Barry Dignam (born 31 March 1971) is an Irish

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. Some of his films are ''

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'', '' Dream Kitchen'', ''

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'', ''Bounce'' and '' A Ferret Called Mickey''.

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 ''

'', '' 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 The (; ) is the highest prize awarded to the director of the Best Feature Film of the Official Competition at the Cannes Film Festival. It was introduced in 1955 by the festival's organizing committee. Previously, from 1939 to 1954, the festiv ...

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).

References

Irish film directors 1971 births Living people Alumni of Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology {{Ireland-film-director-stub