Audrey Hepburn
From the BAFTA-nominated team behind the film, McQueen comes a definitive featured documentary about the legendary film star and icon Audrey Hepburn entitled, Audrey: More Than An Icon. The film is written and directed by Helena Coan and produced by Nick Taussig & Annabel Wigoder. It will be available on DVD and digital download this December 2020.
The insightful documentary goes beyond Audrey Hepburn’s work and reveals never-before-seen footage of her life as an extraordinary woman behind the Hollywood icon. The film features rare archive and intimate interviews including her son, Sean Hepburn Ferrer, Givenchy’s former Artistic Director Clare Waight Keller, and Tiffany’s Design Director Emeritus John Loring, this film brings a truly extraordinary woman to life, who stands as a testament to the power of love and forgiveness.
She won her first Oscar at age 24 and became one of the Golden Age of Hollywood’s legendary stars. She stood out as a cultural and fashion icon whose style and pioneering collaboration with Hubert de Givenchy continues to inspire. But no one truly knew the real Audrey Hepburn herself. Until now.
Hepburn had a difficult past. She was malnourished as a child, abandoned by her father, and growing up under Nazi occupation in Holland, Hepburn faced a life-long battle with the traumas of her past, which thwarted her dreams of becoming a ballet dancer, and cast a shadow over her personal life. Yet she found inner peace using her superstardom as a humanitarian; for good as a global ambassador for UNICEF and bringing her life full circle; first a victim of war, then a source of relief to millions.
Director Helena Coan said in a press release statement; “The film provides intimate interviews with those who knew her best, woven around rare archival footage. However, we have taken it one step further and worked with multi-award-winning British choreographer, Wayne McGregor CBE, to create dance sequences inspired by Audrey’s love of ballet, building a beguiling and emotionally affecting portrait of Audrey.” “Dance magnifies Audrey’s emotional landscape and brings a heightened sense of drama and theatre to the film, as well as a rich visual language that has not yet been used in documentary.”
Check out the trailer on YouTube here:
