From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Sharon Maguire born 1960 made her name as a film director when she landed the job of directing Bridget Joness Diary The film was based on the book by her close friend Helen Fielding and one of the main characters Shazzer is actually based on Maguire Raised as a Roman Catholic Maguire studied English and Drama at the University of Wales Aberystwyth from 19791983 and graduated with a 22 degree before going on to do the PGCE teaching qualification Shes quoted as saying It always breaks the ice at parties when Im with Oxbridge types and I brag I went to Aberystwyth After leaving Aberystwyth she did a years postgraduate course in journalism at City University in London and worked as a researcher then a director on The Media Show In 1991 she got a job with the BBC as producerdirector of The Late Show She also made several documentaries including Omnibus before leaving the Corporation to make advertisements Bridget Jones Diary marked Maguires feature directorial debut Other projects in development for Maguire include Mail with Film Four The Vicious Circle with Oxford Films and Mothers Boy for which she has also been commissioned to write a script for BBC Films The film Incendiary which was written and will be directed by Maguire is also currently in production Description above from the Wikipedia article Sharon Maguire licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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