Vicky Jewson (born 18 September 1985) is an

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, producer and

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. Jewson was born in

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, 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. She heads the production company Jewson Film along with producer Rupert Whitaker.

Films

Her first film, ''

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'', an updated version of the

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, was filmed in Oxford and Carcassonne instead of the traditional

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after Jewson raised money from friends to fund making it. It was released in January 2008 and received bad reviews. 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. Jewson's following film, '' Born of War'', a thriller, was co-written by Jewson and Rupert Whitaker and released in 2015. In January 2018, Jewson's ''

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'', based on the life of the female

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. It stars

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and Sophie Nelisse. Jewson again co-wrote the script with Whitaker, to whom she is married.

Filmography

Awards

In 2006, for her work on ''Lady Godiva'', Jewson won the Arts, Media and Culture category of the first Woman of the Future awards.

References

External links

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