A Novel Affair
1957
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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
Apr 12, 2023 · She directed more films than any woman in Britain, then or now, yet the accomplishments of Muriel Box are still not widely recognised. Ahead of a new season of her work, BFI curator Josephine Botting celebrates a pioneer in telling women’s stories.
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).
- September 22, 1905
- May 18, 1991
Mar 29, 2017 · Talented as she may have been, and though she was able to build a decent-sized filmography, Muriel Box’s career illustrates an enormous problem that is all too common among early women filmmakers: Her films are nowhere near accessible.
Sep 26, 2023 · Muriel Box was a prolific female filmmaker working in the 1940s, 50s and 60s, exploring feminist themes within her work which have been routinely overlooked.
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May 18, 2021 · Muriel Box: the government files on the work of Britain’s pioneering female director. Thirty years after the death of the UK’s most prolific female director, we look into two Muriel Box projects that attracted the attention of the state. 18 May 2021. Muriel Box on set The Rank Organisation, courtesy of the BFI National Archive.
