Lance Daly

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Lance Daly
Lance Daly at ADIFF 2018.jpg
Daly at ADIFF 2018
Born
Occupation(s) film director, screenwriter, film producer
Years active2001–present
Notable work Kisses , Black '47

Lance Daly is an Irish film director, screenwriter and producer. [1] [2] [3]

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Biography

Daly was born and raised in Dublin. [4] He acted occasionally in his youth, including a role as a harmonica-playing extra in The Commitments (1991). He studied communications studies at Dublin City University. [5]

Daly won an IFTA for his first major film, Kisses . According to Paul Whitington ( Irish Independent ), "Daly was one of a new generation of filmmakers who emerged in the mid-2000s determined to move beyond the stodgy, word-heavy traditions of Irish cinema. In films like Kisses (2008), he used visual lyricism and cinematic storytelling to great effect." [6] [7]

In 2013, together with Kirsten Sheridan and John Carney, he established The Factory, a multi-purpose space focusing on film production, in Dublin's docklands. [8]

Black '47 , a 2018 revenge film set during Ireland's Great Famine, was a commercial and critical success. [9] [10]

Filmography

YearTitleDirectorWriterProducerNotes
2001Last Days in DublinYesYesYes Directorial debut
2004The Halo EffectYesYesNo
2008 Kisses YesYesYesWon IFTA for Best Director
2009 The Pagan Queen NoYesNoCzech historical drama
2011 The Good Doctor YesNoNo
2013 Life's a Breeze YesYesYes
2018 Black '47 YesYesNo

References

  1. "Lance Daly". SDGI Updated.
  2. Hill, John (7 May 2019). A Companion to British and Irish Cinema. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN   9781118482834 via Google Books.
  3. Gillespie, Michael Patrick (19 January 2009). The Myth of an Irish Cinema: Approaching Irish-Themed Films. Syracuse University Press. ISBN   9780815631934 via Google Books.
  4. "Lance Daly: "I loved the idea of painting the Irish as the Indians" - The Irish World". Archived from the original on 5 October 2018.
  5. "I had to be a total b****cks to make the picture work". The Irish Times.
  6. Whitington, Paul (6 September 2018). "'We got into week two and I was like, oh my God, what have I done?' - Lance Daly on directing Black 47 set during Famine". Irish Independent. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  7. Conolly, Jez; Whelan, Caroline (9 March 2011). World Film Locations: Dublin. Intellect Books. ISBN   9781841505503 via Google Books.
  8. "TUTORS".
  9. Bradshaw, Peter (26 September 2018). "Black 47 review – brutal revenge amid the horror of the Irish famine" via www.theguardian.com.
  10. "BLACK 47 PODCAST - LANCE DALY". 13 September 2018.