Vicky Jewson (born 18 September 1985) is an English screenwriter, producer and film director.

Jewson was born in Oxford, 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.[1]

Films

Her first film, Lady Godiva, an updated version of the legend,[2] was filmed in Oxford and Carcassonne instead of the traditional Coventry after Jewson raised money from friends to fund making it.[2] It was released in January 2008[1] and received bad reviews.[2][3][4] 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.[5][6]

Jewson's following film, Born of War, a thriller, was co-written by Jewson and Rupert Whitaker and released in 2015.[7][8]

In January 2018, Jewson's Close, based on the life of the female bodyguard Jacquie Davis, was released and picked up by Netflix. It stars Noomi Rapace and Sophie Nelisse.[9][10] Jewson again co-wrote the script with Whitaker, to whom she is married.[11]

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.[12][13]

References

External links

• Vicky Jewson at IMDb

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