Occupation Film director Years active 2008 - present | Name Michael Lennox Role Film director | |
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Awards BAFTA Award for Best Short Film Nominations Academy Award for Best Short Film (Live Action), European Film Award for Best Short Film Movies Boogaloo and Graham, Back of Beyond, Hives, A Patch of Fog, Rip and the Preacher Similar People Martin McCann, Jonathan Harden, Charlene McKenna, Stefan Lampadius | ||
Michael lennox conleth hill talk a patch of fog a beyond cinema original interview
Michael Lennox or Michael Carson Lennox is a Northern Irish Film director, who was born and raised in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Contents
- Michael lennox conleth hill talk a patch of fog a beyond cinema original interview
- Sys podcast episode 159 director michael lennox talks about his new thriller a patch of fog
- Biography
- Awards and nominations
- References
Sys podcast episode 159 director michael lennox talks about his new thriller a patch of fog
Biography
From an early age Michael Lennox was inspired by cinema 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. In 2010 Michael 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.
Then Michael 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.
Furthermore, Michael Lennox collaborated on the feature film Hives, which was selected for the San Sebastian Film Festival and the result of a co-production - project between five European film academies.
In 2014, returned to his home in Northern Ireland, Michael Lennox 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. Michael Lennox is currently working on his debut feature A Patch of Fog, starring Stephen Graham and Conleth Hill.