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Beeban Kidron (Beeban Tania Kidron) was born on 2 May, 1961 in North London, London, is a Film director, producer, campaigner. At 59 years old, Beeban Kidron height not available right now. We will update Beeban Kidron's height soon as possible.

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Popular As Beeban Tania Kidron
Occupation Film director, producer, campaigner
Beeban Kidron Age 61 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 2 May 1961
Birthday 2 May
Birthplace North London, London
Nationality London

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Who Is Beeban Kidron's Husband?

Her husband is Lee Hall (m. 2003)

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Husband Lee Hall (m. 2003)
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Children Blaze Kidron-Style, Noah Kidron-Style

Beeban Kidron Net Worth

She net worth has been growing significantly in 2021-22. So, how much is Beeban Kidron worth at the age of 61 years old? Beeban Kidron’s income source is mostly from being a successful Film director. She is from London. We have estimated Beeban Kidron's net worth , money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2022 $1 Million - $5 Million
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Source of Income Film director

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Timeline

2017

Following a period away from feature films, Kidron produced the Stephen Frears-directed Victoria & Abdul, which was released in 2017. It was the first feature film produced by Cross Street Films, and starred Judi Dench as Queen Victoria and Ali Fazal as Abdul Karim.

Kidron sits on the Lords Communications Select Committee and contributed to the 2017 House of Lords "Growing up with the Internet" report.

2016

In 2016 Kidron became a visiting fellow at Lady Margaret Hall at Oxford University..

2015

In July 2015 Kidron launched the 5Rights initiative for youth digital rights. At the launch she described it as a civil society initiative that aims to make the digital world a more transparent and empowering place for children and young people. 5Rights signatories include Unicef, the NSPCC and Barclays bank.

2013

In 2013 Kidron directed, in a co-production between her and her husband Lee Hall's production company Cross Street Films and Studio Lambert, the documentary InRealLife. The films explored teenagers and their relationship to the internet. It was this film that acted as a catalyst for her campaign work around children's rights in the online world.

In 2013 Filmclub merged with the charity First Light to form Into Film. As well as run film clubs in schools, Into Film runs a youth film festival and youth film awards.

2012

Kidron was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours for services to drama.

On 25 June 2012, Kidron was created a life peer as Baroness Kidron, of Angel in the London Borough of Islington, and was introduced in the House of Lords the following day. She was appointed on the recommendation of the House of Lords Appointments Commission and sits as a crossbencher.

2010

Kidron spent much of 2010 in Southern India researching and shooting a documentary on the Devadasi. Sex, Death and the Gods premiered on BBC 4 as part of the Storyville series. The documentary, which was supported by the charity EveryChild achieved critical success and high ratings while the plight of the Devadasi was widely publicized by the film. Beeban appeared on many shows including BBC World, Woman's Hour and Radio 5 Live. She also wrote articles and was interviewed by The Guardian, the Spectator and theartsdesk.com.

Kidron was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Kingston University in 2010 for her contribution to education. She became a board member of the UK Film Council in 2008 with a mandate to provide film education. Following the dissolution of the Film Council, she became a governor of the BFI. In March 2015, she was awarded the Grassroot Diplomat Initiative Award under the Social Driver category for her extensive work on Filmclub and the iRights Framework used to empower young people on the use of social media and the internet. This was the first award she had won for her campaigning work.

2007

In 2007 she made a documentary about neighbor and friend, the sculptor Anthony Gormley. Beeban and her husband, playwright and author of Billy Elliot, Lee Hall, then began work on Hippie Hippie Shake, a film about the OZ magazine trials. The film was shot in 2009 with Sienna Miller and Cillian Murphy; however Kidron and Hall left during post production citing artistic differences with the producers.

2006

Beeban Kidron started Filmclub in September 2006 with Lindsey Makie. Filmclub is an educational charity which sets up after-school film clubs in schools in England and Wales. The scheme is free to all state primary and secondary schools. The organisation was founded in September 2006, and after a successful pilot in 2007 launched by then Chancellor Gordon Brown, Filmclub officially launched across the country in June 2009.

2004

Over the next few years Kidron made a number of TV films both at home and abroad, including Cinderella, Texarkana and Murder, for which she was nominated for a second Bafta. In 2004 she directed in the Bridget Jones series, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, starring Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth and Hugh Grant.

1995

In 1995, she made To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar, a drag queen road movie starring Wesley Snipes and Patrick Swayze. In 1997, she made Amy Foster (Swept from the Sea), starring Rachel Weisz and Ian McKellen.

1994

Kidron and her former partner, Spencer Style, have two children together, son Noah (born 1994) and daughter Blaze (born 1997). She married playwright Lee Hall in 2003.

1992

Following the success of Oranges, Kidron continued to work for the BBC, making TV feature film Antonia and Jane, distributed by Miramax in the US, and a TV film, Itch. In 1992 Kidron moved to Hollywood to make Used People with Shirley MacLaine and Marcello Mastroianni. In 1993, she was hired to direct the feature film Unstrung Heroes, based on the eponymous memoir by Franz Lidz, but dropped out when the studio, Largo, put the film into turnaround. That same year she returned to the UK to pair up with Winterson for the second time for the BBC film Great Moments in Aviation. Later that year she returned to the States to make Hookers, Hustlers, Pimps and Their Johns, a hard hitting documentary about the New York City sex industry.

1988

In 1988, she made her first feature film, Vroom, which starred Clive Owen in his debut film. The following year she came to greater prominence with her adaptation of Jeanette Winterson's autobiographical novel Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit. This won three Baftas including best drama series/serial. Kidron also won an audience award at the San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival. In 2010 The Guardian named Oranges the eighth best TV series of all time.

1983

In 1983 Kidron made her first documentary Carry Greenham Home with co-director Amanda Richardson. It was filmed during the year that they spent at the Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp during the anti nuclear protests. The film was shown at the Berlin Film Festival and, to celebrate Greenham's 25th anniversary, it was revived through The Guardian-backed website, www.yourgreenham.com.

1961

Beeban Tania Kidron, Baroness Kidron, OBE (born 2 May 1961) is an English film director, producer, children's rights campaigner and member of the UK House of Lords. As a director she is best known for directing an adaptation of Jeanette Winterson's autobiographical novel Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit and Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason.