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Violette Muriel Box, Baroness Gardiner, (22 September 1905 – 18 May 1991) was an English screenwriter and director, Britain's most prolific female director, having directed 12 feature films and one featurette.
Muriel Box was born on 22 September 1905 in New Malden, Surrey [now in Kingston upon Thames, London], England, UK. She was a writer and director, known for The Seventh Veil (1945), Mr. Lord Says No (1952) and A Novel Affair (1957). She was married to Gerald Gardiner and Sydney Box.
- Muriel Box
- May 18, 1991
- September 22, 1905
Feb 19, 2023 · Who was Muriel Box, Britain’s most prolific female film director? She was also the first woman to win an Oscar for best original screenplay. Now a new radio documentary aims to give her...
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Oct 26, 2018 · Muriel Box: Britain’s most prolific female director you've never heard of. Her 13 features from the 50s and 60s explored new ways of representing women on screen. Now, two new major...
Muriel Box was born on September 22, 1905 in New Malden, Surrey [now in Kingston upon Thames, London], England, UK. She was a writer and director, known for The Seventh Veil (1945), Mr. Lord Says No (1952) and Both Sides of the Law (1953). She was previously married to Gerald Gardiner and Sydney Box. She died on May 18, 1991 in London, England, UK.
- September 22, 1905
- May 18, 1991
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Updated: 3 February 2023. Tweet. Web exclusive. Muriel Box at work. At some point this present century, a British woman will direct her thirteenth fictional feature film. Until that day, the astonishing record of Muriel Box – who single-handedly directed a dozen such pictures from 1952 to 1964 – will stand intact.
Apr 12, 2023 · Throughout her life, Muriel Box foregrounded women’s stories, perhaps most successfully during her years in the British film industry. Working at a time of enormous social change in postwar Britain, Box played a key role, using her position in the film industry to further the cause of women’s liberation.
