Coky Giedroyc

Coky Giedroyc
Occupation	Film and television director
Years active	1988–present

Mary-Rose Helen "Coky" Giedroyc (pronounced /ˈkoʊki ˈɡɛdrɔɪtʃ/; born 1962 in Hong Kong) is a BAFTA-nominated English director.

Personal life

The elder sister of actress, presenter and writer Mel Giedroyc, she grew up in Leatherhead, Surrey. Her father is Michal Giedroyc, a historian of Polish-Lithuanian descent who came to England in 1947. She attended Bristol University, where she first began making films.^[1] Married to Sir Thomas Weyland Bowyer-Smyth, a baronet, Giedroyc's correct title is Lady Bowyer-Smyth.

Career

Giedroyc has directed several films, including Women Talking Dirty and Stella Does Tricks; she is best known for her work directing television dramas, which have included Wuthering Heights, The Virgin Queen, Oliver Twist, Fear of Fanny, Carrie's War, and three episodes of Blackpool.

In 2007 she was nominated, with Paula Milne and Paul Rutman, for a Best Drama Serial BAFTA for The Virgin Queen.

Her recent directoral efforts for the BBC TV serial, entitled The Nativity, was praised by critics - although the story portrayed some controversial elements that caused debate between Christians due to its modern dramatizations of the birth of Christ.

Giedroyc directed "A Study in Pink", the unused pilot episode of Sherlock, written by Steven Moffat. BBC decided not to broadcast the episode and instead commisioned director Paul McGuigan to reshoot it for the first episode of the series. However the pilot got released on the DVD of the first series and proved to be slightly different from the final version.

References and notes

1. ^ Jacqueline Downs "Coky Giedroyc" in Yorasm Allon (ed), et al Contemporary British & Irish Directors, London: Wallflower Press, 2001, p.111

External links

• Coky Giedroyc at the Internet Movie Database

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