Zelda Barron

Zelda Barron (nee Zelda Ruth Solomons, 31 March 1929 – 14 August 2006) was a British director, screenwriter, and producer known for films like Shag, Secret Places, and The Bulldance.

Barron was born in Manchester, the fifth of six children born to a Russian Jewish father tailor and an English mother from a wealthy family. She wanted to attend university, but her parents pushed her to go to secretarial school. By the 1960s, she was working as a script supervisor at Woodfall Film Productions on films like If... and Isadora, eventually gaining recognition for her talents as a script doctor on films like Reds and Yentl.

Under Skreba Productions, which she co-founded with Simon Relph and Ann Skinner, Barron worked on her own films, including Secret Places, which she wrote and directed. She is also known for her work as a music video director; she directed four videos for Boy George in the 1980s. Her son, Steve, is also a filmmaker, and her daughter, Siobhan, is a costume designer.