Vicky Jewson
Born (1985-09-18) 18 September 1985 (age 38)
Oxford, England, UK

Vicky Jewson (born 18 September 1985) is an English screenwriter, producer and film director.

Jewson was born in Oxford, where she still lives. She became interested in making films as a child, and took a five-day course with the Oxford Film and Video Makers at the age of 16.[1]

Films

Her first film, Lady Godiva, an updated version of the legend,[2] was filmed in Oxford and Carcassonne instead of the traditional Coventry after Jewson raised money from friends to fund making it.[2] It was released in January 2008[1] and received bad reviews.[2][3][4] On 19 May that year, coinciding with the film's release on DVD, Jewson organised a charity fund raising event for Maggie's by sponsoring women to ride naked or almost naked through London's Hyde Park.[5][6]

Jewson's following film, Born of War, a thriller, was co-written by Jewson and Rupert Whitaker and released in 2015.[7][8]

In January 2018, Jewson's Close, based on the life of the female bodyguard Jacquie Davis, was released and picked up by Netflix. It stars Noomi Rapace and Sophie Nelisse.[9][10] Jewson again co-wrote the script with Whitaker, to whom she is married.[11]

Awards

In 2006, for her work on Lady Godiva, Jewson won the Arts, Media and Culture category of the first Woman of the Future awards.[12][13]

References

  1. ^ a b Jennie Kermode (20 January 2008). "Vicky Jewson Interview". EyeForFilm.
  2. ^ a b c Stuart O'Connor (18 May 2008). "Review: Lady Godiva (DVD)". Screen Jabber. If you're so desperate to invest in something, why not invest in something you'll be proud of rather than something which makes the Children's Film Foundation or a Confessions movie look like the works of Fellini?
  3. ^ "Review, Lady Godiva". Total Film. 25 January 2008. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. a giant, steaming turd of a Brit flick ... clunky direction and hokey script.
  4. ^ Philip French (27 January 2008). "Lady Godiva". The Observer. trite, stilted, embarrassing.
  5. ^ "Naked women to ride in Hyde Park". BBC News. 3 May 2008.
  6. ^ Natalie Paris (19 May 2008). "Lady Godivas ride naked through London". The Telegraph.
  7. ^ Rebecca Hawkes (30 April 2015). "Born of War review: 'meaty issues, lazy script'". The Telegraph.
  8. ^ Leslie Felperin (30 April 2015). "Born of War review – help, my dad's a terrorist". The Guardian.
  9. ^ Lindsey Bahr (18 January 2019). "Rapace, Jewson 'Close' In On Woman In Gender-Defying Profession". Shoot. AP.
  10. ^ Richard Jordan (28 January 2019). "Netflix's Close director on 'bringing authentic women to action movies'". Den of Geek (interview).
  11. ^ Brian Davids (17 January 2019). "How Noomi Rapace Transformed Into a Bodyguard for 'Close'". The Hollywood Reporter (interview).
  12. ^ Andrew Smith (10 November 2006). "Godiva director wins award". Oxford Mail.
  13. ^ "Young Film Director Is Woman of the Future". Easier.com. 14 November 2006.

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