Benjamin Cleary
Benjamin Cleary (* in Dublin ) is an Irish film director and screenwriter .
Life
Cleary developed a keen interest in film as a child. He studied screenwriting at the London Film School and graduated with a Master of Arts degree in 2011. As a result, Cleary devoted himself to screenwriting and won the BlueCat Short Screenplay Competition in Los Angeles in 2012 . From 2012, Cleary worked on behalf of RTÉ as a scriptwriter for various projects, including a children's series.
Cleary developed the idea for his directorial debut Stutterer , which appeared in 2015, from an online video in which a stuttering man reported, among other things, his difficulties with making phone calls . Cleary partially produced, directed, scripted and edited the short film. Stutterer won the London Critics' Circle Short Film Award in 2015 and the Oscar for Best Short Film in 2016 .
Filmography
- 2015: The Great Fall - screenplay
- 2015: Stutterer - direction, screenplay, editing, production
- 2015: Love is a Sting - screenplay
Awards (selection)
- 2015: Best Foreign Film, LA Shorts Fest, for Stutterer
- 2016: ALFS Award for British / Irish Short Film of the Year, London Critics Circle Film Award , for Stutterer
- 2016: Oscar, Best Short Film, for Stutterer
Web links
- Benjamin Cleary in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Benjamin Cleary's homepage
- About Benjamin on atodmagazine.com
Individual evidence
- ^ Niall Murphy: Irish director Benjamin Cleary's Stutterer short-listed for Oscar glory . scannain.com, November 19, 2015.
- ^ Dawn Garcia: Benjamin Cleary and Oscar . atodmagazine, November 16, 2015.
- ↑ Benjamin Cleary . lfs.org.uk
- ^ Helen Earnshaw: Benjamin Cleary about Stutterer, The FFL Agency and Making the Oscar Shortlist . filmfestivallife.com, December 16, 2015.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cleary, Benjamin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish film director and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dublin |