Damien O'Donnell
Damien O'Donnell | |
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 O'Donnell at the 2016 Dublin International Film Festival | |
| Born | Damien O'Donnell 1967 (age 57–58) Dublin |
| Occupation | Film director |
Damien O'Donnell (born 1967 in Dublin) is an Irish film director and writer.
He has directed three feature films thus far: East is East (1999), starring Om Puri, Linda Bassett, Jimi Mistry, and Archie Panjabi;[1][2] Heartlands (2002), starring Michael Sheen, Mark Addy, and Ruth Jones;[3] and Inside I'm Dancing (2004, a.k.a. Rory O'Shea Was Here in some countries), starring James McAvoy, Steven Robertson, Romola Garai, and Brenda Fricker.[4][5]
He has also directed several short films, including 35 Aside (1996);[6] Chrono-Perambulator (1999), starring Charles Dance; What Where (2000); and How Was Your Day? (2015), starring Eileen Walsh and Aidan McArdle.[7]
He is from Coolock, Dublin. He has also directed advertisements for Bulmers Irish Cider.[citation needed]
He won the Empire Award for Best Newcomer and received a British Independent Film Awards nomination for East is East.[8][9] The film was nominated for six awards at the 53rd British Academy Film Awards and ultimately won the BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film.[10][11]
References
[edit]- ^ Ferrier, Aimee (9 April 2024). "'East is East': an uneasy depiction of multiculturalism in '70s Britain". Far Out. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
- ^ Malcolm, Derek (17 May 1999). "East is East". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
- ^ "Heartlands". BBC Newsnight. 6 May 2003. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
- ^ Gibbons, Fiachra (14 October 2004). "The wheelchair diaries". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
- ^ Gray, Sean (2 November 2004). "Inside I'm Dancing". BBC. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
- ^ "Thirty-Five Aside". Irish Film Archive. 31 December 1994. Retrieved 25 February 2025 – via Irish Film Institute.
Despite the darkness of much of its subject matter, Thirty-Five Aside is full of visual delights and wry humour and deservedly scooped over forty international awards.
- ^ Kander, Ivan (2 February 2018). "How Was Your Day? by Damien O'Donnell / Drama Short Film". Short of the Week. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
I'm always impressed when a film can evoke strong emotions with minimal dialogue…Eileen Walsh is fantastic here.
- ^ Frater, Patrick (18 February 2000). "Notting Hill, East Is East win at Empire awards". Screen Daily. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
- ^ 1999 British Independent Film Awards
- ^ "American Beauty tops Bafta shortlist". BBC. 1 March 2000. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
- ^ "The Bafta winners". The Guardian. 10 April 2000. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
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