Antonia Bird: From EastEnders to Hollywood

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.

Antonia Bird

Self (archive footage)

Kate Hardie

Self

Robert Carlyle

Self

Mark Cousins

Self

Irvine Welsh

Self

Steven Mackintosh

Self

Anita Dobson

Self

Finola Dwyer

Self

Pippa Harris

Self

Florian Hoffmeister

Self

David M. Thompson

Self

Andy Roberts

Self

Jonathan Powell

Self

Paul Unwin

Self

Susan Wilkins

Self

Caroline Oulton

Self

• Susan KempEditor · Director · Director of Photography
• Mark BellProducer
• Mary BellProducer
• Adam DawtreyProducer
• Mark CousinsExecutive Producer

Release date

May 12, 2016

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 33m

Genres

Documentary