Directing
Minkie Spiro
Known for
Directing
Credits
5 titles
Minkie is a Fulbright scholar who graduated with a First Class Honours degree from Central St. Martins School in London. She began her professional life as a photographer, her work being exhibited internationally. She would go on to complete a Masters degree in Film Directing at the Royal College of Art in London. Her early short films received critical acclaim, being awarded at several international film festivals. After graduating she began to make award winning documentaries and soon entered the arena of dramas and pilots for prime time television. In 2004 Minkie was nominated for a BAFTA for Best Newcomer to TV Fiction.
Known for
10.0A look into the lives of women who keep rats as pets.
Rat Women
1997
An innovative docu-drama short revealing intimate tales of the many romantic encounters that blossomed amongst scholars during their study in the famous old British Library. This film is shot in the stunning circular reading room, and the production is given unique access to the dramatic closing of the room while removal men briskly pack away the antiquated books once thumbed by the likes of George Bernard Shaw and Karl Marx.
Tales From the Reading Room
2000
A British-made documentary about the highly competitive world of beauty pageants in India, culminating with the top prize: Miss India. Following the efforts of several of the contestants, as well as others involved in the behind-the-scenes work of getting everyone ready, the film examines what drives the women toward this particular goal.
Bitches & Beauty Queens: The Making of Miss India
2002
Behind the camera
10.0A look into the lives of women who keep rats as pets.
Rat Women
1997
10.0A look into the lives of women who keep rats as pets.
Rat Women
1997
An innovative docu-drama short revealing intimate tales of the many romantic encounters that blossomed amongst scholars during their study in the famous old British Library. This film is shot in the stunning circular reading room, and the production is given unique access to the dramatic closing of the room while removal men briskly pack away the antiquated books once thumbed by the likes of George Bernard Shaw and Karl Marx.
Tales From the Reading Room
2000
An innovative docu-drama short revealing intimate tales of the many romantic encounters that blossomed amongst scholars during their study in the famous old British Library. This film is shot in the stunning circular reading room, and the production is given unique access to the dramatic closing of the room while removal men briskly pack away the antiquated books once thumbed by the likes of George Bernard Shaw and Karl Marx.
Tales From the Reading Room
2000
A British-made documentary about the highly competitive world of beauty pageants in India, culminating with the top prize: Miss India. Following the efforts of several of the contestants, as well as others involved in the behind-the-scenes work of getting everyone ready, the film examines what drives the women toward this particular goal.
Bitches & Beauty Queens: The Making of Miss India
2002