Dancing at Lughnasa is a 1998 Irish-British-American period drama adapted from a play of the same name that was directed by what BAFTA-winning Irish film director?
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Dancing at Lughnasa (film) Dancing at Lughnasa is a 1998 Irish-British-American period drama film adapted from the Brian Friel play of the same title, directed by Pat O'Connor.
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Pat O'Connor (director) Pat O'Connor (born 1943 in Ardmore, County Waterford, Ireland) is a BAFTA-winning Irish film director.
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Mervyn Cumming Mervyn Cumming is a British television director. He has directed multiple episodes of the soap operas "Coronation Street"., "Emmerdale" and "EastEnders". He also directed "Brookside", "Family Affairs", and both versions of "Crossroads". In 2001, he was nominated for a BAFTA Award for his work on "Byker Grove".
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Andy Kellegher Andy Kellegher is an Irish actor.
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Alan Gilsenan Alan Gilsenan, Irish writer, director and filmmaker.
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Montgomery Tully Montgomery Tully (1904–1988) was an Irish film director and writer.
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La Passione (1996 film) La Passione is a British 1996 drama film written and produced by Chris Rea, directed by John B. Hobbs, and starring Sean Gallagher, Paul Shane and Shirley Bassey. The film premiered on 14 November 1996 at the BFI London Film Festival. The film features a cameo appearance by Rea, as well the same-titled soundtrack also composed by him.
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Benjamin Cleary Benjamin Cleary is an Irish writer, director and producer from Dublin. He is best known for his short-film "Stutterer" that earned him an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film at the 88th Academy Awards with producers Shan Christopher Ogilvie and Serena Armitage.
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Black Irish (film) Black Irish is a 2007 drama film written and directed by Brad Gann.
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Catherine McCormack Catherine Jane McCormack (born 3 April 1972) is an English actress of stage and screen. Her film appearances include "Braveheart" (1995), "The Land Girls" (1998), "Dangerous Beauty" (1998), "Dancing at Lughnasa" (1998), "Spy Game" (2001), and "28 Weeks Later" (2007). Her theatre work includes National Theatre productions of "All My Sons" (2000) and "Honour" (2003).
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Nothing Personal (2009 film) Nothing Personal is a 2009 Dutch-Irish drama film written and directed by Urszula Antoniak. It was presented at the Locarno International Film Festival for the international competition. It won the Golden Leopard for best debut film and Lotte Verbeek won the award for best actress.
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Hugh Grant Hugh John Mungo Grant (born 9 September 1960) is an English actor and film producer. Grant has received a Golden Globe, a BAFTA, and an Honorary César for his work. His films have earned more than US$2.4 billion from 25 theatrical releases worldwide. Grant first received attention after earning the Volpi Cup for his performance in James Ivory's "Maurice" (1987) but achieved international success after appearing in the Richard Curtis-scripted "Four Weddings and a Funeral" (1994). Grant used this breakthrough role as a frequent cinematic persona during the 1990s, delivering comic performances in films such as "Mickey Blue Eyes" (1999) and "Notting Hill" (1999). One of the best known figures in 1990s British popular culture, Grant was in a high-profile relationship with Elizabeth Hurley, which was the focus of much attention in the British and international media.
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Andy De Emmony Andy De Emmony (sometimes spelled "DeEmmony") is an Irish television, theatre and film director and assistant director.
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Paul Mercier (film director and playwright) Paul Mercier is an Irish playwright screenwriter, film and theatre director. Born in Dublin and living in An Cheathru Rua he was the founder member and Artistic Director of the Passion Machine Theatre Company and of film production company An Pointe Productions. His work is famous for its gritty poetic realism and examination of ordinary, contemporary Irish life.
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Paul McGuigan (filmmaker) Paul McGuigan (born 19 September 1963) is a Scottish film and television director, best known for directing films such as "Lucky Number Slevin", "Gangster No. 1" and "Push". He has also directed episodes of "Sherlock", "Scandal", "Monroe" and "Smash". He was born in Bellshill, Scotland.
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Words Upon the Window Pane Words Upon the Window Pane is a 1994 Irish drama film and the directorial debut of Mary McGuckian. The film is based on William Butler Yeats' one-act play of the same name. Pat O'Connor was billed to direct the project but he personally offered McGuckian, who was writing the screenplay at the time, the opportunity to also direct. The film received its US premiere on 10 June 1994 at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts as part of the largest retrospective of Irish film ever shown outside Ireland. In September that year, the film was screened at the 51st Venice International Film Festival.
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Billy Boyle Billy Boyle is an Irish actor on British film, television and stage. He is a veteran of the West End stage having played leading roles in over 15 hit shows. In his first West End musical "Maggie May" he was nominated as best newcomer. Gower Champion then chose him to play Barnaby in "Hello Dolly" at The Theatre Royal Drury Lane. He appeared in "Canterbury Tales" at the Phoenix Theatre as The Clerk of Oxford. Harold Hobson, The Times critic said, "He was a breath of fresh air in the West-End". He then went on to play leading roles in "No Sex Please, We're British", "Billy", "What's a Nice Country", "The Rivals", "Love, Lust, & Marriage", "Some Like it Hot", Disney's "Beauty and the Beast", and in the original cast of "Dirty Dancing. Lately he has appeared as Grandpa George" and Grandpa Joe in Charlie and The Chocolate Factory at Drury Lane. In 2016 he was Major Bouvier and Norman Vincent Peale in the smash hit Grey Gardens. He followed this playing Arvide in Guys and Dolls at the Phoenix Theatre in the West End.He has had his own very successful television series in Ireland "It's Billy Boyle" as well as leading roles in "Trail of Guilt", the award-winning "The Grass Arena", "The Bretts", as well as many guest appearances in EastEnders, The Professionals, Coronation Street, Father Ted etc. In the late 1970s, Boyle was cast as 'Ronald McDonald' in the European TV commercials and in all print media for the fast food chain McDonald's. He was the last 'straight man' to Basil Brush on BBC1's "The Basil Brush Show" and later presented a programme, Dance Crazy for ITV, on the history of dance with Lesley Judd. Lately he has been seen in Dirk Gently, for BBC Four and Lead Balloon. His many films include Stanley Kubrick's "Barry Lyndon", "Groupie Girl", "Side by Side", "Shergar", "Wild Geese II", "The Scarlet and the Black", "Round Ireland with a Fridge" and A United Kingdom.
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Dominic Savage Dominic Savage (born November 23, 1962 in Margate, Kent, England) is a BAFTA-award-winning British director, writer and actor.
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Titanic Town (film) Titanic Town is a 1998 film. Ciarán Hinds and Julie Walters play Aidan and Bernie McPhelimy, a mother and father caught in the Northern Ireland Troubles in Belfast (known for building the "Titanic", hence the title). Bernie's close friend is killed in the crossfire and so she becomes involved in the peace process.
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Gate Theatre The Gate Theatre, in Dublin, was founded in 1928 by Hilton Edwards and Micheál Mac Liammóir, initially using the Abbey Theatre's Peacock studio theatre space to stage important works by European and American dramatists. The theatre later moved to 1 Cavendish Row (part of the Rotunda Hospital complex) where leading Irish architect Michael Scott undertook the revisions necessary to the room to convert it into a theatre. Today the Theatre has a capacity of 371 people. The theatre's current artistic director is Selina Cartmell.
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Shakespeare in Love Shakespeare in Love is a 1998 American romantic period comedy-drama film directed by John Madden, written by Marc Norman and playwright Tom Stoppard. The film depicts an imaginary love affair involving Viola de Lesseps (Gwyneth Paltrow) and playwright William Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) while he was writing "Romeo and Juliet". Several characters are based on historical figures, and many of the characters, lines, and plot devices allude to Shakespeare's plays.
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Sex in a Cold Climate Sex in a Cold Climate is an 1998 Irish documentary film detailing the mistreatment of "fallen women" in the Magdalene laundries in Ireland. It was produced and directed by Steve Humphries and narrated by Dervla Kirwan. It was used as a source for the 2002 film, "The Magdalene Sisters".