Vicky Jewson | |
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Born | Oxford, England, UK | 18 September 1985
Alma mater | |
Years active | 2008–present |
Awards | https://www.jewsonfilm.com |
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]
She heads the production company Jewson Film along with producer Rupert Whitaker.[2]
Her first film, Lady Godiva, an updated version of the legend,[3] was filmed in Oxford and Carcassonne instead of the traditional Coventry after Jewson raised money from friends to fund making it.[3] It was released in January 2008[1] and received bad reviews.[3][4][5] 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.[6][7]
Jewson's following film, Born of War, a thriller, was co-written by Jewson and Rupert Whitaker and released in 2015.[8][9]
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.[10][11] Jewson again co-wrote the script with Whitaker, to whom she is married.[12]
Year | Title | Director | Producer | Writer | Notes |
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2008 | Lady Godiva | Yes | No | Yes | |
2014 | Born of War | Yes | No | Yes | Story writer |
2015 | I am Chut Wutty | No | Yes | No | Executive producer |
2019 | Close | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
2022 | The Witcher: Blood Origin | Yes | No | No | TV mini-series, 3 episodes |
TBA | 100% Organic † | No | Yes | No | Short film |
Crumbs | Yes | Yes | No | Story; TV series; post-production | |
Ballerina Overdrive † | Yes | No | No | Filming |
In 2006, for her work on Lady Godiva, Jewson won the Arts, Media and Culture category of the first Woman of the Future awards.[13][14]
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?
a giant, steaming turd of a Brit flick ... clunky direction and hokey script.
trite, stilted, embarrassing.