---
name: "Beeban Kidron"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/beeban-kidron"
fi1m_id: "beeban-kidron"
imdb_id: "nm0452319"
tmdb_id: 20237
wikidata_id: "Q335605"
roles: ["Producer","Director"]
born: "2 May 1961"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-10-05T03:39:37.250351+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Beeban Kidron

## Identity

Beeban Kidron

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/beeban-kidron
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** beeban-kidron
- **IMDb ID:** nm0452319
- **TMDB ID:** 20237
- **Wikidata ID:** Q335605
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beeban_Kidron, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q335605, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0452319/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20237

Producer and director. Born 2 May 1961 in North London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer, Director
- **Born:** 2 May 1961, North London, England, UK
- **Active:** 2004–2017
- **Frequently works with:** [Tim Bevan](https://film.one/person/tim-bevan.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beeban_Kidron, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q335605, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0452319/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20237

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason*](https://film.one/film/bridget-jones-the-edge-of-reason.md) (48)

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## Biography

Beeban Kidron is a British film director and producer. Born on 2 May 1961 in North London, she trained at the National Film School and came to prominence with her adaptation of Jeanette Winterson's *Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit* (1990), which won a BAFTA award.

She has directed feature films including *To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar* (1995), *Swept from the Sea* (1997) and *Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason* (2004). Kidron produced *Victoria & Abdul* (2017). In 2006 she co-founded the educational charity Filmclub (later Into Film) with Lindsey Mackie.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason* (2004), Fi1m 48, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/bridget-jones-the-edge-of-reason.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Victoria & Abdul* (2017), Producer
- *InRealLife* (2013), as Narrator (uncredited) (voice) · Director
- *Sex, Death and the Gods* (2011), Director
- *Antony Gormley: Making Space* (2007), Director
- *Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason* (2004), Director — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/bridget-jones-the-edge-of-reason.md)
- *Murder* (2002), series, Director, Creator
- *Cinderella* (2000), Director
- *Swept from the Sea* (1998), Director, Producer
- *Storyville* (1997), series, Director
- *To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar* (1995), Director
- *Great Moments in Aviation* (1994), Director
- *Hookers, Hustlers, Pimps and Their Johns* (1993), Director, Producer
- *Used People* (1992), Director
- *'Itch* (1991), Director
- *Antonia and Jane* (1990), Director
- *Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit* (1990), series, Director
- *4 Play* (1989), series, Director
- *Vroom* (1988), Director
- *ScreenPlay* (1986), series, Director
- *Screen Two* (1985), series, Director
- *Carry Greenham Home* (1983), Director
- *Your Greenham*, Director

## Gallery

- ![Beeban Kidron](https://film.one/media/person/4170729/gallery-00b8481817e0.jpg) Beeban Kidron — ©House of Lords / photography by Roger Harris, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Official_portrait_of_Baroness_Kidron_crop_2%2C_2024.jpg/1280px-Official_portrait_of_Baroness_Kidron_crop_2%2C_2024.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Baroness at the 13th Broadband Commission for Digital Development Meeting, Dubai, 13 March 2016. © ITU/ K.Jeffs](https://film.one/media/person/4170729/gallery-fa6c78ced6fa.jpg) Baroness at the 13th Broadband Commission for Digital Development Meeting, Dubai, 13 March 2016. © ITU/ K.Jeffs — ITU Pictures, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/13th_Broadband_Commission_for_Sustainable_Development_Meeting%2C_Dubai%2C_13_March_2016.jpg/1280px-13th_Broadband_Commission_for_Sustainable_Development_Meeting%2C_Dubai%2C_13_March_2016.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Baroness at the 13th Broadband Commission for Digital Development Meeting, Dubai, 13 March 2016. © ITU/ K.Jeffs](https://film.one/media/person/4170729/gallery-539e934e52f5.jpg) Baroness at the 13th Broadband Commission for Digital Development Meeting, Dubai, 13 March 2016. © ITU/ K.Jeffs — ITU Pictures, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Beeban_Kidron_Broadband_Commission_for_Sustainable_Development_Meeting%2C_Dubai%2C_13_March_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Beeban_Kidron_Broadband_Commission_for_Sustainable_Development_Meeting%2C_Dubai%2C_13_March_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Official portrait of Baroness Kidron, full size.](https://film.one/media/person/4170729/gallery-8e9a0dda7f3e.jpg) Official portrait of Baroness Kidron, full size. — ©House of Lords / photography by Roger Harris, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Official_portrait_of_Baroness_Kidron%2C_2024.jpg/1280px-Official_portrait_of_Baroness_Kidron%2C_2024.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Official portrait of Baroness Kidron Full sized portrait of Baroness Kidron (2019)](https://film.one/media/person/4170729/gallery-672f28036a8f.jpg) Official portrait of Baroness Kidron Full sized portrait of Baroness Kidron (2019) — Roger Harris, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Official_portrait_of_Baroness_Kidron.jpg/1280px-Official_portrait_of_Baroness_Kidron.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Official portrait of Baroness Kidron 3×4 portrait of Baroness Kidron (re-cropped from full-size portrait due to unsuitable "crop 2" version) (2019)](https://film.one/media/person/4170729/gallery-6db23adc6250.jpg) Official portrait of Baroness Kidron 3×4 portrait of Baroness Kidron (re-cropped from full-size portrait due to unsuitable "crop 2" version) (2019) — Roger Harris, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Official_portrait_of_Baroness_Kidron_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Official_portrait_of_Baroness_Kidron_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Officer of the Order of the British Empire 2012: Officer of the Order of the British Empire (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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