Michael Lennox

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Michael Lennox
Born
County Antrim, Northern Ireland
OccupationFilm director
Years active2008 – present

Michael Carson Lennox [1] is a Northern Irish film director.

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Biography

Born and raised in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, Lennox was inspired by cinema from an early age and began to make plans for a career as a filmmaker. In 2008, he made his first short film, called Rip and the Preacher. The film was shown at the Californian Cinequest Film Festival, the LA Shorts Fest and a lot of other film festivals around the world. [2] In 2010 Lennox made his Television debut with a 30-minute drama, called Eclipse, starring Andrew Buchan. Eclipse was an episode for the 8th season of the British TV series Coming Up . [3] [4]

Lennox gained a place on the Master of Arts in Fiction directing-course at the National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield. His work at the university included the short film The Back of Beyond. It was screened as part of the BAFTA NFTS Stars of Tomorrow event and won the Royal Television Society Student Television Award in the Post Graduate Section. The film also won the Pianifica Award and the Junior Jury Award at the Locarno Film Festival in 2012 and was nominated for the European Film Award. [5]

Furthermore, Lennox collaborated on the feature film Hives , which was selected for the San Sebastian Film Festival [6] and was the result of a co-production project between five European film academies. [7]

In 2014 Lennox returned to his home in Northern Ireland where he directed the short film Boogaloo and Graham , which had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. In 2015, Boogaloo and Graham won a BAFTA Award for Best British Short Film and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Short Film, Live Action. [2] Lennox's debut feature A Patch of Fog , starring Stephen Graham and Conleth Hill, was released in 2015. [8] [9]

In 2017, 2018, and 2021 Lennox directed all three series of the Channel 4 television sitcom Derry Girls . [10] [11]

Filmography

YearFilmFunctioned asNotes
Director Cinematographer Producer
2008Rip and the Preacher YesShort film
2009DitchingYes
2009Dawkins vs Lennox: Has Science Buried God?YesDocumentary, DVD-release
2010Dinner PartyYesShort film
2010 Coming Up - EclipseYesTV series, director of the episode Eclipse
2011AbsenceYesShort film
2012Nine LivesYesShort film
2012 Hives (Košnice)YesDirector of the episode London
2012The Back of BeyondYesYesShort film
2013Queen Victoria and the Crippled KaiserYesTV - documentary
2014The Man Who Shot the Great WarYesTV - documentary
2014 Boogaloo and Graham YesShort film
2015AwaydaysYesShort film
2015 A Patch of Fog Yes
2018-2022 Derry Girls YesTV series - Director of 19 episodes

Awards and nominations

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References

  1. ↑ "Hives (Kosnice)". Cineuropa - the best of european cinema.
  2. 1 2 "Cast & Crew". Boogaloo and Graham.
  3. ↑ ""Coming Up" Eclipse (TV Episode 2010) - IMDb" – via www.imdb.com.
  4. ↑ "Information about the Coming up - episode Eclipse on the Northern Ireland Screen - website". Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "Michael Lennox | United Agents". www.unitedagents.co.uk.
  6. ↑ "Info about the film Hives on the official website of the San Sebastian Film Festival".
  7. ↑ "Information about the film Hives on the official website of the internationale filmschule köln". Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  8. ↑ "A Patch of Fog (2015) - IMDb" – via www.imdb.com.
  9. ↑ "A Patch of Fog". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  10. ↑ Bradfield, Philip (30 August 2020). "Kristyn Getty premiers new album, with Derry Girls connection". The News Letter . The News Letter . Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  11. ↑ "Derry Girls S3". Northern Ireland Screen. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
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