52 Films by Women Vol 2. 37. FREAK SHOW (Director: Trudie Styler)
Until she made her feature directorial debut with Freak Show , an adaptation of James St James’ 2007 novel, 63 year old Worcestershire-born Trudie Styler was best known as an actress turned movie producer. She appeared in the television series Poldark (the Robin Ellis one), as well as Kelly Monteith , Funny Man , The Bell and Miss Marple: The Body in the Library . She married her husband Gordon Sumner (aka Sting) before making her home in New York raising children Mickey, Eliot, Jake and Giacomo. Mickey Sumner followed her mother into acting: you will have seen her in Noah Baumbach’s Frances Ha in 2012. Styler is best known for producing Guy Ritchie’s break-out film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels in 1998 and has cultivated the career of writer-director Dito Montiel, producing and executive producing his films A Guide to Recognising Your Saints (2006) and The Son of No One (2011) respectively. Her other high-profile producing credits include Duncan Jones’ 2009 debut Moon...