Antonia Bird: From EastEnders to Hollywood

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Antonia Bird

Self (archive footage)

Age : 62 | Popularity : 3%

Kate Hardie

Self

Age : 54 | Popularity : 3%

Robert Carlyle

Self

Age : 63 | Popularity : 21%

Mark Cousins

Self

Age : 58 | Popularity : 7%

Irvine Welsh

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Steven Mackintosh

Self

Age : 56 | Popularity : 9%

Anita Dobson

Self

Age : 74 | Popularity : 5%

Finola Dwyer

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Production	Executive Producer	Mark Cousins
	Producer	Mark Bell Mary Bell Adam Dawtrey
Sound	Sound Mixer	John Cobban
Directing	Director	Susan Kemp
Editing	Editor	Susan Kemp
Crew	Cinematography	Susan Kemp
Department	Role	Name

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