Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)


Bridget Jones's Diary
Release Date04 April 2001
Budget$26,000,000
US Box Office$72,000,000
TaglineIt's Monday morning, Bridget has woken up with a headache, a hangover and her boss.
GenreComedy, Drama, Romance
CountryUK
Ireland
France
Filming LocationsBorough Market, Borough, London, England, UK
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixSDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassRomantic Comedy, Comedy of Manners
MoodIn the Mood for Love
ThemesSingle Life, Workplace Romance, Opposites Attract, Romantic Betrayal
TonesLight, Witty, Stylish, Quirky, Wry, Bittersweet, Sexy
TagsBoss [employer], British, Love Choices, Love Triangle, Marriage Problems, Parent, Relationship, Single

Bridget Jones's Diary is a 2001 British romantic comedy film based on Helen Fielding's novel of the same name. The adaptation stars Renée Zellweger as Bridget, Hugh Grant as the caddish Daniel Cleaver, and Colin Firth as Bridget's "true love", Mark Darcy. A sequel, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, was released in 2004.


Cast and Crew


Bridget's Mum

Una Alconbury

Uncle Geoffrey

Bridget's Dad

Charmian May
Mrs. Darcy

Mr. Fitzherbert

Felicity Montagu
Perpetua

Charlie Caine
Handsome Stranger

Gareth Marks
Simon in Marketing

John Clegg
Elderly Man

Natasha

Matthew Bates
Kafka Author

Himself

Patrick Barlow
Julian

Rebecca Charles
Receptionist

Penny Husbands-Bosworth

Dominic McHale
Bernard

Joan Blackham
Shirley

Joseph Alessi
Interviewer 1

Rhydian Jai-Persad
Interviewer 2

Richard Finch

Paul Ross
Mr. Sit Up Britain

Stage Manager

Claire Skinner
Magda

Dolly Wells
Woney

Mark Lingwood
Cosmo

Toby Whithouse
Alastair

David Cann
Cameraman

Lisa Kay
Eleanor Ross Heaney

Sulayman Al-Bassam
Kafir Aghani

Mr. Darcy

Renu Setna
Mr. Ramdas

Paula

Sara Stockbridge
Melinda

Daniel Cleaver lover

Julian Barnes
Himself

Crispin Bonham-Carter
Greg

Drunken man

Max Digby
Office worker

Ray Donn
Journalist

Campbell Graham
Hamish

Christine Hewett
Guest at the Darcy's

Ben Illis
Michael

Edmund Kente
Harry - Party Guest

Christopher Kouros
Chef Nikos

Camilla Mathias
Journalist

Ben Peyton
Bridegroom

Himself

Director

Sharon Maguire
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Writer

Andrew Davies

Producer

producer

Jonathan Cavendish
producer

Liza Chasin
co-producer

Eric Fellner
producer

executive producer

Debra Hayward
co-producer

Peter McAleese
line producer

Original Music

Patrick Doyle
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Cinematographer

Stuart Dryburgh

Editor

Martin Walsh
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Casting Director

Michelle Guish
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Production Designer

Gemma Jackson
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Art Director

Paul Cross
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David Warren

Set Decorator

Shirley Lixenberg
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Costume Designer

Rachael Fleming
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Makeup Department

Carmel Jackson
makeup artist

Graham Johnston
chief makeup designer, chief hair designer

Lorna McGowan
makeup artist

Laura McIntosh
additional makeup artist

Martine Randall
makeup assistant: additional photography

Emma Sheldrick
additional makeup artist

Rebecca Walker
makeup assistant: additional photography

Vanessa White
makeup designer: additional photography

Production Manager

Brian Donovan
production supervisor

Jeanette Haley
post-production supervisor

Em. L. Muslin
production manager: second unit

Claire Tovey
unit manager

Michelle Wright
executive in charge of production: Working Title Films

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Spencer Dodd
co-third assistant director

Fiona Gosden
third assistant director: second unit

Anya Gripari
third assistant director: second unit

Guy Heeley
first assistant director: second unit

Ben Howard
third assistant director: additional photography

Jon Howe
third assistant director: second unit

Davina Johnson
first assistant director: second unit

David Mack
first assistant director: second unit

Finn McGrath
second assistant director

Chris Myers
third assistant director: second unit

Ed Raymond
third assistant director

Stuart Renfrew
first assistant director

Mary Soan
first assistant director: additional photography

Cilla Ware
second unit director

Marc Wolff
director: aerial unit

Melanie Dicks
first assistant director: second unit, second unit director

Art Department

Paul Ball
painter: additional photography

Ray Bell-Chambers
carpenter: additional photography

Robert Betts
stand-by painter

Bruce Bigg
props master

Peter Bigg
storeman

Lee Biggs
carpenter: additional photography

Alan Chesters
construction manager

Leigh Chesters
carpenter

Jane Clark
storyboard artist

Fergus Clegg
production buyer

Andrea Couch
art department assistant: additional photography

Graham Dale
props: additional photography

Michael Davis
carpenter: additional photography

Ciaran Donnelly
carpenter

Tommy Dowdalls
stand-by carpenter

Martin Duffy
carpenter

Andy Evans
construction manager: additional photography

Kate Fletcher
trainee set decorator

Michael Gunner
supervising painter

Peter Hasler
dressing props

Joe Hawthorne
carpenter

Peter Hazler
props: additional photography

Peter Hooper
dressing props

Paul Inglis
assistant art director

Peter Kane
painter laborer

David Ned Kelly
supervising carpenter

Carol Kupisz
graphic designer

Andrew Mash
carpenter: additional photography

Terence Meadows
stagehand

Richard Mills
props: additional photography

graphics: additional photography

James Muir
stand-by stagehand

Shana Nieberg-Suschitzky
assistant art director

John Pledger
carpenter: additional photography

Todd Quattromini
stand-by props

Ian Richards
master scenic carpenter: additional photography

Simon Robilliard
carpenter

Nina Ross
art department runner

Mike Standish
set decorator/buyer: additional photography

Warren Stickley
chargehand stand-by props

Paul Turner
props: additional photography

Sophie Tyler
assistant set decorator: additional photography

Tim Wake
scenic carpenter: additional photography

Josephine Warne
set dressers assistant

John Watt
stand-by carpenter

Michael Webb
chargehand stagehand

Mark Williams
stagehand: additional photography

Bradley Woodbridge
scenic painter: additional photography

Kevin Woodhouse
art department assistant

Robert Allen
stagehand

Howard Weaver
scenic artist

Sound Department

Ronald Bailey
sound mixer: additional photography

Tony Bell
boom operator: second unit

Ricky Butt
foley artist

John Casali
boom operator

David Crozier
sound mixer

Graham Daniel
preview re-recording mixer

Michael Denner
sound consultant: Dolby

Gillian Dodders
adr editor, dialogue editor

Paul Filby
boom operator: second unit

Glenn Freemantle
supervising sound editor

Rebecca Gatrell
assistant engineer: Air-Edel Associates Ltd

Pauline Griffiths
foley artist

John Hayward
sound re-recording mixer

Peter Holt
foley editor

Jake Jackson
assistant engineer: Air Studios

David John
sound recordist: second unit

Nicolas Le Messurier
sound re-recording mixer

Ray Merrin
preview re-recording mixer

Ion Metsovitis
assistant engineer: Air-Edel Associates Ltd

Ian Munro
boom operator: second unit

Grahame Peters
foley editor

Richard Pryke
sound re-recording mixer

Neale Ricotti
assistant engineer: Air Studios

Tom Sayers
assistant sound editor

Lyle Scott-Darling
preview re-recording mixer

Kevin Tayler
foley mixer

Steven Wyles
sound assistant

Sandy Buchanan
foley mixer

Craig Burns
additional boom operator

Andrew Caller
sound technician

Peter Gleaves
adr mixer

Special Effects

David Harris
special effects supervisor

Jude Harris
special effects assistant

Darren May
special effects assistant

Dave Crownshaw
snow effects supervisor

Graham Hills
special effects technician

Martin 'Marty' McLaughlin
snow effects technician

David 'Pinkie' Thomas
snow effects technician

Visual Effects

Adrian Banton
compositing artist: Double Negative

Simon Burley
engineer: Double Negative

Hannah Cassell
The Digital Weaselettes: Double Negative

Ian Chisholm
chief engineer: Double Negative

Frazer Churchill
visual effects supervisor: Double Negative

Ciaran Crowley
compositing artist: Double Negative

Darren De'Ath
camera operator: rostrum camera, General Screen Enterprises

Dimitri Delacovias
matte painting supervisor: Double Negative

Michael Bruce Ellis
main titles designer: Double Negative

Gavin Graham
programming/animation: Double Negative

Pete Hanson
studio manager: Double Negative

John Hardwick
compositing artist: Double Negative

Matthew Holben
visual effects producer: Double Negative

Garrett Honn
compositing artist: Double Negative

Alex Hope
visual effects producer: Double Negative

Drew Jones
visual effects executive producer: CFC

Colin Laski
digital effects supervisor: General Screen Enterprises

Steve MacPherson
technical operations manager: Double Negative

Fay McConkey
visual effects producer: Double Negative

Neil Miller
scanning & recording: Double Negative

Janice Mordue
title designer: end credits, General Screen Enterprises

Mark Nelmes
digital effects supervisor: CFC

Mike Pope
compositing artist: Double Negative

Martin Preston
technical director: Double Negative

Paul Riddle
compositing artist: Double Negative

John Seymour
visual effects editor: Double Negative

Sarah Soulsby
compositing artist: Double Negative

Clare Tinsley
The Digital Weaselettes: Double Negative

Andrew Wilkin
optical cameraman: General Screen Enterprises

Robin Aristorenas
lead digital effects artist: Double Negative

Hal Couzens
visual effects coordinator: Double Negative

Tabitha Dean
visual effects editorial: CFC

Julia Egerton
digital lab: CFC

Ian Fellows
digital paint artist: CFC

Darrel Griffin
data wrangler: CFC

Andy Hague
visual effects editorial: CFC

Robert Hall
digital paint artist: CFC

Henrik Hoffgaard
digital lab: CFC

Jan Hogevold
head of digital lab: CFC

Merrin Jensen
digital lab: CFC

Roz Lowrie
visual effects editorial: CFC

Scott Marriott
digital paint artist: CFC

Dominic Sidoli
visual effects line producer: CFC

Matthew Twyford
compositing artist: CFC

Corrina Wilson
digital paint artist: CFC

Stunts

Dani Biernat
stunt double: Renee Zellweger

Peter Brayham
stunt coordinator

Abbi Collins
stunt performer

Dean Forster
stunt double: Hugh Grant

Joss Gower
stunt double: Colin Firth

Seon Rogers
stunt performer

Nick Wilkinson
stunt performer

Camera and Electrical Department

Alex Bailey
still photographer

Malcolm Beale
grip: second unit

Buddy Blackwell
playback operator: additional photography

Richard Broome
grip: second unit

Matthew Budd
crane technician: second unit

David Burke
best boy

Barry Calvert
crane grip: additional photography

Paul Chedlow
still photographer

Mike Clark-Hall
video assist operator

Gary Colkett
gaffer: additional photography

Tristam Cones
focus puller: second unit

Bob Cooke
camera loader: second unit

Adam Dale
aerial camera operator

Barney Davis
camera loader: second unit

Charlie England
camera loader

Lawrence Gardner
director of photography: additional photography

Tom Gates
lighting gaffer

Chris Gilbertson
electrician

Mark Goldeman
stand-by rigger

Rawdon Hayne
focus puller

Bob Howland
grip: additional photography

Tony Hughes
gaffer: second unit

Eddie Knight
gaffer: additional photography

Danny Lee
film loader: additional photography

Ian Lissey
camera loader: second unit

Micky May
generator operator

Keith McNamara
focus puller

Nic Milner
second camera operator

Sam Osborne
focus puller: second unit

Darren Quinn
second camera grip, grip: second unit

Nick Ray
key grip

John Robertson
chargehand rigger

Peter Robertson
Steadicam operator, camera operator: "a" camera

Jamie Summers
electrician

Jonathan Sykes
focus puller: additional photography

Alex Tate
grip: second unit

Chyna Thomson
focus puller: second camera

Kim Vinegrad
camera trainee: second unit

Derek Walker
camera loader

Robert Walton
electrician

Tony Wilcock
gaffer: second unit

Nigel Willoughby
director of photography: second unit

Charlie Woodburn
assistant camera: Wescam

Gifford Hooper
aerial camera operator

Dan Lowe
guest electrician

Phil Mullally
focus puller

Casting Department

Louis Elman
adr voice casting

Chloe Emmerson
casting director: additional photography

Gaby Kester
casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Siobhan Avis
costume: second unit

Martin Chitty
wardrobe assistant

Fiona Coutts
costume assistant: additional photography

Sheridan Jones
additional wardrobe assistant

Carlo Manzi
costumer

Steven Noble
assistant costume designer

Michael O'Brien
additional wardrobe assistant

Kate Towns
wardrobe assistant

Natalie Ward
wardrobe supervisor

Allison Wyldeck
additional wardrobe assistant

Celia Yau
wardrobe trainee

Paul Yeowell
costume assistant: additional photography

Editorial Department

Cilla Beirne
conforming editor

Chris Boyle
post-production runner

Alastair Grimshaw
first assistant editor

Peter Hunt
color timer

Paul Knight
first assistant editor, additional editor

Keith Lowes
conforming editor

Steve Maguire
first assistant editor

Steve Harrow
post-production consultant

Music Department

Nick Angel
music supervisor

Lawrence Ashmore
orchestrator

John Bell
orchestrator

Sophie Cornet
assistant music editor

Tonia Davall
musician contractor

Patrick Doyle
orchestrator

Michael Higham
music editor

Perry Montague Mason
orchestra leader

Andy Richards
songs mixer

Maggie Rodford
score producer: Air-Edel Associates Ltd

James Shearman
music conductor, orchestrator

Tony Stanton
music preparation

Nick Wollage
music recordist, music mixer

Glen Ballard
music producer

Paul Kegg
musician: cello

Transportation Department

Paul Brosnan
driver

Ian Coote
driver

Nick 'Nocker' Curson
driver

Peter Devlin
driver: Mr. Grant

Keith Fenwick
driver

Ronald Green
driver

Peter Harvey
driver

John Hollywood
driver: Mr. Firth

Ian Johnson
driver

Matthew Lloyd
driver

Roger Lupton
driver

Ian Maskell
driver

Dean Moran
driver

John Nichol
driver

Mark Richards
driver: Ms. Zellweger

Garry Saunders
driver: grip truck

Peter Scorah
driver: camera car

Kevin Stanley
driver

Darren Thackeray
driver: Ms. Maguire

Paul Venezia
driver

Other Crew

Vicki Allen
floor runner: additional photography

Jules Baker-Smith
production clearance assistant

Joanna Bates
accounting assistant

Kellie Belle
product placement manager

Linda Benson
production runner: additional photography

Barbara Berkery
voice and dialogue coach

Emma Brown
production runner, production daily

Natalie Brown
floor runner

Emily Bullock
assistant coordinator

Adam Coop
utility stand-in

Katie Cooper
assistant: Tim Bevan, Working Title

Sarah Critchley
script clearance

Juliette Dow
assistant: Tim Bevan, Working Title

Charles Edwards
clearance researcher

Wendy Ellerker
production accountant

Beth Elliott
floor runner: second unit

Karen Fayerty
nurse

Emma Freud
script editor

Benjamin Greenacre
location manager: helicopter unit

Mark Gutteridge
double: Mr. Firth

Laura Gwynne
continuity: second unit

Tarn Harper
post-production accountant

Rachel Holroyd
head of business affairs: Working Title

Christopher Hughes
floor runner: second unit

Kathy Hughes
script supervisor: additional photography

Paul Jackson
health and safety

Aliza James
assistant: Eric Fellner, Working Title

Kathryn Lowrie
assistant: Sharon Maguire

Alison Mahoney
choreographer

Stacy Mann
unit publicist

Fry Martin
assistant accountant

Danny McGrath
crowd coordinator

Jeanette McGrath
assistant script supervisor

Ingrid Mende
production secretary

George Mizen
production runner

Angela Morrison
chief operating officer: Working Title

Hermione Ninnim
production coordinator

Stephen Norinder
floor runner: second unit

Stephen North
safety coordinator , safety engineer

Nick Oliver
location assistant

Harriet Perry
assistant: Sharon Maguire

Eve Petcher
clearance researcher assistant

Pat Rambaut
script supervisor

Adam Richards
location manager

Simon Rogers
floor runner: second unit

David Seaton
location manager: helicopter unit

Sheeraz Shah
legal advisor: Working Title

Sarah Shepherd
location assistant

Anthony Stagles
location runner

Emily Stewart
company coordinator: Working Title

Luke Sweetland
floor runner: second unit

Ron Taylor
laboratory contact

Carol Thompson
script supervisor

Lara Thompson
assistant: Eric Fellner, Working Title

Julian Tomlin
finance director: Working Title

Nicola Waltham
stand-in: Ms. Zellweger

Sarah Wheale
assistant: Jonathan Cavendish

Melinda Whiting
double: Ms. Zellweger

Polly Wilby
post-production accountants assistant

Sarah Jane Wright
production executive: Working Title

Wayne Docksey
animal master

Sarah Griggs
floor runner

Darren Harrison
runner

Darren Helman
location assistant

Adam Samuelson
louma crane technician

Daniel Shepherd
assistant to producers

Natalie Street
floor runner

Sara Woodhatch
assistant: Hugh Grant

Thanks

Ben Hillier
thanks

Tracey MacLeod
thanks

Mary Maguire
thanks

Patrick Maguire
thanks

Gavin Maude
thanks

Mark Muller
thanks

Kevin O'Shea
thanks

Anand Tucker
thanks

Production Company

Little Bird
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Studio Canal
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Working Title Films
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Distributor

Miramax Films

Universal Studios

Mars Distribution

United International Pictures (UIP)

United International Pictures (UIP)

United International Pictures (UIP) GmbH

United International Pictures

United International Pictures (UIP)

United International Pictures (UIP)

Alliance Atlantis Communications

Columbia TriStar
,

United International Pictures

Universal Pictures Video

Special Effects

Computer Film Company, The (CFC)
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Double Negative

Snow Business International

Miscellaneous

Shepperton Studios
movie studio

2020 Casting
extras casting

AONAlbert G. Ruben Insurance Services
insurance provider

Amazing Space Location Library
thanks

Animal Acting Agency Ltd.
animal handler

Conran Restaurants
thanks

Corporation of London, The
thanks

Diet Coke
special thanks

Flying Pictures
aerial filming services provided by

Flying by Foy
wireman

Gearbox Sound and Vision
additional ProTools systems supplied by

Gee-Whiz Transport Services
art department transport

General Screen Enterprises
titles

Häagen-Dazs
special thanks

Ikea
special thanks

KS Selection
special thanks

Lee Lighting
lighting

London Graphic Centre
special thanks

Mercury Records
soundtrack published by

Midnight Transfer
editing facilities and equipment

Millennia Strings
group cast members

Montblanc
thanks

Multi-Media Transport
post-production transport

O.B. Security
security

Production Copier Company
production equipment and services

Ray Knight Casting
background artistes

Reebok
special thanks

Reel Food
catering

Residents of Snowshill, The
thanks

Sapex Scripts
post-production script service

Security Fire Protection Inc.
fire protection

Showtime Security
security

Spice of Life, The
catering

Steeple Post Production Services
post-production consultant

Stoke Park Golf Club
thanks

Sylvia Wheeler Film Services
negative cutting

The City of Westminster
thanks

V.F.G.
camera equipment provided by

Wood Hall Catering
catering

Zombory-Moldovan Moore Architects
thanks






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