Nationality Irish Role Filmmaker Years active 1997–present Spouse Hugh Walsh | Website www.barrydignam.com Name Barry Dignam | |
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Born 3 March 1971 (age 53) ( 1971-03-03 ) Alma mater Trinity College, Dublin Occupation Director, writer, producer
Lecturer (IADT Dun Laoghaire) Movies Dream Kitchen, Chicken, A Ferret Called Mickey, In Loving Memory, Monged People also search for Audrey O'Reilly, Conor McKiernan Profiles | ||
Education Trinity College, Dublin | ||
Barry Dignam (born March 31, 1971) is an Irish filmmaker. Some of his films are Chicken, Dream Kitchen, Stages, Bounce and A Ferret Called Mickey.
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Career
Barry Dignam studied drama at Trinity College, Dublin and Film at the National Film School of Ireland (IADT). He has made a number of internationally successful shorts including Chicken, Dream Kitchen and A Ferret Called Mickey. His films have been presented in official selection at over a hundred and fifty international film festivals and have won numerous awards. He has been nominated for a Palme d'Or at Cannes and a Berlin Bear. Dignam's work has been screened by top broadcasters including Film Four, PBS, Canal+ and have been released on DVD and theatrically in both Europe and the US.
Dignam lectures in screenwriting and direction at the National Film School at IADT Dún Laoghaire.
Personal life
Dignam and his partner, Hugh Walsh, are one of the first couples to enter into civil partnership in Ireland, and the first to do so after the mandatory three-month wait (six previous couples were granted exemptions on compassionate grounds).