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List Of Irish Film Directors
This is a list of notable Irish film directors. A * Lenny Abrahamson * Meiert Avis B * Steve Barron * John Boorman * David Noel Bourke * Stephen Bradley * Kenneth Branagh * Paddy Breathnach * Herbert Brenon C * David Caffrey * Michael Feeney Callan * Graham Cantwell * John Carney * Declan Cassidy * Norman Cohen * Tom Collins * Joe Comerford * Fintan Connolly * Joel Conroy * John Crowley * Lee Cronin D * Éamon de Buitléar * Barry Dignam * Ciaran Donnelly * Paul Duane * Eoin Duffy * Martin Duffy F * Jason Figgis * Jonathan Figgis * Ian Fitzgibbon * Ciaran Foy G * Terry George * Douglas Gerrard * Simon Gibney * Alan Gilsenan * Benjamin Glazer * David Gleeson * Domhnall Gleeson H * Neasa Hardiman * Margo Harkin * Richard Harris * Thomas Hefferon * Conor Horgan * Brian Desmond Hurst I * Rex Ingram J * Graham Jones * Neil Jordan * Maurice Joyce K * Ivan Kavanagh * Elaine Kinsella * Eilis Kirwan L * David Lawless * Maximilian Le Cain * Pet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenny Abrahamson
Leonard Ian Abrahamson (born 30 November 1966) is an Irish film and television director. He is known for directing such praised independent films as ''Adam & Paul'' (2004), ''Garage'' (2007), ''What Richard Did'' (2012), and ''Frank'' (2014), and Room (2015), all of which contributed to Abrahamson's six Irish Film and Television Awards. In 2015, he received widespread recognition for directing ''Room'', based on the novel of the same name by Emma Donoghue. The film received four nominations at the 88th Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director for Abrahamson. In 2020, he directed six episodes of and executive produced the television series ''Normal People'', for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series. Early life and education Abrahamson was born in Rathfarnham, Dublin, the son of Jewish parents Edna (née Walzman) and Max Abrahamson, a solicitor. Although his upbringing was not devoutly religious, his fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fintan Connolly
Fintan Connolly is an Irish film director, screenwriter and producer living in Dublin. Much of his earlier work was in television documentaries which explored social issues in Ireland. He has also made films, including ''Flick'' (2000), '' Trouble with Sex'' (2005), ''Eliot & Me'' (2012) and ''Barber'' (2023) through his production company Fubar Films. Career Connolly directed the short film ''Angel on the Rocks'' in 1985. He co-produced, with Helen Fahy, the short movie ''Horse'' (1993) directed by Kevin Liddy. This film won an award for "Best European Short" at the Premiers Plan Festival in Angers, France in 1994. Working with co-director Hilary Dully, he worked on several television documentaries for RTÉ, Channel 4 and TG4. These include ''Framed!'' (1987), ''No Comment'' (1988), ''...and finally France'' (1988), ''For Better Or Worse'' (1989), ''No Comment II'' (1991), ''Notice To Quit'' (1992, rights of older tenants), '' 50,000 Secret Journeys'' (1994, abortion), and ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Fitzgibbon
Ian Fitzgibbon (born 1962 in Dublin) is an Irish film and television actor/director. He is perhaps best known for directing ''Spin the Bottle'', ''A Film with Me in It'' and the Comedy Central UK show Threesome, and for the role of Fr. Jessup in ''Father Ted''. In 2014, he won an IFTA for director television drama for the Sky sitcom Moone Boy. Filmography (partial) *'' Stuck'' (5-part series, television 2022) * '' Hullraisers'' (television, 2022) * '' Damned'' (television, 2016) * ''Nurse'' (television, 2015) * ''Trying Again'' (television, 2014) * ''Moone Boy'' (television, 2014) * ''Threesome'' (television, 2011–2012) * ''Death of a Superhero'' (2011) * ''Perrier's Bounty'' (2009) * ''A Film with Me in It'' (2008) * ''Spin the Bottle'' (2003) * ''Fergus's Wedding'' (television, 2002) * ''Paths to Freedom ''Paths to Freedom'' was a popular comedy on the Irish television network RTÉ Two. The shows stars two characters, Jeremy (Brendan Coyle) and Rats (Michael McElhatton) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Figgis
Jonathan Figgis is an Irish film director and producer. He was a co-founder and director of award-winning film production company October Eleven Pictures. Having left October Eleven Pictures in 2012, he now heads Figgis Visuals. Early life, family and education Figgis's parents are Peter and Anne Figgis. Figgis has at least two older brothers: Daniel, a former child actor; and Jason Figgis, who has also been a business partner. A cousin, Mike Figgis, is an Academy Award-nominated writer and director of the feature film ''Leaving Las Vegas''. Career Figgis worked in the animation industry for a number of years, contributing on award-winning independent animated shorts as well as television series for the international market. He is a full voting member of the Irish Film & Television Academy. October Eleven Pictures In 1999, Jonathan and Jason embarked on their collaborative filmmaking careers working on their first short film, "Pallida Mors". With the advent of digital techn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Figgis
Jason Figgis is an Irish film director. Early life, family and education Jason was born in Ranelagh, Dublin and attended St. Mary’s College in Rathmines. He attended Ballyfermot Senior College in Dublin to study art and was soon working for Murakami-Wolf Animation Studios on the celebrated cult TV series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. He went on to work for Steven Spielberg at his London based Amblimation Studios on the feature classic '' An American Tail: Fievel Goes West''. A year later he worked for the celebrated animator Richard Williams in his roof-top studio in Camden, London on the cult classic animated feature ''The Thief and the Cobbler'' which starred Sean Connery, Vincent Price and Kenneth Williams. Later, Figgis studied business and worked in communications dealer accounts management where he set up his film production company, October Eleven Pictures. Career Figgis directed his first feature film when he was asked to collaborate with photographer Simon Marsd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Duffy (filmmaker)
Martin Duffy (born 25 August 1952 in Dublin) is an Irish filmmaker and writer. Starting as a film-editor at Radio TelefÃs Éireann in the late 1970s, he expanded into writing children's shows in the 1980s with the Lambert Puppet Theatre, ''Wanderly Wagon'', '' Fortycoats & Co.'', ''Bosco'' and '' Scratch Saturday''. He left Irish national television in 1989 to become a freelance editor and in 1995 found funding for his first feature film, '' The Boy from Mercury'', a film set in 1950s Dublin about a young boy whose life revolves around the escapism of Saturday afternoon Flash Gordon serials at his local cinema. The film received international critical acclaim and several awards, but was a commercial dud. Martins book about the making of the film, '' The Road to Mercury'', is an insightful look into the mechanisms of the Irish film industry. He has since directed three feature films, continuing to work with young actors and creating family films, '' The Bumblebee Flies A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eoin Duffy
Eoin Duffy (1983, Tullow Ireland) is an Irish director of animation now living and working in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Eoin has created a body of independent work that has gone on to secure multiple accolades including three Oscar accredited festival wins, a nomination for the 2014 European Film Awards a shortlisting for the 86th Academy Awards, and a nomination at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards The 5th annual Canadian Screen Awards were held on March 12, 2017, to honour achievements in Canadian film, television, and digital media production in 2016. Nominations were announced on January 17, 2017. Awards in many of the technical categor .... Filmography *''On Departure'' (2012, 5 min) *'' The Missing Scarf'' (2013, 6 min) *'' I Am Here'' (2016) Accolades References External linksEoin Duffy's Website* Irish film directors 1983 births Living people People from County Carlow Irish animators Irish expatriates in Canada Irish animated film directors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Duane
Paul Duane is an Irish-born writer and director of television and film. Career Duane has directed television programmes including: Ballykissangel, Casualty, The Royal, Small Potatoes and Footballer's Wives. He has also made several short films including ''LSD 73!'', based on an original script by the Irish novelist Patrick McCabe. He co-created the ITV series ''Secret Diary of a Call Girl'' based on the blog, '' Belle de Jour.'' The Irish production company Screenworks was established by Duane and Rob Cawley in 2008. Their first production, Barbaric Genius, on the life of the London-Irish author John Healy premiered in February 2011. More recent films include ''Very Extremely Dangerous and Natan'', about the French producer Bernard Natan. In December 2013 he was listed by ''Variety'' magazine as part of their yearly 10 Directors to Watch feature. ''Welcome to the Dark Ages'' (2019), originally called ''What Time Is Death?'', was described as "his long-gestated study of new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ciaran Donnelly (director)
Ciaran Donnelly is an Irish film and television director. He is primarily known for his direction of major international series such as ''Camelot'', ''The Tudors'', '' Titanic: Blood and Steel'' and ''Vikings''. His works include four episodes of the ITV comedy drama series '' Cold Feet'' (including the episode that won the series the Best Drama Series BAFTA), the crime drama series ''Donovan'', the BBC One drama '' Spooks'' and the 2016 Discovery Channel historical miniseries ''Harley and the Davidsons''. His 2006 serial ''Stardust'' won the IFTA Ifta is a former municipality in the Wartburgkreis district of Thuringia, Germany. Since 1 January 2019, it has been part of the town Treffurt Treffurt () is a small town in the western region of the Wartburgkreis district which belongs to the f ... for Best Single Drama/Drama Serial. Since 2006, he has been a lead director on the Irish/Canadian series ''The Tudors'', for which he won another IFTA in 2009. In 2010, he was nominate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Dignam
Barry Dignam (born 31 March 1971) is an Irish filmmaker. Some of his films are ''Chicken'', '' Dream Kitchen'', ''Stages'', ''Bounce'' and '' A Ferret Called Mickey''. Career Barry Dignam studied drama at Trinity College, Dublin and Film at the National Film School of Ireland (IADT). He has made a number of internationally successful shorts including ''Chicken'', '' Dream Kitchen'' and '' A Ferret Called Mickey''. His films have been presented in official selection at over a hundred and fifty international film festivals and have won numerous awards. He has been nominated for a Palme d'Or The Palme d'Or (; en, Golden Palm) is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival. It was introduced in 1955 by the festival's organizing committee. Previously, from 1939 to 1954, the festival's highest prize was the Grand Prix du Fe ... at Cannes and a Berlin Bear. Dignam's work has been screened by top broadcasters including Film Four, PBS, Canal+ and have been released on DVD ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Éamon De Buitléar
Éamon de Buitléar (; 22 January 1930 – 27 January 2013) was an Irish writer, musician and film maker. He was managing director of Éamon de Buitléar Ltd., a company which specialises in wildlife filming and television documentaries. The son of aide-de-camp to the then President of Ireland, Douglas Hyde, he grew up in a house of Irish language speakers in Wicklow. He began his working career in ''Garnett and Keegan's and Helys'', selling fishing gear and shotguns. It was there where he first met Seán Ó Riada. A 4 km circular walk or ''The De Buitléar Way'' on Bray Head commemorates his life and work, calling out notable flora and fauna in the area. It was inaugurated in May 2014 by his wife LailÃ. Film career For many years in the 1960s he was the only independent film producer, with Gerrit van Gelderen, making wildlife programmes, notably the series ''Amuigh Faoin Spéir'' (English: "Out Under the Sky") for the Irish television channel, TelefÃs Éireann. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |