Pat Collins is an Irish film director. He is best known for his three dramatic feature films: ''
Silence
Silence is the absence of ambient hearing, audible sound, the emission of sounds of such low sound intensity, intensity that they do not draw attention to themselves, or the state of having ceased to produce sounds; this latter sense can be exten ...
'' (2012);
''
Song of Granite'' (2017);
and ''
That They May Face the Rising Sun'' (2023).
He is also a prolific director of documentary films.
In 2017, ''Song of Granite'' was selected as Ireland's submission for the
Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (known as Best Foreign Language Film prior to 2020) is one of the Academy Awards handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given to a ...
.
In 2024, ''That They May Face the Rising Sun'' won Best Irish Film at the
Dublin International Film Festival
The Dublin International Film Festival (DIFF; ) is an annual film festival that has been held in Dublin, Ireland, since 2003.
History
The Dublin International Film Festival was established in 2003. It was revived by Michael Dwyer (journalist), ...
.
Filmography
Feature films
* ''
Silence
Silence is the absence of ambient hearing, audible sound, the emission of sounds of such low sound intensity, intensity that they do not draw attention to themselves, or the state of having ceased to produce sounds; this latter sense can be exten ...
'' (2012)
* ''
Song of Granite'' (2017)
* ''
That They May Face the Rising Sun'' (2023)
Documentaries
* ''
Michael Hartnett: A Necklace of Wrens'' (1999)
* ''Talking to the Dead'' (2000)
* ''Idir na Línte''
'Between the Lines''(2001)
* ''
Oileán Thoraí''
'Tory Island''(2002)
* ''
Abbas Kiarostami
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: The Art of Living'' (2003)
(co-directed with Fergus Daly)
* ''
Frank O'Connor
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: The Lonely Voice'' (2003)
* ''Marooned'' (2004)
* ''Beyond the Mountain'' (2005)
* ''
Cathair Corcaigh''
'Cork City''(2005)
* ''Domhnach in Éireann''
'Sunday in Ireland''(2005)
* ''
John McGahern
John McGahern (12 November 1934 – 30 March 2006) was an Irish writer and novelist.
Known for the detailed dissection of Irish life found in works such as '' The Barracks'', '' The Dark'' and '' Amongst Women'', he was hailed by ''The Ob ...
: A Private World'' (2005)
* ''
David Marcus: A Conversation with
Dermot Bolger
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'' (2006)
* ''
Rebel County'' (2006)
* ''Ar Thóir Logainmeacha''
'In Search of Placenames''(2007)
* ''Na Duganna''
'Docks''(2007)
* ''
Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill: Taibhsí i mBéal na Gaoithe''
'Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill: Ghosts in the Mouth of the Wind''(2007)
* ''
Loch Dearg'' (2008)
* ''Pilgrim'' (2008)
* ''
Famine in Ireland: Remember
Skibbereen
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'' (2009)
* ''
Loch Hyne'' (2009)
* ''What We Leave in Our Wake'' (2010)
* ''
Tim Robinson:
Connemara
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'' (2011)
* ''Into the Light: Nettle Coat'' (2012)
* ''Fathom'' (2013)
* ''What Remains'' (2013)
* ''Ballade'' (2014)
* ''
Tommy: To Tell You the Truth'' (2014)
* ''Living in a Coded Land'' (2014)
* ''
William McKeown: Idir Neamh Agus Talamh''
'William McKeown: Between Heaven and Earth''(2016)
* ''Twilight'' (2017)
* ''
Henry Glassie Henry Glassie (born 24 March 1941) College Professor Emeritus at Indiana University Bloomington, has done fieldwork on five continents and written books on the full range of folkloristic interest, from drama, song, and story to craft, art, and archi ...
: Field Work'' (2019)
* ''All That Is, Is Light'' (2021)
* ''Songs of the Open Road'' (2022)
References
External links
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Living people
Irish film directors
20th-century Irish people
21st-century Irish people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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