Glenn McQuaid (born 1972/1973) is an Irish film director. He is known for his feature film debut '' I Sell The Dead'' and his involvement in the audio play anthology series ''

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'', both of which were produced by frequent collaborator

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. He has also directed a segment of anthology horror film ''

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''.

Career

McQuaid began his career at

, where he performed visual effects on films such as ''

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'' (2005) and '' The Last Winter'' (2006). Inspired by the muted reception of one of his short films, he made his feature film debut, '' I Sell the Dead'' (2008), more comedic. He cites

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as an influence.

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gives the film a 73% approval score based on 44 reviews. After ''I Sell the Dead'', he worked on the segment ''Tuesday the 17th'' in ''

'', a 2012 horror anthology film. The short was inspired by his enjoyment of early 1980s

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s. In 2014, he directed ''The Trouble with Dad'', a segment in another horror anthology film, ''Chilling Visions: 5 States of Fear''. McQuaid collaborated with Fessenden again on the audio play anthology series ''

'', which he co-created.

Personal life

McQuaid was born in

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, Ireland, and lives in

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, US. He is openly

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Filmography

* '' I Sell the Dead'' (2008) * ''

'' (2012), segment ''Tuesday the 17th'' * ''Chilling Visions: 5 States of Fear'' (2014), segment ''The Trouble with Dad''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:McQuaid, Glenn Living people Irish film directors Irish screenwriters Horror film directors Film people from Dublin (city) LGBT writers from Ireland LGBT film directors Year of birth uncertain