Sharon Maguire

Sharon Maguire (born 1960) made her name as a film director when she landed the job of directing "Bridget Jones's Diary". The film was based on the book by her close friend Helen Fielding, and one of the main characters - Shazzer - is actually based on Maguire. Sharon Maguire studied English and Drama at the University of Wales Aberystwyth from 1979-1983 and graduated with a 2:2 degree before going on to do the PGCE teaching qualification. After leaving Aberystwyth, she did a year's postgraduate course in journalism at City University in London and worked as a researcher then a director on "The Media Show". In 1991, she got a job with the BBC as producer/director of The Late Show. She also made several documentaries - including Omnibus - before leaving the Corporation to make advertisements. "Bridget Jones' Diary" marked Maguire's directorial debut. She's quoted as saying: "It always breaks the ice at parties when I'm with Oxbridge types and I brag: 'I went to Aberystwyth!'"

Other projects in development for Maguire include "Mail" with Film Four, "The Vicious Circle" with Oxford Films, and "Mother's Boy", for which she has also been commissioned to write a script for BBC Films. [ [http://web.archive.org/web/20070622112557/http://www.city.ac.uk/alumni/about/who/Sharon+Maguire.html City University's Alumni page on Sharon Maguire] ] The film "Incendiary", which was written and will be directed by Maguire, is also currently in production.

Filmography

*"The Thing is... Babies" (1991)
*"The Thing is... Hotels" (1991)
*"The Godfather" (1993)
*"In at Number Ten" (1994)
*"Yo Picasso" (1994)
*"" (1995)
*"" (1996)
*"" (1996)
*"Dame Henrietta's Dream" (1997)
*"Bridget Jones's Diary" (2001)
*"Incendiary" (2008)

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