Michael Lennox
Michael Lennox or Michael Carson Lennox[1] is a Northern Irish film director, who was born and raised in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Michael Lennox | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Occupation | Film director |
| Years active | 2008 – present |
Biography
From an early age Michael Lennox was inspired by cinema and began to make plans for a career as a filmmaker. In 2008, he made his first short film, called Rip and the Preacher. The film was shown at the Californian Cinequest Film Festival, the LA Shorts Fest and a lot of other film festivals around the world.[2] In 2010 Michael Lennox made his Television debut with a 30-minute drama, called Eclipse, starring Andrew Buchan. Eclipse was an episode for the 8th season of the British TV series Coming Up.[3][4]
Then Michael Lennox gained a place on the Master of Arts in Fiction directing-course at the National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield. 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 Locarno Film Festival in 2012 and was nominated for the European Film Award.[5]
Furthermore, Michael Lennox collaborated on the feature film Hives, which was selected for the San Sebastian Film Festival[6] and the result of a co-production - project between five European film academies.[7]
In 2014, returned to his home in Northern Ireland, Michael Lennox directed the short film Boogaloo and Graham, which had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. In 2015, Boogaloo and Graham won a BAFTA Award for Best British Short Film and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Short Film, Live Action.[2] Michael Lennox is currently working on his debut feature A Patch of Fog, starring Stephen Graham and Conleth Hill.[8]
In 2017 and 2018 Michael Lennox directed the first two series of the Channel 4 television sitcom Derry Girls [9]
Filmography
| Year | Film | Functioned as | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Cinematographer | Producer | |||
| 2008 | Rip and the Preacher | Yes | Short film | ||
| 2009 | Ditching | Yes | |||
| 2009 | Dawkins vs Lennox: Has Science Buried God? | Yes | Documentary, DVD-release | ||
| 2010 | Dinner Party | Yes | Short film | ||
| 2010 | Coming Up - Eclipse | Yes | TV series, director of the episode Eclipse | ||
| 2011 | Absence | Yes | Short film | ||
| 2012 | Nine Lives | Yes | Short film | ||
| 2012 | Hives (Košnice) | Yes | Director of the episode London | ||
| 2012 | The Back of Beyond | Yes | Yes | Short film | |
| 2013 | Queen Victoria and the Crippled Kaiser | Yes | TV - documentary | ||
| 2014 | The Man Who Shot the Great War | Yes | TV - documentary | ||
| 2014 | Boogaloo and Graham | Yes | Short film | ||
| 2015 | Awaydays | Yes | Short film | ||
| 2015 | A Patch of Fog | Yes | |||
Awards and nominations
- 2012: Pianifica Award for The Back of Beyond at the Locarno International Film Festival
- 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 European Film Awards
- 2013: Best “ExYU generation Next” award for Hives at the Skena Up Festival in Pristina
- 2015: Nominated for the IFTA Award in the category Best Short Filmfor Boogaloo and Graham at the Irish Film and Television Awards
- 2015: Nominated for the Crystal Bear in the category Generation Kplus - Best Short Film for Boogaloo and Graham at the Berlin International Film Festival
- 2015: BAFTA Award 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 Academy Awards
References
- Cineuropa. The press agency for European cinema - Info about the film Hives
- Short bio of Michael Lennox on the official website of the film Boogaloo and Graham
- IMDb-entry of Coming Up - episode Eclipse
- "Information about the Coming up - episode Eclipse on the Northern Ireland Screen - website". Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2015-05-09.
- Profile of Michael Lennox on the website of his agency United Agents
- Info about the film Hives on the official website of the San Sebastian Film Festival
- "Information about the film Hives on the official website of the internationale filmschule köln". Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2015-05-09.
- IMDb-entry of the upcoming film A Patch of Fog
- Bradfield, Philip (30 August 2020). "Kristyn Getty premiers new album, with Derry Girls connection". The News Letter. The News Letter. Retrieved 3 September 2020.