Antonia Bird
Antonia Bird ( born May 27, 1951 in London, † October 24, 2013 ibid ) was a British film director and film producer who directed some well-known movies in the 1990s, including the priest, Mad Love - Full passion, Facebook - is billed to circuit or Ravenous - take it or leave.
Life and career
Antonia Bird was born in 1951 in London as the daughter of an actor. The mother had to contribute through additional income for her husband's irregular income - so Antonia grew mainly up in poverty. With 16 years inflamed her desire itself to be actress and she took two years acting classes at the Coventry Repertory Theater, but decided after their training to a change of direction towards directing. Bird worked as a theater director at London's National Theatre and later six years as resident director at the Royal Court Theatre in London, Britain führendenes theater for new playwrights. Then she took over the artistic direction at the Theatre Upstairs. Bird staged at this time stage plays by Hanif Kureishi, Jim Cartwright, and Trevor Griffiths and collaborated with actress like Ian McKellen, Bob Hoskins and Ben Elton.
Mid-1980s, she began working as a director for various British series such as EastEnders, Casualty or South of the Border to work. In 1994, she turned to the film The priest with Linus Roache in the lead role her first feature film. In 1995, she directed the drama Mad Love - Full passion with Chris O'Donnell and Drew Barrymore directing. 1997 thriller Face was - Ballad of conclusion with Robert Carlyle. In 1999, she directed the horror drama Ravenous - take it or leave. In the 2000s, Bird returned with government work back to television. In their last phase of life she worked as a director several episodes of the television series The Village. For her film and television work, she has received numerous festival awards and BAFTA Awards in her career.
Since the early 2000s, Bird was parallel several times as a film and television producer active, among other things, for the productions Rehab, Faith or the drama Syn Babilonu with Shazada Hussein.
Filmography (selection)
Director cinema
Television director
Producer
- 2003: On withdrawal! ( Rehab ) ( TV movie )
- 2005: Faith ( TV movie )
- 2009: Syn Babilonu
- 2009: Off by Heart ( TV documentary )