Damien O'Donnell

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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
OccupationFilm 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

  1. ↑ Ferrier, Aimee (9 April 2024). "'East is East': an uneasy depiction of multiculturalism in '70s Britain". Far Out. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
  2. ↑ Malcolm, Derek (17 May 1999). "East is East". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
  3. ↑ "Heartlands". BBC Newsnight. 6 May 2003. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
  4. ↑ Gibbons, Fiachra (14 October 2004). "The wheelchair diaries". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
  5. ↑ Gray, Sean (2 November 2004). "Inside I'm Dancing". BBC. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
  6. ↑ "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.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ Frater, Patrick (18 February 2000). "Notting Hill, East Is East win at Empire awards". Screen Daily. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
  9. ↑ 1999 British Independent Film Awards
  10. ↑ "American Beauty tops Bafta shortlist". BBC. 1 March 2000. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
  11. ↑ "The Bafta winners". The Guardian. 10 April 2000. Retrieved 23 February 2025.


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