I’ve just made About Beauty, my documentary about Dorothy Cross, freely available online for the first time. I’ve included with it a selection of my other films that are also free to watch - enjoy.
About Beauty
The story behind About Beauty is here
Happiness
A film in which pensioners, children, evangelists, drag queens, homeless people, advertising executives, recovering addicts, film buffs, Sunday shoppers and many other people talk about their experiences of happiness.
I made this film shortly after I’d decided to stop directing TV commercials, and in hindsight part of my reason for doing so was because I wanted to make a film that gave something to people.
Deep End Dance
Mother and son, above and below the surface. A short dance film, written and performed by David Bolger (choreographer and artistic director of CoisCéim Dance Theatre, Dublin) along with his 76-year-old mother, Madge Bolger. The film was shot in the Marian College swimming pool, where Madge worked as a swimming instructor for many years and where she taught David to swim.
Best Short, Irish Film Festival, Boston
Nominated for Best Short Film, Irish Film and Television Awards
Best Short Drama, Celtic Media Awards
Best Dance Film, Fastnet Short Film Festival
Special Jury Prize IDILL (International Dance Online) Short Film Festival, Paris
Audience Award for Best Short, Capital Irish Film Festival
"Making Deep End Dance" can be seen here
The Last Time
On hearing she may not have long to live, a woman in her fifties goes looking for love in all the wrong places.
My first short film.
Jameson Best Irish Short Award and the UIP Best Director Award, Cork Film Festival
Runner up, Writer of the Year Short Film Award, TAPS UK
Audience Award Cinegael Festival, Montreal.
Second Prize, Best First Irish Short Category, Galway Film Fleadh.
International FICC Jury Special Mention, Krakow Film Festival.
Special Commendation,Kerry Film Festival.
Nominated for Best Short Film, Irish Film and Television Awards
The film was given a nationwide cinema release by Fox Searchlight on a program with The Banger Sisters, then screened in Beijing as part of an Irish Government cultural exchange program and is being taught from by the UCLA School of Film Screenwriting Department.