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Fintan Connolly is an Irish film director, screenwriter and producer living in Dublin. Most of his earlier work has been in television documentaries, where he explores social issues in Ireland through a series of interviews. He has also made films, notably ''Flick'' (2000), ''Trouble with Sex'' (2005) and ''Eliot & Me'' (2012) through his production company Fubar Films.〔 ==Career== Connolly directed the short film ''Angel on the Rocks'' in 1985. He co-produced, with Helen Fahy, the short movie ''Horse'' (1993) directed by Kevin Liddy.〔 This film won an award for "Best European Short" at the Premiers Plan Festival in Angers, France in 1994. Working with co-director Hilary Dully, he worked on multiple television documentaries for RTÉ, Channel 4 and TG4. These include ''Framed!'' (1987), ''No Comment'' (1988), ''...and finally France'' (1988), ''For Better Or Worse'' (1989), ''No Comment II'' (1991), ''Notice To Quit'' (1992, rights of older tenants), ''50,000 Secret Journeys'' (1994, abortion), and ''Comely Maidens '' (1995). As a single director, Connolly has directed the documentaries ''Sisters'' (1998), ''Priests'' (1998), ''Out of Nowhere'' (2000, asylum seekers), ''Ainé's Journey'' (2000) and ''Singleton'' (2002).〔〔 Connolly made his feature film directorial debut with ''Flick'' in 2000 in conjunction with producer Fiona Bergin.〔 The film starred David Murray, Isabelle Menke, David Wilmot, Gerard Mannix Flynn, Catherine Punch and Alan Devlin.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Flick )〕 The plot focuses on two small-time drug dealers going about their business in Dublin.〔 Connolly wrote the film's script with little expectation of it being made. He shot the film in 18 days with no budget.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sex on a Low Budget )〕 The movie had its world premiere at the 44th Murphy's Cork Film Festival in October 1999.〔 The Sunday Independent said "In many ways, Fintan Connolly's first film, ''Flick'' is a breath of fresh air. We get to see Dublin on the screen – a very contemporary Dublin, too. It's about time. In ''Flick'', there are no horses in lifts. You won't spot the Chieftains playing trad on Moore Street. This is real Dublin – and what first strikes you about the film is that ''Flick'' is a love letter to Connolly's native city."〔Dwyer, Ciara (13 August 2000). "Remembering Dublin city in the real new times". Sunday Independent.〕 This was followed in 2005 by ''Trouble with Sex'', starring Aidan Gillen and Renée Weldon, for which he received two Irish Film and Television Awards nominations.〔〔 The film was premiered at the Dublin International Film Festival in February 2005. The film tells the story of a young career woman who quarrels with her boyfriend at a party. She leaves the party and wanders into a local pub, where she falls for the bartender.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Fintan Connolly Profile )〕 The movie follows the early days of the relationship that follows.〔 ''Trouble with Sex'' was the second feature created through a director/producer partnership between Fintan Connolly and Fiona Bergin.〔 Connolly told Jennifer Hough "only 20 per cent of directors get to make a second feature, so I've been really lucky."〔Hough, Jennifer (6 May 2005) "A second flick for Fintan" Galway Advertiser〕 In 2012 Connolly made ''Eliot & Me'', a children's adventure drama, co-written with Fiona Bergin and featuring his daughter Ella Connolly. The movie had its world premiere as the opening film at the Film Festival Zlin in May 2012.〔Galvin, Steven (9 October. 2012) "Multiple festival invitations for 'Eliot & Me.'"()〕 In 2012 he also completed a documentary about Aosdána, an affiliation of Irish artists, called ''The Art Tribe''〔 This film explores the position of artists in Irish society, public funding for the arts, as well as broader issues of creativity and culture.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Production Catalog 2008/2009 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fintan Connolly」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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