Which 2008 musical film directed by Phyllida Lloyd is the highest grossing movie of all time in the UK?
Phyllida Lloyd in spring 2009. In 1999 Lloyd was offered the chance to direct the ABBA musical "Mamma Mia!", which became a hit, not only in the West End and on Broadway, but worldwide. She directed the 2008 cinematic adaptation, which marked her feature debut. By the end of 2008, the film had been certified as the biggest grossing film at the UK box office ever. It was also certified as the UK's biggest-selling DVD. She was nominated as Best Director of a Play in the 2009 Tony Awards for her production of "Mary Stuart". Lloyd directed "The Iron Lady", a biopic
Phyllida Lloyd of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, with Meryl Streep as Thatcher. The film entered production in January 2011 and was released in December of that year. In 2014 she directed "Henry IV" in the West End. Oxford University named Phyllida Lloyd the Cameron Mackintosh Visiting Professor of Contemporary Theatre in 2006, the same year she was awarded an honorary degree by Bristol University. She was named one of the 101 most influential gay and lesbian people in Britain by "The Independent" newspaper in 2008; and in 2010 was ranked 22nd (dropping from 7th the previous year) in the same