A pioneering director in music video, Michael Lindsay-Hogg did the clips for The Rolling Stones for 15 years. He also worked with Elton John, Bryan Ferry, The Who and The Beatles and directed their last film, Let It Be. He directed the award-winning Showtime special of Paul Simon's "Graceland" shot in Zimbabwe.
On stage, Lindsay-Hogg directed the original productions of "Agnes of God" on Broadway and "The Normal Heart" at the Public Theatre in New York. He earned a Tony Nomination for Best Director with "Whose Life Is It Anyway?", which he also directed in London.
Lindsay-Hogg's film and television credits include Professional Foul , Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont, Dr. Fischer of Geneva and Brideshead Revisited (co-director), all of which earned him recognition as Best Director by BAFTA. He also directed Running Mates with Diane Keaton for HBO, and wrote and directed The Object of Beauty, starring John Malkovich and Andie MacDowell, which won Best Picture and Best Director at the Cairo International Film Festival.
He is currently developing an original screenplay,Your Precious Love .
Noel Pearson, who was born in Dublin, now divides his time between New York and Dublin. His film credits include My Left Foot, which received five Academy Award nominations (including Best Picture), and won Oscars for Best Actor and Best Actress. My Left Foot also won several other awards throughout Europe including a Donatello and a BAFTA. Pearson also produced The Field, for which Richard Harris was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor.
Over the years Pearson has produced numerous plays in Ireland, Britain, and America. His Broadway productions include "Dancing at Lughnasa," which earned him a Tony Award, and "Someone Who'll Watch Over Me." He was also the recipient of the 1994 Tony Award for "An Inspector Calls."
Projects scheduled to go into production in the Fall of 1995 and in the Spring of 1996 are Chattanooga, by Chet Raymo, and Lulu, written and directed by Elizabeth Gill. Pearson is also developing Rebellion, a film by Frank McGuiness about the 1916 Irish Easter Rising, which is expected to go into production in the Fall of 1996.
Paul Laufer won the Cannes 1992 (Silver) and British Television Advert Awards for the successful Levis commercial "The Swimmer." He also won the British Television Advert Awards (1993), American One Awards (Gold) and Cannes 1993 (Grand Prix, Press) for the Smirnoff commercial "Message in a Bottle." Eight of Paul's commercials were installed in the Museum of Modern Art's permanent collection in 1994 and he has received MTV and MVPA nominations for the "En Vogue" music video.
Ruth Foster's editing experience is a diverse mix of drama, comedy and music for the cinema, television and cable. Her previous feature work includes The Object of Beauty (Michael Lindsay-Hogg). Other directors she has worked with include Robert Altman (Tanner '88), Lindsay Anderson (Glory! Glory!), David Jones (The Christmas Wife), and Alan Arkin (Trying Times). Her music credits include two Paul Simon concerts - "Paul Simon - Live in Central Park" and "Paul Simon's Graceland - The African Concert" for which she received ACE and BAFTA nominations.
As a pioneer in non-linear editing, she was awarded an Emmy for contribution to the design of the Ediflex editing system.
Frank Conway has been extensively involved in theatre, film and television in Ireland. His film credits include The Field, DA and The Woman Who Married Clark Gable.
Joan Bergin is an award winning designer whose work has covered drama, ballet, television and film. Her film credits include My Left Foot, The Field, In The Name of the Father and more recently Mike Newell's An Awfully Big Adventure.
Elmer Bernstein has received 13 Academy Award nominations for both Best Song and Best Score throughout his long and successful career in the film industry. He has also won an Academy Award for Best Score for the film Thoroughly Modern Millie. Some of his other film credits include The Age of Innocence, Cape Fear, Trading Places and The Grifters. Bernstein also scored Noel Pearson's two previous productions My Left Foot and The Field.
Chet Raymo who teaches science and writing at Stonehill College in Boston, Massachusetts also writes a weekly column for The Boston Globe. His novel The Dork of Cork, upon which the movie Frankie Starlight is based, has been translated into 12 languages. He resides part of each year in County Kerry, Ireland.
Ronan O'Leary began his career as a drama producer-director for PBS in Los Angeles in 1983. His television credits include a number of drama-documentaries plus profile interviews on the filmmakers Oliver Stone and David Puttnam. His feature film credits include Riders to the Sea (screenwriter, producer, director), Fragments of Isabella (screenwriter, co-producer, director), Diary of a Madman (producer, director) and Hello Stranger (director).
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