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Dublin born Alan Moloney is a film and television producer. He established the award winning Parallel Film Productions in Dublin in 1993. The company is now a market leader in feature film and television drama in Ireland and the UK.
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'''Alan Moloney''' (born November 1966) is an Irish film and television producer.<ref name=iftn>{{cite news|url=http://www.iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&only=1&aid=73&rid=4279858&tpl=archnews&force=1|title=Irish Films Selected For Sundance 07|date=30 November 2006|work=[[Irish Film and Television Network]]|accessdate=7 June 2011}}</ref> He established Parallel Film Productions in 1993.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.animotv.ie/team-1|title=Team|website=Amino TV|accessdate=17 February 2024}}</ref> He was named a 2005 producer to watch by ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2005/scene/people-news/alan-moloney-1117928870/|title=Alan Moloney|journal=Variety|first=Adam|last=Dawtrey|date=11 September 2005|accessdate=17 February 2024}}</ref>
Alan is currently Executive Producer on a busy slate of mini series and TV movies for a variety of international broadcasters. These include Neverland, a prequel to the classic, J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan directed by Nick Willing (Alice, Tin Man), starring Rhys Ifans, Anna Friel and Bob Hoskins and an adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island directed by Steve Barron and starring Eddie Izzard as the infamous Long John Silver along with Donald Sutherland and Elijah Wood. Both are for a host of International Networks and Sky Movies (Neverland) and Sky One (Treasure Island) in the UK. Alan is also a Producer of the feature film Albert Nobbs directed by Rodrigo Garcia starring Glenn Close, Janet Mcteer and Mia Wasikowska. Currently all three projects are in Post Production.


In 2001, alongside [[Michael Colgan (director)|Michael Colgan]], Moloney produced ''[[Beckett on Film]]'', a project aimed at making film versions of all nineteen of [[Samuel Beckett]]'s stage plays. Ten of the films were screened at the [[2000 Toronto International Film Festival]] and some shown on [[Channel 4]]. The series won the Best TV Drama award at the 6th [[The South Bank Show Award]] at the [[Savoy Theatre]] in London. In 2006, Moloney worked with [[Harold Pinter]] to produce a TV adaptation of the stage play ''[[Celebration (play)|Celebration]]''.
Over the past fifteen years Alan has produced such diverse films as John Crowley’s stunning directorial debut Intermission (2003 – Best Film, IFTA) starring Cillian Murphy and Colin Farrell, Neil Jordan's Golden Globe nominated Breakfast on Pluto (2005) starring Cillian Murphy (Golden Globe nominee, best actor), Liam Neeson and Stephen Rea and the hugely acclaimed Beckett on Film (2003 – South Bank Award, Peebody Award) for which Alan and Michael Colgan of Dublin’s Gate Theatre produced film versions of the 19 stage plays of Samuel Beckett. Amongst the film directors that took part in the project were Oscar award winner Anthony Minghella, David Mamet, Atom Egoyan and iconic artist Damien Hirst. Actors included Kristen Scott Thomas, Julianne Moore, Jeremy Irons, John Gielgud, Michael Gambon, John Hurt amongst many others.


In 2006 Alan worked with Harold Pinter when he again joined forces with Michael Colgan to produce a TV adaptation of the stage play Celebration, directed by John Crowley and starring Michael Gambon, Colin Firth, Sophie Okonedo. In 2007 he produced Joe Strummer - The Future is Unwritten directed by Julien Temple (British Independent Film Awards – best documentary). In the same year he also produced The Escapist a prison escape thriller written and directed by Rupert Wyatt which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival starring Joe Fiennes, Dominic Cooper, Damian Lewis and Brian Cox (British Independent film awards – best achievement in production) and Ian Fitzgibbon's first feature film A Film With Me In It which starred Dylan Moran.
In 2007, Moloney produced ''[[Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten]]'',<ref name=iftn/> directed by [[Julien Temple]]. In the same year he also produced ''[[The Escapist (2008 film)|The Escapist]]'', which premiered at the [[Sundance Film Festival]]. In 2008, he produced ''[[A Film with Me in It]]'', and in 2009, ''[[Triage (film)|Triage]]'' and ''[[Perrier's Bounty]]''. In 2024, he produced the film ''[[Small Things like These (film)|Small Things like These]]''.


Moloney has been responsible for TV dramas in Ireland and the UK including ''[[Kingdom (2007 TV series)|Kingdom]]'' and ''[[The Clinic (TV series)|The Clinic]]''.
In 2009 he produced Triage starring Colin Farrell, Paz Vega and Christopher Lee directed by the Academy Award winning director Danis Tanovic. He also produced the movie Perrier's Bounty directed by Fitzgibbon, starring Cillian Murphy, Jim Broadbent and Brendan Gleeson. Both films had their world Premieres at the Toronto International Film festival September ’09 and were released in 2010.


==References==
Alan has been responsible for numerous TV dramas in Ireland and the UK including the hugely popular Kingdom (2005- 2009) - Executive Producer, The Clinic (2003 - 2009) – Executive Producer, Sinners (2002) Producer, Amongst Women (1999) – Executive Producer (BAFTA and RTS nominee and winner best TV drama at BAMFF, best TV drama IFTA), Ballykissangel (series 1-6) – Executive Producer, amongst others.
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Latest revision as of 04:31, 25 February 2024

Alan Moloney
Moloney at the 2024 Berlinale
BornNovember 1966
Years active1993–present

Alan Moloney (born November 1966) is an Irish film and television producer.[1] He established Parallel Film Productions in 1993.[2] He was named a 2005 producer to watch by Variety.[3]

In 2001, alongside Michael Colgan, Moloney produced Beckett on Film, a project aimed at making film versions of all nineteen of Samuel Beckett's stage plays. Ten of the films were screened at the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival and some shown on Channel 4. The series won the Best TV Drama award at the 6th The South Bank Show Award at the Savoy Theatre in London. In 2006, Moloney worked with Harold Pinter to produce a TV adaptation of the stage play Celebration.

In 2007, Moloney produced Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten,[1] directed by Julien Temple. In the same year he also produced The Escapist, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. In 2008, he produced A Film with Me in It, and in 2009, Triage and Perrier's Bounty. In 2024, he produced the film Small Things like These.

Moloney has been responsible for TV dramas in Ireland and the UK including Kingdom and The Clinic.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Irish Films Selected For Sundance 07". Irish Film and Television Network. 30 November 2006. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
  2. ^ "Team". Amino TV. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  3. ^ Dawtrey, Adam (11 September 2005). "Alan Moloney". Variety. Retrieved 17 February 2024.

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