long struggle to get her voice heard. Featuring many of her close collaborators, including Robert Carlyle, Irvine Welsh, Kate Hardie and Mark Cousins, this documentary is the first to examine Bird’s legacy, and to place her where she belongs – among the most important British film, TV and theatre directors of her era.

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Mary Bell Producer
John Cobban Sound Mixer
Adam Dawtrey Producer
Susan Kemp Editor
Mark Bell Producer
Susan Kemp Cinematography
Mark Cousins Executive Producer
Susan Kemp Director

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