Cancer has claimed yet another talented filmmaker far too early in their life. Word broke in the early hours of Saturday that TV and film director Antonia Bird has died at the age of 54.Kicking off her career at the Royal Court Theatre, Bird worked her way up from assistant level to directing before making the jump to television with BBC stalwarts EastEnders and Casualty. Those regular gigs led to other jobs including Thin Air and The Men’s Room, adapted from Ann Oakley’s novel.Longer form projects included the acclaimed Safe, which tackled homelessness and scored her a Best First Feature Award at the Edinburgh Television Festival and a BAFTA for Best Single drama. She followed that up with 1994’s Priest which, originally designed solely as a TV movie, was handed a theatrical release and warmly received despite its controversial stance on the Catholic Church. Both projects featured actor Robert Carlyle,...
- 10/27/2013
- EmpireOnline
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