Antonia Bird(1951-2013)

A former theatre director, she worked at the Royal Court theatre, London, for six years. Runs 4-Way film production company with Robert Carlyle.

[on Mad Love (1995)] Miramax was owned by Disney at the time and I was in post-production with a nice Disney teen film, which was quite edgy originally. We always thought we were making a film for 15 and up, and suddenly we had to make it for PG. Which meant I had to take the heart of the film out. That was quite a lesson. You're not in charge, it's not your money, it's someone else's, you've basically got to do what you're told