Phyllida Lloyd
Phyllida Lloyd (born 1957) is a theatre and film director.
She grew up in Bristol, studied at Birmingham University, and spent five years working in BBC Television drama. Since 1989 she has directed many stage plays and operas. In 1999 she directed the Abba musical Mamma Mia and in 2008 she directed the film version, which by the end of that year had become the biggest selling film ever at the UK box office.[1]
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- ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/3283481/Mamma-Mia-becomes-highest-grossing-British-film.html Chris Irvine, "Mamma Mia becomes highest grossing British film" Telegraph, 30 October 2008