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Catherine Called Birdy ()


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A 14 year old girl in medieval England navigates through life and avoiding potential suitors her father has in mind.

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Birdy
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Lady Aislinn
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Lord Rollo
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Morwenna
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Uncle George
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Ethelfritha Rose Splinter of Devon
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Sir John Henry Murgaw aka Shaggy Beard
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Robert
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Aelis
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Edward the Monk
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Perkin
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Lord Gideon Sidebottom
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Lady Berenice Sidebottom (as Mimi M. Khayisa)
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Golden Tiger
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Meg (as Rita Bernard Shaw)
Jake Middleton Cooke ...
Alf (as Jake Middleton-Cooke)
Adam Aziz ...
Gerd
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Cornethia
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Etienne, Manservant to Shaggy Beard
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Finneas the Steward
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Suitor from Kent
Christophe Tek ...
John of Normandy
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Fulk the Elder
Jacob Avery ...
Fulk the Younger
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Lord Rolf of Saxony
Lawrence Hodgson-Mullings ...
Godfrey of Glardenmere
Bola Latunji ...
Balthasar of the Low Country
Jessica Ellis ...
Laundress
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Mitten Man
Tyler Howitt ...
Lord Sungerk of Dunkerk
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Father Huy
Moya Brady ...
Nan the Midwife
Ramesh Nair ...
Tiger Salesman
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Older Monk
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bobby Bedi ...
Castle Worker (Chamberlain) (uncredited)
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Old Man (uncredited)
Chris Ecob ...
Pastry Chef (uncredited)
Lydia Johnson ...
Mary-Catherine (uncredited)
Trevor Jones ...
Peter (uncredited)
Volenté Lloyd ...
Villager (uncredited)
Ravi Multani ...
Monk (uncredited)
Colin Murtagh ...
Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Directed by

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Lena Dunham

Written by

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Lena Dunham ... (screenplay by)
 
Karen Cushman ... (based on the book by)

Produced by

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Tim Bevan ... producer (produced by)
Michael P. Cohen ... executive producer
Tilly Coulson ... executive producer
Lena Dunham ... producer (produced by)
Gail Egan ... producer: Potboiler Productions
Eric Fellner ... producer (produced by)
Sheeraz Shah ... executive producer
Jo Wallett ... producer (produced by)
Liz Watson ... executive producer

Music by

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Carter Burwell

Cinematography by

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Laurie Rose

Editing by

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Joe Klotz

Editorial Department

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Anthony Berardo ... systems engineer
Maria Chamberlain ... lead digital colourist
Kimberley Coupland ... second assistant editor
Elena Dedear ... assistant digital intermediate producer
Liam Donaghy ... Dailies Supervisor
Danielle El-Hendi ... first assistant editor
Rob Farris ... digital intermediate head of post production
Harry Field ... digital film bureau
Jemma Fox ... on-line editor
Aisha Hoffman ... digital film bureau
Lawrence Hook ... digital intermediate technical supervisor
Suhaila Mahmoud-Dowson ... digital intermediate producer (as Suhaila Mahmoud)
Flo Miller ... post-production coordinator
Alexandra Montgomery ... contractual delivery coordinator
Rob Pizzey ... supervising digital colourist
Stephen Regnier ... dailies engineer: Company 3
Karl Verna ... dailies producer
Chloe Warner-Harris ... on-line editor
Evangeline White ... digital intermediate assistant producer

Casting By

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Catriona Dickie
Leslee Feldman
Nina Gold

Production Design by

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Andrea Matheson
Kave Quinn

Art Direction by

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Tim Blake ... supervising art director
Katie Money
Emily Norris
Alice Walker
Agnes Winblad ... (as Agnes Debinska)
Joe Withers

Set Decoration by

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Stella Fox
Lotty Sanna
Amanda Willgrave ... (Florist)

Costume Design by

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Julian Day

Makeup Department

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Suzi Battersby ... prosthetics supervisor
Patricia Berry ... daily crowd makeup and hair artist
Jo Best ... hair and makeup daily
Katy May Brown ... crowd hair and makeup junior (as Katy Brown)
Tilly Calder ... makeup and hair artist
Robb Crafer ... additional principal makeup and hair artist
Sarah Davies ... daily crowd makeup and hair artist
Alice Hopkins ... daily crowd makeup and hair artist
Francesca Horn ... daily crowd makeup and hair trainee
Deborah Jarvis ... makeup and hair artist
Marese Langan ... hair and makeup designer
Chris Lyons ... special effects teeth
Lori MacGregor ... prosthetic technician/art finisher/fabricator
Sue O'Neill ... daily crowd makeup and hair artist
Rosie Octon ... crowd hair and makeup supervisor
Kate Rawsthorne ... daily crowd makeup and hair junior
Denise Stocker ... hair stylist / makeup artist
Liz Trevena Tyers ... daily crowd makeup and hair artist (as Lizzie Trevena)
Angie White ... principal makeup and hair junior
Andrew Whiteoak ... crowd hair and makeup

Production Management

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Dave Bennett ... executive in charge of production
Siobhan Boyes ... post-production supervisor
Lindsey Cohen ... post production executive
Glenn S. Gainor ... head of physical production
Daniel Leebody ... unit manager
Rachel Neale ... unit production manager
Jannika Öberg ... production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Harry Guest ... Director: Social Content
Cordelia Hardy ... first assistant director
Edward Howes ... base pa
Candy Marlowe ... crowd second assistant director
Jeremiah Moss O'Donoghue ... crowd third assistant director
Toby Spanton ... second assistant director
Illias Thoms ... third assistant director

Art Department

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Amissah Annorbah-Sarpei ... assistant buyer
Alexander Foss Ball ... art department assistant
Nikki Bradley ... assistant set decorator
Satarupa Bradley ... scenic artist
James Brooker ... storeman/dressing props
Rhoslyn Butler ... leather worker
Louise Cassidy ... home economist assistant
Graham Caulfield ... hod drapes
Sue Claybyn ... production buyer
Katya Croydon ... scenic painter: dailies
Mollie Denny Gelder ... set dec coordinator
Nicholas Eiloart ... greensman
Christopher Fraser ... carpenter
Patxa Ibarz Gil ... prop painter
Gary Greenham ... supervising standby props
Rohan Harris ... scenic artist
Stuart Headley-Read ... Dressing prop: Daily
Clare Holland ... hod scenic painter
Hibah Hoque ... assistant graphic designer
Gary Jobber ... construction supervisor
Josh Keene ... carpenter
Lynette Keene ... assistant construction coordinator
Mark Keene ... HOD carpenter
Sam Keene ... carpenter
Neal Kirke ... storeman
Alison Knowles ... action prop buyer
Gabrielle Leon ... assistant graphic designer
Isabella Lozano ... graphics assistant
Tom Macken ... carpenter
Dan Marsden ... construction manager
Hannah Marti-Level ... set dresser
Matt Mason ... carpenter
Lisa McDiarmid ... art director: standby
Steve Patterson ... Set Dec
Christopher Pigott ... props
Emma Pisano ... hod greens
Tom Rea ... production buyer
John Ryan ... standby carpenter
Marissa Sanna ... assistant action props buyer
John Schoonraad ... props: Silicone Baby
Ava Skeet ... assistant set decorator
Elo Soode ... concept artist
Elin Stone ... action prop buyer: dailies
Melissa Strong ... standby props
Melissa Strong ... standby props
Milly Queenie Marsden Webster ... construction coordinator
Lisa Williams ... lead graphic designer
Drapery Workroom ... drapes and upholstery

Sound Department

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Freya Clarke ... first assistant sound
Angus Devey-Robson ... second sound assistant: daily
Zoe Freed ... foley artist
Rebecca Heathcote ... foley artist
James Hyde ... adr mixer
Sam Jenkins ... sound trainee
Gareth John ... production sound mixer
Ben Meechan ... supervising sound editor
Nina Norek ... dialogue & adr editor
Paolo Pavesi ... foley editor
Mike Prestwood Smith ... re-recording mixer
Jeremy Price ... sound designer
Kobi Quist ... sound mix technician
Jemma Riley-Tolch ... foley mixer
Jamie Roden ... re-recording mixer
Rob Scown ... second assistant sound
Hannes Wannerberger ... mix technician
Paul Massey ... adr recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Phil Chapman ... special effects
Fergus Costello ... special effects technician
James Crockett ... special effects technician
Oliver Crockett ... special effects assistant technician
John Schoonraad ... special effects: sfx baby dummy

Visual Effects by

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Jothan Chin ... digital compositor
Ciaran Crowley ... visual effects supervisor
David Ellis ... roto & prep supervisor: Firebrand VFX
Simon Firth ... roto & prep artist: FirebrandVFX
Eleanor Fowler ... roto & prep artist: Firebrand VFX
Aiman Hafizul ... roto/paint artist
Matthew Hale ... roto & prep artist: Firebrand VFX
See Tho Jen Hoe ... digital compositor
Timothy P. Jones ... digital film bureau
Ahmed Khaled ... digital compositor
Luka Leskovsek ... compositor: Milk VFX
Syamil Aiman Mazlan ... digital compositor: VHQ Hong Kong SEA - Malaysia
Clare Norman ... visual effects executive producer
Jamie O'Hara ... visual effects line producer
Rob Pizzey ... supervising digital colourist
Paige Prokop ... vfx coordinator: Amazon Studios
Neil Roche ... cg supervisor
Sally Spencer ... visual effects producer
Dominic Tan ... compositor
Juliette Yager ... vfx executive: Amazon Studios
Kiu Fung Kaze Yau ... visual effects supervisor
Dayne Cowan ... visual effects executive producer: VHQ (uncredited)
Lucas Hanwell ... roto & prep artist: Firebrand VFX (uncredited)
Annie Ng ... visual effects coordinator (uncredited)

Stunts

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Tom Crowley Ellis ... Stunt Double: Paul Kaye
James Grogan ... stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department

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Josh Allen ... video assistant: main unit
Alex Bailey ... still photographer
Lewis 'Barney' Barnard ... assistant stills photographer
Craig Broughton ... lighting technician
Heather Crompton ... first assistant "a" camera
Jacob Crow ... camera trainee: dailies
Sarah Cunningham ... camera operator
Vincent Edwards ... electrician
Kevin Foy ... key grip
Oliver Lemmings ... grip trainee
Ashton Lunn ... b camera grip
Laurentiu Maria ... generator operator
Piotr Perlinski ... first assistant camera: "b" camera
Laura Redpath ... digital imaging technician
Jessie Irvin Rose ... camera trainee
Laura Seears ... grip trainee
Richard B. Shean ... video operator
Richard Staff ... data manager / dit assistant
Julie Steyaert ... second assistant camera: b camera
Jonny Stillwell ... second assistant camera: a camera
Rachael Stirrup ... camera trainee: "a" camera
Abi Timmins ... second assistant camera: b camera, dailies
Michael Wacker ... best boy grip
Viola Zichy ... camera trainee: b camera

Casting Department

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Abby Vickers ... casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Isabella Aestrea ... Costume maker
Lindsey Archer ... costumer
Nicola Beales ... Senior Costume Maker
Amber Brabant ... coordinator
Lucy Calder ... costume illustrator
Samuel Clark ... principal costume standby
Nikki Connor ... Crowd Costume Supervisor
Natasha Cousins ... costume supervisor
Agnieszka Dudzik ... Costume maker
Chloe Holland ... Costume Design Assistant
Stephen Kelly ... costume standby
Carla Lynas ... costumer: crowd
Ebony Lynn ... costume assistant
Hollie Marchetti ... junior principal standby
Laura Panayiotou ... costume maker
Fiona Pollard ... costume maker
Julia Cherques Rosas ... costume trainee
Alice Speak ... Principal costume standby daily
Heloise Walker ... costume maker
Yanika Waters ... Wardrobe Mistress
Debbie Watson ... Costume cutter

Location Management

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Esther Aja ... assistant location manager
Greta Bassetti ... location assistant
Alex Brooks ... Studio Unit Manager
Jordan Bruno ... assistant unit manager
Hannah Cole ... assistant location manager (as Hannah M.G. Cole)
Tabitha Denny-Northover ... assistant location manager
Tom Howard ... supervising location manager
Emma Jones ... location assistant
Ashleigh Powell ... lead location assistant

Music Department

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Matt Allchin ... executive music producer
Sarah Chapeck ... music coordinator
Peter Clarke ... music editor
Henry Danowski ... Drums, Percussion, Timpani, Tubular Bells and Gong
Luis Felber ... executive music producer
Tony Finno ... music preparation
Stefan Karrer ... executive album producer
Jen Malone ... music supervisor
Dean Parker ... score producer
John Patitucci ... Bass
Marcus Tamkin ... Executive in charge of music
Nicole Weisberg ... music supervisor
Arabella Winter ... additional music editor

Script and Continuity Department

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Zoe Morgan ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Ollie Birmingham ... transport captain
Nathan Giles ... unit driver
Peter Mercer ... driver

Additional Crew

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Aditya Agnihotri ... translator
Rob Allott ... prep assistant production coordinator
Ruby Avards ... financial controller
Danielle Barrett ... Runner / Set pa
Teddy Blanks ... title designer
Elizabeth Brooks ... Birdy stand-in
Chelsea Bulloch ... production coordinator
Helen Castor ... historical advisor
Martin Davies-Redgrave ... Accommodation Coordinator
Lily Donnelly ... assistant: Tim Bevan
Tina Ellis ... Assistant Post Accountant
Victoria Endacott ... assistant: Ms. Dunham
Emily Eyre ... production secretary
Kimberley Franklin ... 1st assistant accountant
Stephanie Gillett ... assistant: Eric Fellner
Alex Gunton ... covid production assistant
Alice Hawksley ... cashier
Philip Hewitt ... assistant accountant
Sally Hill ... assistant production coordinator
Chloe Karpinskyj ... covid pa
Kathleen Kitsell ... Animal Handler
Michael Konieczny ... assistant accountant
Natasha Korczak ... craft services
Hannes Langolf ... choreographer
Richard Anthony Lewin ... key set pa
Samantha Locock ... covid production secretary
Miriam Lucia ... intimacy coordinator
Amy Damara Martin ... crowd pa
Jamie Matthewman ... dialect coach
Charles G McManus-Burke ... production assistant
Angela Moneke ... Production Executive: Working Title Films
Tilly O'Hara ... payroll accountant
Alice O'Neill ... set pa
Claire O'Neill ... assistant: Eric Fellner
Jabe Odido ... covid pa
Huong On ... lead ap: prep
Beth Perkin ... social media publicity
Natasha Perkin ... social media publicity
Katherine Pomfret ... senior production executive: Working Title Films
Sophie Roberts ... assistant production coordinator
Ndo Simpito ... accounts clerk
Lavinia Taylor ... production secretary
Katharine Tidy ... food stylist
Adelaide Waldrop ... covering intimacy coordinator
David Wallett ... assistant: Ms. Wallett
Fi Wilson ... covid production coordinator
Ahmed Younes ... Assistant florist

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Storyline

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Also Known As
  • Catherine, Lady wider Willen (Germany)
  • El libro de Catherine (Spain)
  • Catherine, a Madárka (Hungary)
  • 小鳥凱瑟琳 (Hong Kong, Cantonese title)
  • 小鳥凱瑟琳 (Taiwan)
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  • 108 min
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Did You Know?

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Trivia One of the songs on the soundtrack 'Honey to the Bee' sung by Misty Miller, was a huge pop hit in the 1990's for Billie Piper, who plays Birdy's mother in Catherine Called Birdy (2022). See more »
Goofs Birdy's diary entry on January 6th says that "1291 is upon us." From 1155 to 1752, the new year in England began on March 25th. See more »
Movie Connections Referenced in Episode 887: Scream VI (2023). See more »
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Quotes Edward the Monk: Knowing your own story will be your salvation.
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