Ciarán Foy (born 1979) is an Irish film director and screenwriter, best known for directing and writing ''

Citadel A citadel is the core fortified area of a town or city. It may be a castle, fortress, or fortified center. The term is a diminutive of "city", meaning "little city", because it is a smaller part of the city of which it is the defensive core. In ...

'' and directing ''

Sinister 2 ''Sinister 2'' (stylized in marketing as ''Sinister II'') is a 2015 supernatural horror film directed by Ciarán Foy and written by Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill, serving as a sequel to the 2012 film '' Sinister'', and stars James ...

'' and ''

Eli Eli most commonly refers to: * Eli (name), a given name, nickname and surname * Eli (biblical figure) Eli or ELI may also refer to: Film * ''Eli'' (2015 film), a Tamil film * ''Eli'' (2019 film), an American horror film Music * ''Eli'' (Jan ...

Early life

Foy was born in

Northside Dublin The Northside ( ga, Taobh Ó Thuaidh) is the part of Dublin city that lies to the north of the River Liffey. It is an informal but commonly used term. While it is sometimes regarded as less wealthy than the city's Southside, the Northside wa ...

in October 1979 and graduated from the

National Film School The National Film and Television School (NFTS) is a film, television and games school established in 1971 and based at Beaconsfield Studios in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England. It is featured in the 2021 ranking by ''The Hollywood Repo ...

Career

In 2006, Foy directed an award-winning short film ''The Faeries of Blackheath Woods'' based on his own script. In 2012, Foy wrote and directed his feature film debut, an Irish psychological horror ''

'', starring

Aneurin Barnard Aneurin Barnard (; ; born 8 May 1987) is a Welsh actor and musician. He is known for playing Davey in ''Hunky Dory'', Claude in '' The Truth About Emanuel'', Bobby Willis in '' Cilla'', Tim in ''Thirteen'', King Richard III in '' The White Quee ...

in the lead role. The film premiered at the

South by Southwest South by Southwest, abbreviated as SXSW and colloquially referred to as South By, is an annual conglomeration of parallel film, interactive media, and music festivals and Convention (meeting), conferences organized jointly that take place in m ...

festival on 11 March 2012 and won several awards. Foy next directed the supernatural horror film ''

'' for

Blumhouse Productions Blumhouse Productions (; also known as BH Productions or simply BH) is an American film and television production company founded in 2000 by Jason Blum. It is known mainly for producing horror films, such as '' Paranormal Activity'', '' Insid ...

, starring

James Ransone James Finley Ransone III (born June 2, 1979) is an American actor and musician. He is known for his roles as Ziggy Sobotka in the second season of the drama series ''The Wire'', United States Marine Corps Cpl. Josh Ray Person in the war drama min ...

and

Shannyn Sossamon Shannon Marie Kahololani "Shannyn" Sossamon () is an American actress, director, and musician. She has appeared in the films ''A Knight's Tale'' (2001), '' 40 Days and 40 Nights'', ''The Rules of Attraction'' (both 2002), '' The Order'' (2003), ' ...

. The film was written by

Scott Derrickson Scott Derrickson (born July 16, 1966) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for directing the films '' The Exorcism of Emily Rose'' (2005), ''The Day the Earth Stood Still'' (2008), ''Sinister'' (2012), '' Deliver Us from Evil'' (2014), '' ...

and

C. Robert Cargill Christopher Robert Cargill (born September 8, 1975) is an American screenwriter, novelist, podcast host, and former film critic known under the pseudonyms Massawyrm (on Ain't It Cool News) and Carlyle (on Spill.com). Cargill currently resides in ...

, and was released on 21 August 2015 by

Focus Features Focus Features LLC is an American film production and distribution company, owned by Comcast as part of Universal Pictures, a division of its wholly owned subsidiary NBCUniversal. Focus Features distributes independent and foreign films in th ...

' label Gramercy Pictures. Derrickson secured Foy the directing job of the film after watching ''Citadel''. Foy is set to direct a 1960s Ireland-set elevated thriller film ''The Shee'', produced by Blumhouse's

Jason Blum Jason Ferus Blum "Jason Ferus Blum was born in LA in 1969 to Shirley Neilsen, an art professor, and Irving Blum, an art dealer" (; born 1969) is an American film and television producer. He is the founder and CEO of Blumhouse Productions, whic ...

, Alan Maher's Roads Entertainment and Foy's Shadow Aspect.

Filmography

* 2001: ''1902'' - Director, editor, producer, writer - Short film * 2001: ''Wired 03:36'' - Director, editor, producer, writer - Short film * 2002: ''The Puppet'' - Director, editor, writer - Short film * 2006: ''The Faeries of Blackheath Woods'' - Director, editor, writer - Short film * 2007: ''Scumbot'' - Director, editor, writer - Short film * 2009: ''Hotel Darklight'' - Director, writer - Segment * 2012: ''

'' - Director, writer * 2015: ''

'' - Director * 2019: ''

'' - Director * 2020: ''

The Haunting of Bly Manor ''The Haunting of Bly Manor'' is an American gothic romance drama streaming television miniseries created by Mike Flanagan, and released on October 9, 2020 by Netflix. The second entry in Flanagan's '' The Haunting'' anthology series, it mostl ...

'' - Director (2 episodes) * 2023: '' Sweet Tooth'' - Director Ep 5, Season 2.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Foy, Ciaran Living people Film people from Dublin (city) Irish film directors Irish screenwriters Irish film editors Irish film producers Horror film directors Alumni of Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology 1979 births