Biography
Sharon has established herself as one of Britain’s best and funniest female directors, equally well known for her beautifully crafted imagery as for her performance and comedy direction.
Her debut feature film Bridget Jones’s Diary managed to be both hilariously funny and seriously successful, becoming one of the biggest box office romantic comedies of all time. She was asked back to direct the third film in the Bridget series, Bridget Jones’s Baby – so just the two funny and successful ones in the quartet.
She also worked with Ewan McGregor and Michelle Williams in the moving family drama Incendiary , and brought her own brand of comedy magic to the hilarious Disney Christmas comedy Godmothered.
More recently Sharon directed the prestigious in-flight safety film for British Airways. The production for Uncommon Creative Studios features sumptuous period costumes, lavish heritage locations, and a ‘cast of thousands’. It is also, naturally, terribly funny.
It went on to win Bronze at the British Arrows and created a cross-over viral marketing sensation garnering 1.7m views on Youtube and appearing in media as Diverse as The Washington Post, BBC Radio 4’s Today and the oft overlooked film review section of Horse & Hound.
She has directed commercials for some of the UK’s best agencies: AMV, BBH, DDB and JWT on major brands including Bertolli, British Telecom, Camelot, Kellogg’s, Volkswagen and Volvo.
When she’s not curating her vast collection of original Barry White vinyl, Sharon is keeping busy developing several feature and TV series projects in the US and the UK.