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Women Directors Behind ‘Baby Reindeer’, ‘One Day’ & ‘We Are Lady Parts’ Talk Breaking Records & Smashing Glass Ceilings At The BAFTAs
'Baby Reindeer', 'One Day' & 'We Are Lady Parts' directors have broken a gender record at this year's BAFTA TV Awards.
Along with its big screen sibling, representation in TV directing has been under the microscope for years – a campaign to boost the number of female documentary directors has led some networks and indies to commit to 50/50 gender parity – and a 2023 tweak to the BAFTA longlisting rules also appears to have improved the situation. Here, the trio of nominated female directors – Molly Manners, Nida Manzoor and Weronika Tofilska – talk stereotypes, “macho” behavior and inspirational women, while detailing their respective experiences getting to the top. Lowthorpe won her second in 2018 (the only woman to win since is Michaela Coel) for the BBC’s Three Girls about the Rochdale child sex abuse ring and her success inspired Manners to seek work with female creatives like One Day ’s Nicole Taylor.
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