Patrick Carey (1916 – 1994) was an Irish–British filmmaker. His mother, May Carey, was an actress. His siblings were sister, Sheila Carey, brother Denis Carey and twin brother, the actor Brian Carey. He was born in London; the family moved to Ireland in 1923 when his father, William Denis Carey, took up a government post in the Department of Finance. Carey became well known in the genre of short documentary films, with a gift for dramatic visualization of natural scenery: his two best-known films being '' Yeats Country'' (1965), exploring the relationship between the vision of poet W.B. Yeats and the landscape of

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, and ''

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'' (1970) a film which focuses entirely on the imagery created by the natural world, without words or music. At the

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, '' Yeats Country'' received a nomination for Best Documentary Short; ''

'' was nominated in the same category at the 1971 Academy Awards. In ''Errigal'' (1970) a brilliant weave of folklore and narrative featuring Brian Carey and

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, is set against the stunning dominance of the

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. Of ''Errigal'', Carey wrote "The mountains are the characters in the story, the drama is in the battle of the elements. I have tried to convey the feeling of personality in a landscape, supported only by music and natural sounds." Carey had earlier achieved considerable success with his ''

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'' (1958) which was set in England, with a commentary by

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poet

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. The film won the 1958

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, and received two nominations at the

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. He went on to work for the

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; memorable is the lyrical realism of Kay Mander's ''The Kid from Canada'' (1958) and the haunting textures of John Feeney's ''Arctic Outpost: Pangnirtung, N.W.T.'' (1960). Carey's poetry is evident in the minimalist title of Feeney's wonderful ''Sky'' (1963), which was shot in Canada. Perhaps most outstanding was his work on multiple award-winning ''

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'' (1959), also directed by John Feeney. Carey returned to Britain where he made the magnificent ''

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'' (1965), in the

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Reserve, which won the

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. His last documentary short was ''Beara'' (1979), depicting the rich desolation of the barren

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peninsula. Much of the dramatic cinematography in the film ''

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'' (1970), directed by

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, is due to Carey's work on the film. In the early 1970s Patrick Carey returned to live in Canada. He died in 1994.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Carey, Patrick 1916 births 1994 deaths Irish cinematographers Aosdána members