Beeban Kidron

Beeban Kidron is a British filmmaker who has spent over 30 years working in feature film, television drama and documentary. Her films range from commercial cinema, to artist portraits and hard-hitting documentaries: Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, Oranges are Not the Only Fruit, Antony Gormley: Making Space, Carry Greenham Home and InRealLife, among many others. She is Director of Cross Street Films.

In 2006 Kidron co-founded the educational charity IntoFilm (previously Film Club), which has set up over 12,000 film clubs across the UK.

In 2012 she was appointed to the House of Lords where she sits as a Crossbench Peer. Baroness Kidron is founder of 5rights framework which seeks to deliver the established rights of children across the digital world.