Dan Ireland

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Daniel Frederick "Dan" Ireland (born May 11, 1949 in Portland , Oregon , † April 14, 2016 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American - Canadian film producer and director .

Life

Ireland was born in Portland in 1949, the second of four children to Rainsford and Betty Ireland (née Shantz ). His date of birth was later misrepresented in numerous press articles.

When Dan Ireland was five, the mother settled in her home in Vancouver , Canada , where she raised the children alone. A visit to the screening of the sci-fi horror film Them! sparked his interest in cinema. From 1965 he worked in a cinema in Vancouver as an usher. He finished high school two years later.

In 1975 he moved to Seattle with his best friend Darryl MacDonald . Both had saved about $ 5,000 each and rented the old Moore Theater that they were extensively restoring. They opened the cinema in December 1975 under the name Moore Egyptian with a showing of Busby Berkeley's film The Gang's All Here .

In May 1976 Ireland and MacDonald hosted the first Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF), showing 28 films in 14 days. Among other things, Ireland brought several of Paul Verhoeven's films to Seattle and thereby made them known to the US audience. In 1982 he was awarded the Golden Calf in the Culture Prize category for his services to Dutch film . Ireland ran the SIFF until 1986.

He then moved to Los Angeles and worked there for three years at the film production company Vestron Pictures , where he was responsible for film acquisition. Among other things, he worked on John Huston's last film The Dead (1987). He was involved in several projects directed by Ken Russell . Ireland then moved to Cineville, where he served as Senior Vice President of Production. He later produced other films and has directed his first projects since 1996. Among other things, he promoted the career of Jessica Chastain , for whom he made her first leading role in a movie possible in 2008 when he cast her in his film Jolene for the role of the main character giving the title.

He died on April 14, 2016 at his Los Angeles home.

Filmography (selection)

Executive Producer

  • 1988: Unholy - Demons of Darkness (The Unholy)
  • 1988: Salome's Last Dance
  • 1988: Midnight Crossing
  • 1988: Journey back in time (Waxwork)
  • 1988: Paperhouse - nightmares come true (Paperhouse)
  • 1988: The Lair of the White Worm (The Lair of the White Worm)
  • 1989: Twister - Not a normal family (Twister)
  • 1989: Sundown - The Vampire in Retreat
  • 1989: Paint It Black - Im Dunkeln der Nacht (Paint It Black)
  • 1989: The Rainbow (The Rainbow)
  • 1992: The Chaotic Spies (Spies Inc.)
  • 1998: Shrill Nights in New York (The Velocity of Gary)

Producer

  • 1991: The whore (Whore)
  • 1994: The Crew - Journey into the Unknown (The Crew)
  • 1996: The Whole Wide World

Director

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Dennis Nyback: History in the Age of the Internet: Setting the Record Straight on Dan Ireland . In: Seattle Star on March 5, 2018.
  2. ^ Daniel Frederick Ireland Obituary . In: legacy.com. Retrieved March 3, 2017
  3. ^ A b Betty Ireland Obituary . In: legacy.com. Retrieved March 3, 2017
  4. ↑ a b c Kristine McKenna: A Man Of 'Action!' . In: Los Angeles Times, February 2, 1997
  5. ^ “What Darryl Macdonald has done in Palm Springs is mind blowing. Am I surprised? Hell no… ”- Dan Ireland ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: cinemawithoutborders.com, July 5, 2012  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / cinemawithoutborders.com
  6. ^ A b Moira Macdonald: Ireland brings 'Passionada' here for a second chance . In: Seattle Times, August 17, 2003
  7. ↑ SIFF History ( Memento of the original from January 31, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: siff.net, accessed on March 3, 2017  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.siff.net
  8. ↑ Twenty-five years of SIFF ( Memento of the original from June 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / archive.seattleweekly.com archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: seattleweekly.com, accessed on March 2, 2017
  9. ↑ a b H. Perry Horton: Dan Ireland, Director of 'The Whole Wide World', Gone at 57  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Dead Link / filmschoolrejects.com   . In: filmschoolrejects.com of April 16, 2016
  10. ↑ Gouden Kalf winnaars . In: filmfestival.nl, accessed on March 2, 2017
  11. ↑ a b c Carmel Dagan: Dan Ireland, 'Whole Wide World' Director Who Co-Founded Seattle Film Festival, Dies at 57 . In: Variety of April 15, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Ireland, Dan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ireland, Daniel Frederick (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American-Canadian film producer and director
DATE OF BIRTH May 11, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Portland , Oregon , United States
DATE OF DEATH April 14, 2016
Place of death Los Angeles , California , United States