{{Short description|English film producer, director (born 1985)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = | name = <!-- use common name/article title --> | honorific_suffix = | image = <!-- filename only, no "File:" or "Image:" prefix, and no enclosing brackets --> | landscape = <!-- yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank --> | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|09|18|df=yes}} | birth_place = Oxford, England, UK | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (DEATH date then BIRTH date) --> | death_place = | death_cause = | nationality = | other_names = | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = {{Ubl|Wychwood School}} | occupation = | years_active = 2008–present | known_for = | notable_works = <!-- produces label "Notable work"; may be overridden by |credits=, which produces label "Notable credit(s)"; or by |works=, which produces label "Works"; or by |label_name=, which produces label "Label(s)" --> | spouse = Rupert Whitaker<br>({{abbr|m.|married}} 20??) | children = | awards = | website = {{Official URL}} }} '''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.<ref name="interview">{{cite web |author=Jennie Kermode |url=http://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature.php?id=469 |title=Vicky Jewson Interview |website=EyeForFilm |date=20 January 2008 }}</ref>
She heads the production company Jewson Film along with producer Rupert Whitaker.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.jewsonfilm.com/ |title=Jewson FIlm |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=Jewson Film}}</ref>
==Films== Her first film, ''Lady Godiva'', an updated version of the legend,<ref name="Jabber">{{Cite news |author=Stuart O'Connor |title=Review: ''Lady Godiva'' (DVD) |website=Screen Jabber |date=18 May 2008 |quote=If you're so desperate to invest in something, why not invest in something you'll be proud of rather than something which makes the Children's Film Foundation or a Confessions movie look like the works of Fellini? }}</ref> was filmed in Oxford and Carcassonne instead of the traditional Coventry after Jewson raised money from friends to fund making it.<ref name="Jabber"/> It was released in January 2008<ref name="interview"/> and panned by critics.<ref name="Jabber"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.totalfilm.com/reviews/cinema/lady-godiva// |title=Review, ''Lady Godiva'' |website=Total Film |date=25 January 2008 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928181140/http://www.totalfilm.com/reviews/cinema/lady-godiva// |archivedate=28 September 2011 |quote=a giant, steaming turd of a Brit flick ... clunky direction and hokey script. }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Philip French |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/News_Story/Critic_Review/Observer_review/0,,2247485,00.html |title=Lady Godiva |newspaper=The Observer |date=27 January 2008 |quote=trite, stilted, embarrassing. }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/oxfordshire/7382057.stm |title=Naked women to ride in Hyde Park |publisher=BBC News |date=3 May 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Natalie Paris |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1988242/Lady-Godivas-ride-naked-through-London.html |title=Lady Godivas ride naked through London |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=19 May 2008 }}</ref>
Jewson's following film, ''Born of War'', a thriller, was co-written by Jewson and Rupert Whitaker and released in 2015.<ref>{{cite news |author=Rebecca Hawkes |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/born-of-war/review/ |title=Born of War review: 'meaty issues, lazy script' |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=30 April 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Leslie Felperin |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/apr/30/born-of-war-review-help-my-dads-a-terrorist |title=Born of War review – help, my dad's a terrorist |newspaper=The Guardian |date=30 April 2015 }}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite news |author=Lindsey Bahr |agency=AP |url=https://www.shootonline.com/news/rapace-jewson-close-%C2%A0-woman-gender-defying-profession |title=Rapace, Jewson 'Close' In On Woman In Gender-Defying Profession |website=Shoot |date=18 January 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Richard Jordan |url=https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/netflix-s-close-director-on-bringing-authentic-women-to-action-movies/ |title=Netflix's Close director on 'bringing authentic women to action movies' |website=Den of Geek |date=28 January 2019 |type=interview }}</ref> Jewson again co-wrote the script with Whitaker, to whom she is married.<ref>{{cite interview |subject-first1=Noomi |subject-last1=Rapace |subject-link1=Noomi Rapace |subject-first2=Vicky |subject-last2=Jewson |interviewer-first=Brian |interviewer-last=Davids |title=How Noomi Rapace Transformed Into a Bodyguard for 'Close' |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |date=17 January 2019 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/closer-noomi-rapace-transformed-a-bodyguard-netflix-movie-1177117 |access-date=2026-03-26 |quote=I work with my husband [Rupert Whitaker]…}}</ref>
==Filmography== '''Film''' {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Director ! Writer ! Producer ! Editor |- | 2008 | ''Lady Godiva'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |- | 2014 | ''Born of War'' | {{yes}} | {{yes|Story}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} |- | 2019 | ''Close'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |- | 2026 | ''Pretty Lethal'' | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |- |}
'''Executive producer''' * ''I am Chut Wutty'' (2015) * ''Pretty Lethal'' (2026)
'''Television''' {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Director ! Producer ! Writer ! Notes |- | 2022 | ''The Witcher: Blood Origin'' | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | 3 episodes |- | 2026 | ''Crumbs'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes|Story}} | |}
==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.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.easier.com/view/Lifestyle/Entertainment/Going_Out/article-83383.html |title=Young Film Director Is Woman of the Future |website=Easier.com |date=14 November 2006 }}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website}} *{{IMDb name}}
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