Coky Giedroyc

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Coky Giedroyc
Born
Mary Rose Helen Giedroyc

(1963-02-06) 6 February 1963 (age 61)
Kowloon, British Hong Kong
OccupationDirector
Years active1988–present
Spouse
​
​
(m. 1998)​
Children3
Relatives

Mary Rose Helen "Coky" Giedroyc (

The Nativity, and Penny Dreadful
.

Early life

Giedroyc was born in

Bristol University, where she first began to make films.[4]

Career

Giedroyc has directed several films, including

Blackpool
.

In 2007 she was nominated, with

The Nativity
was praised by critics, although the story portrayed some controversial elements that caused debate between Christians due to its modern dramatisations of the birth of Christ.

Giedroyc directed

The Hour and What Remains.[5] Giedroyc directed two episodes of the 2014 Showtime horror television series Penny Dreadful.[6][7]

On 20 December 2015, Giedroyc directed the live television production of

ITV transmission was the first musical to be broadcast live on national television in the UK, and had a cast and crew of more than 400 and 177 costumes.[8]

In 2018, it was announced Giedroyc would direct

Arinze Kene and Frank Dillane will star in the film.[9][10]

In June 2021, Giedroyc won her second BAFTA for Best Series for her work on Channel 4's Save Me Too, written and starring Lennie James.

In 2022, it was announced that Giedroyc would direct the film Greatest Days, which was released in the summer of 2023. The film is a feature adaptation of The Band musical featuring the songs of Take That.

Personal life

Giedroyc married her first husband at 21, and they had a son together before divorcing. In 1998, she married production designer Sir Thomas Weyland Bowyer-Smyth, 15th Baronet, with whom she has two children.[11]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Notes
1996 Stella Does Tricks
1999 Women Talking Dirty
2019 How to Build a Girl
2023 Greatest Days

Television

Year Title Notes
1990 The Media Show Episode: "DIY Media"
1992 TV Hell TV special
1992 Rock Bottom TV film
1995 Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing TV film
1996–99 Murder Most Horrid 3 episodes
2000–02 Silent Witness 3 episodes
2001–03 Murder in Mind 2 episodes
2002 Helen West Episode: "Shadow Play"
2004 Carrie's War TV film
2004 William and Mary 2 episodes
2004
Blackpool
 		3 episodes
2006 The Virgin Queen 2 episodes
2006 Fear of Fanny TV film
2007
Oliver Twist
 		5 episodes
2009
Wuthering Heights
 		2 episodes
2010 Sherlock Episode: "Unaired Pilot"
2010
The Nativity
 		4 episodes
2011
The Hour
 		2 episodes
2013 Spies of Warsaw 4 episodes
2013 What Remains 4 episodes
2014 Penny Dreadful 2 episodes
2014
The Killing
 		Episode: "Truth Asunder"
2014 Reckless Episode: "Fifty-One Percent"
2017 Harlots 3 episodes
2017 Gypsy 2 episodes
2018 Seven Seconds 1 episode

References

  1. ISBN 978-1-83871-532-8
    . Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Michal Giedroyc". The Times. 29 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018. (subscription required)
  3. ^ Stanford, Peter (25 March 2010). "My father's Siberian prison hell". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  4. ISBN 9781903364215
    .
  5. ^ "A new thrilling four-part whodunit written by Tony Basgallop for BBC One". BBC. 14 August 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  6. ^ "PJ Dillon, Director of Photography" (PDF). Casarotto. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  7. ^ "PJ Dillon: Latest News". PJDillon.com.
  8. ^ "As ITV prepares for The Sound of Music Live, are we watching TV's future?". The Guardian. 15 December 2015.
  9. ^ Wiseman, Andreas; Tartaglione, Nancy (8 May 2018). "'Lady Bird's Beanie Feldstein To Lead 'How To Build A Girl' – Cannes". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  10. ^ Wiseman, Andreas (16 July 2018). "Beanie Feldstein Comedy 'How To Build A Girl' Adds Cast, Lionsgate With Shoot Under Way". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  11. ^ Stanford, Peter. "Problems like Maria's". The Tablet.

External links

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