Damien O'Donnell (born 1967 in
Dublin
Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 c ...
) is an Irish film director and writer.
He has directed ''
East is East'' (1999), ''
Heartlands'' (2002) and ''
Inside I'm Dancing'' (2004), amongst others.
He is from Coolock, Dublin. He has also directed advertisements for Bulmers Original Dry Irish Cider, which is brewed in Clonmel, Co. Tipperary.
He won the
Empire Award for Best Newcomer
The Empire Award for Best Newcomer (formerly known as Best Debut) was an Empire Award presented annually by the British film magazine ''Empire'' to honor a director with a breakthrough film or an actor who has delivered a breakthrough performa ...
and received a
British Independent Film Awards
The British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) is an organisation that celebrates, supports and promotes British independent cinema and filmmaking talent in United Kingdom. Nominations for the annual awards ceremony are announced in early November, ...
nomination for ''East is East.''
1999 British Independent Film Awards
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1967 births
Irish film directors
People from Coolock
Living people
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