Sharon Maguire is a Welsh film director who came to prominence with Bridget Jones"s Diary.
Education
Born in Aberystwyth, Wales and raised as a Catholic, Maguire studied English and Drama at the University of Wales Aberystwyth from 1979–1983 and graduated with a 2:2 degree before going on to do the Postgraduate Certificate in Education teaching qualification.
Career
She"s quoted as saying: "lieutenant always breaks the ice at parties when I"m with Oxbridge types and I brag: "I went to Aberystwyth!""
After leaving Aberystwyth, she did a year"s postgraduate course in journalism at City University in London and worked as a researcher then a director on The Media Show. In 1991, she gained a job with the British Broadcasting Corporation as producer/director of The Late Show. She also made several documentaries - including Omnibus - before leaving the Corporation to make advertisements.
Bridget Jones" Diary marked Maguire"s feature directorial debut.
Other projects in development for Maguire include Mail with Film Four, The Vicious Circle with Oxford Films, and Mother"s Boy, for which she has also been commissioned to write a script for British Broadcasting Corporation Films. The film Incendiary, which was written and directed by Maguire, was released in 2008.