Michael Carson Lennox is a film and television

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, cinematographer, and producer from

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Biography

Born and raised in

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, Northern Ireland, Lennox was inspired by cinema from an early age and began to make plans for a career as a filmmaker. In 2008, he made his first

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, called ''Rip and the Preacher''. The film was shown at the Californian

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, the

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and a lot of other film festivals around the world. In 2010 Lennox made his Television debut with a 30-minute drama, called ''Eclipse'', starring

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. ''Eclipse'' was an episode for the 8th season of the British TV series '' Coming Up''. Lennox gained a place on the

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in ''Fiction directing''-course at the

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. 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

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in 2012 and was nominated for the

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. Furthermore, Lennox collaborated on the feature film ''

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'', which was selected for the San Sebastian Film Festival and was the result of a co-production project between five European film academies. In 2014 Lennox returned to his home in Northern Ireland where he directed the short film '' Boogaloo and Graham'', which had its world premiere at the

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. In 2015, ''Boogaloo and Graham'' won a

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for ''Best British Short Film'' and was nominated for the

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for ''Best Short Film, Live Action''. Lennox's debut feature ''

A Patch of Fog ''A Patch of Fog'' is a 2015 British thriller film directed by Michael Lennox starring Stephen Graham and Conleth Hill, set in Belfast. It was screened in the Discovery section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. Plot A famous aut ...

'', starring

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and

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, was released in 2015. In 2017, 2018, and 2021 Lennox directed all three series of the

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television sitcom ''

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''.

Filmography

Film

Short films

Television

Awards and nominations

*2012: ''Pianifica Award'' for ''The Back of Beyond'' at the

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*2012: ''Junior Jury Award'' for ''The Back of Beyond'' in the ''Leopards of Tomorrow - International Competition'' at the ''Locarno International Film Festival'' *2012: Nominated for the ''Golden Pardino - Leopards of Tomorrow'' for ''The Back of Beyond'' in the ''International Competition'' at the ''Locarno International Film Festival'' *2012: Nominated for the ''Best Short Film Award'' for ''The Back of Beyond'' at the

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*2013: Best “ExYU generation Next” award for ''Hives'' at the ''Skena Up Festival'' in

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*2015: Nominated for the ''IFTA Award'' in the category ''Best Short Film''for ''Boogaloo and Graham'' at the

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*2015: Nominated for the ''Crystal Bear'' in the category ''Generation Kplus - Best Short Film'' for ''Boogaloo and Graham'' at the

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*2015:

for ''Boogaloo and Graham'' in the category ''Best British Short Film'' at the ''British Academy Film Awards'' *2015: Nominated for the ''Oscar'' in the category ''Best Short Film, Live Action'' for ''Boogaloo and Graham'' at the US-american

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lennox, Michael Living people Year of birth missing (living people) People from County Antrim Film directors from Northern Ireland Television directors from Northern Ireland English-language film directors Alumni of the National Film and Television School People educated at Antrim Grammar School Film producers from Northern Ireland Cinematographers from Northern Ireland