Conor Horgan is an Irish film director, screenwriter and photographer.

Career

Horgan first trained as a photographer, before moving into directing TV commercials. He has directed over 70 commercials and has won Best Director and Best Photographer at the Irish Advertising Awards. His first short film, The Last Time, starring

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, received a nationwide cinema release in Ireland and was the recipient of the UIP Director Award and Best Irish Short at the

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. Horgan's first feature film is

One Hundred Mornings ''One Hundred Mornings'' is a 2009 Irish post-apocalyptic drama film written and directed by Conor Horgan. It was one of three films funded by the Irish Film Board's Catalyst Project, designed to give up-and-coming filmmakers the opportunity to pro ...

, which premiered at the

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in 2010, winning the Special Mention Award. One Hundred Mornings also won the Vortex Sci-Fi & Fantasy Award at the

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and the Writers Guild of Ireland Best Feature Film Script Award. In 2015, his feature documentary The Queen of Ireland debuted in Ireland, breaking the record for an opening weekend for an Irish documentary. When 15 Horgan was a

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on the Irish children's program

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. He left school at 16 and spent several years travelling around Europe, working in Greece and Morocco as a geo-electrical surveyor for the University of Hamburg's Institut für Geophysik.

Filmography

Director

* The Queen of Ireland (2015) * They Terrify Me (2014) * Deep End Dance (2010) *

(2009) * The Last Time (2002)

Screenwriter

* How To Be Happy (2013) * Keys to the City (2012) * One Hundred Mornings (2009) * The Last Time (2002)

References

External links

* * Date of birth missing (living people) Expatriate actors in France Irish expatriates in France Irish film directors Irish screenwriters Television commercial directors Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{Ireland-bio-stub