Gregory Cahill (born January 21, 1982) is an American director, producer, and screenwriter known for '' The Golden Voice'' and '' Two Shadows''. He is also the production coordinator for '' The Talk'' and assistant directed '' Hell and Back''. He won the Audience Award at the

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for his film '' Two Shadows'' and is currently working on his upcoming film ''Metalheads''. Cahill has his own production company, Rising Falcon Cinema, as well.

Early life

Cahill grew up in

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. He is a graduate of the

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Career

In an interview for Cahill's film '' Two Shadows'', he discussed how '' The Golden Voice'' led him to the film. "I was really taken with that music and got really interested in one the singers, this female Cambodian rock singer named Ros Sereysothea. I read that she was murdered by the Khmer Rouge. And that all the musicians from that time were murdered by the Khmer Rouge. So that’s when I thought

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there must have been quite a story behind that. So I researched that and made a short film about that singer…called The Golden Voice. Then in doing research to develop that into a feature, I went to Cambodia a few times, really fell in love with the country, and started hearing peoples’ stories there. That's what led to Two Shadows, which is based on a friend of mine's real-life story."

Filmography

Awards and nominations

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