Meet The Filmmakers Series
Shimmy Marcus - 2 p.m. Sat 4th Dec.
The Meet The Filmmakers series continues at 2 p.m. on Saturday 4th December with acclaimed director, Shimmy Marcus.
(There is no charge for entrance to the talk, but, due to limited space, booking is essential)
BIOGRAPHY:
Shimmy Marcus is a multi award winning filmmaker working in a variety
of formats. In 1999 he won the Miramax Script Writing Award for his
feature script Headrush which he also directed and went on to
win a variety of International awards. The son of twice Oscar Nominated
documentary filmmaker Louis Marcus, Shimmy's critically acclaimed
Feature Documentary Aidan Walsh - Master of the Universe became the first Irish Documentary made on Video to receive Theatrical
and Video distribution. More awards followed for his short films and
contribution to the feature Documentary Imagining Ulysses.
He continues to work with various formats and styles including
Corporate, TV Drama, Commercias, and has created many innovative music
promos for bands including Fun Lovin' Criminals, Snow Patrol, Gavin
Friday, Skin (Skunk Ananasie), and Republic of Loose.
Shimmy is currently touring his second feature Souled Out (Martin Compston, Felicity Jones, Pat Shortt) around the European Festival circuit, while developing a raft of new feature scripts.
Awards:
HEADRUSH
Best Feature, Braunschweig Film Festival
Best Unreleased Feature, East Lansing Film Festival
Best Feature, NY Film Fleadh
IFTA Nomination Best Film Public Vote, Irish Film and Television Awards
2nd Best First Feature, Galway Film Fleadh
Best Script, Miramax Scriptwriting Award and Irish Film Institute
Aidan Walsh - Master of the Universe
Best Feature Documentary, Celtic Film and TV Festival
Film of the Year, Enter Magazine
2nd Best Feature Documentary, Galway Film Fleadh
Imagining Ulysses
Winner Gold Hugo, Chicago Film Festival
Best Documentary, Celtic Film and TV Festival
Nomination Best Documentary, Irish Film & Television Awards
Short listed, Prix Italia
7th Heaven
Winner Best Short Film, Irish International Film Festival, New York
Runner Up Best British Short, Kinofestival, Manchester
Runner Up Best Short, Manhattan Short Film Festival
Published on: 30 November, 2010
