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Mary Rose Helen "Coky" Giedroyc (; born 6 February 1963) is an English director known for her work on ''
Women Talking Dirty ''Women Talking Dirty'' is a 1999 British comedy film directed by Coky Giedroyc and starring Helena Bonham Carter, Gina McKee and James Nesbitt. It is an adaptation of the novel ''Women Talking Dirty'' written by Isla Dewar, who also wrote the ...
'', '' The Virgin Queen'', ''
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'', and ''
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''.


Early life

Giedroyc was born in
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on 6 February 1963. She grew up in
Leatherhead, Surrey Leatherhead is a town in the Mole Valley District of Surrey, England, about south of Central London. The settlement grew up beside a ford on the River Mole, from which its name is thought to derive. During the late Anglo-Saxon period, Lea ...
. Her father was Michal Giedroyc (1929–2017), a historian of Polish-Lithuanian descent from the aristocratic
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, who came to England in 1947. Her mother, Rosy, is of English descent. Her younger sister,
Mel Giedroyc Melanie Clare Sophie Giedroyc (; , born 5 June 1968) is a British actress, comedian and television presenter. With Sue Perkins, she has co-hosted series including ''Light Lunch'' for Channel 4, ''The Great British Bake Off'' for the BBC and cha ...
, is a television presenter. Her other sister, Kasia, is a children's writer who later married diplomat
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. She attended
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, where she first began to make films.


Career

Giedroyc has directed several films, including ''
Women Talking Dirty ''Women Talking Dirty'' is a 1999 British comedy film directed by Coky Giedroyc and starring Helena Bonham Carter, Gina McKee and James Nesbitt. It is an adaptation of the novel ''Women Talking Dirty'' written by Isla Dewar, who also wrote the ...
'' and ''
Stella Does Tricks ''Stella Does Tricks'' is a 1996 British drama film about a young Glaswegian girl, played by Kelly Macdonald, working as a prostitute in London. The film was the first feature film directed by Coky Giedroyc, inspired by her previous work making ...
''; she is best known for her work directing television dramas, which have included ''
Wuthering Heights ''Wuthering Heights'' is an 1847 novel by Emily Brontë, initially published under her pen name Ellis Bell. It concerns two families of the landed gentry living on the West Yorkshire moorland, moors, the Earnshaws and the Lintons, and their tur ...
'', '' The Virgin Queen'', ''
Oliver Twist ''Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress'', Charles Dickens's second novel, was published as a serial from 1837 to 1839, and as a three-volume book in 1838. Born in a workhouse, the orphan Oliver Twist is bound into apprenticeship with ...
'', '' Fear of Fanny'', ''
Carrie's War ''Carrie's War'' is a 1973 English children's novel by Nina Bawden set during the World War II, Second World War. It follows two young London Evacuations of civilians in Britain during World War II, evacuees, Carrie and her younger brother Nick, ...
'', and three episodes of ''
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''. In 2007 she was nominated, with
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and Paul Rutman, for a Best Drama Serial
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for '' The Virgin Queen''. In 2010, her directing work for the
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television series ''
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'' 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 ''
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'', originally filmed as a 60-minute pilot for the television series '' Sherlock'', which was written by
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. The BBC decided not to broadcast the episode because they wished to change the broadcast length to 90 minutes. However, the pilot was released on the DVD of the first series, and it proved to be slightly different from the final version. She has also directed BBC's '' The Hour'' and '' What Remains''. Giedroyc directed two episodes of the 2014
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horror television series ''
Penny Dreadful Penny dreadfuls were cheap popular serial literature produced during the nineteenth century in the United Kingdom. The pejorative term is roughly interchangeable with penny horrible, penny awful, and penny blood. The term typically referred to ...
''. On 20 December 2015, Giedroyc directed the live television production of ''
The Sound of Music ''The Sound of Music'' is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the 1949 memoir of Maria von Trapp, '' The Story of the Trapp Family Singers''. Se ...
'', starring
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as Maria, and her sister
Mel Giedroyc Melanie Clare Sophie Giedroyc (; , born 5 June 1968) is a British actress, comedian and television presenter. With Sue Perkins, she has co-hosted series including ''Light Lunch'' for Channel 4, ''The Great British Bake Off'' for the BBC and cha ...
as Frau Schmidt. The two-and-a-half-hour
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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. In 2018, it was announced Giedroyc would direct ''
How to Build a Girl ''How to Build a Girl'' is a 2019 Coming-of-age story, coming-of-age comedy film directed by Coky Giedroyc, from a screenplay by Caitlin Moran, based on her 2014 How to Build a Girl (novel), novel of the same name. The film tells the story of J ...
'', based upon the novel of the same name by
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, who also wrote the film's screenplay alongside
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,
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will star in the film. 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 upcoming film '' Greatest Days (film)'', scheduled to be released in summer 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.


Filmography


Film


Television


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Giedroyc, Coky 1963 births Alumni of the University of Bristol English people of Belgian descent English people of Polish descent English film directors English people of Lithuanian descent English women film directors Coky Living people People from Leatherhead British people of Belarusian descent English television directors British women television directors Wives of baronets