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    Shimmy Marcus

     

    Address: 131 Darglewood,Knocklyon, Dublin 16, Ireland

    Email: shimmymarcus@gmail.com

    Website: www.shimmymarcus.com

    Tel:+353 (0)87 2704132

    Film Type: Live Action

    Bio

     

    Shimmy Marcus is a multi award winning filmmaker working across a variety of formats and genres. In 1999 he won the Miramax Script Writing Award for his feature script HEADRUSH which he also directed. The film won a variety of International awards including Best Feature at festivals in Michigan, New York, and Germany.

     

    Shimmys critically acclaimed feature documentary AIDAN WALSH – Master of the Universe became the first Irish documentary made on video to receive theatrical and video distribution and won Best Feature Decoumentary at The Celtic Film TV Festival. More awards have followed for his short films and notably for his contribution to the feature documentary IMAGINING ULYSSES.

     

    His second drama feature ‘SOULBOY’ set in the Northern Soul world of 70′s Britain recently won Best Feature at the Gijon International Film Festival in Spain.

     

    Noted for creating many innovative music promos for bands including Fun Lovin Criminals, Snow Patrol, Gavin Friday, and Skin (Skunk Anansie), his latest collaboration is with BP Fallon and Jack White of the White Stripes.

     

    Last year he directed a new comedy drama series ‘MATTIE’ for RTE starring Pat Shortt (Garage) and his latest feature documentary ‘Good Cake Bad Cake’ the story of Irish band LiR and their quest to reach the top of the music biz is on the Festival Circuit.

    Filmography

     

    AUTUMN LEAVES

    2013 – Documentary 48mins

     

    HANNAH COHEN’S HOLY COMMUNION

    2012 – Short 13mins

     

    RHINOS

    2012 – Short 15mins

     

    GOOD CAKE BAD CAKE

    2011 – Feature Documentary 82mins

     

    SOULBOY

    2010 – Feature – 84min

     

    MATTIE

    2010 – TV Series 6 x 25mins

     

    BREAKING BOUNDARIES

    2008 – Documentary – 54min

     

    LIMELIGHT

    2007 – Shorts Series – 4 x 90sec

     

    U2 – THE WALK ON TOUR

    2005 – Documentary – 16min

     

    IMAGINING ULYSSES

    2004 – Documentary – 90min

     

    HEADRUSH

    2003 – Feature – 85min

     

    IVOR THE INSOMNIAC

    2002 – Short – 3min

     

    AIDAN WALSH-MASTER OF THE UNIVERSE

    2000 – Documentary – 69min

     

    7TH HEAVEN

    1999 – Short – 10min

    Awards

     

    Hannah Cohen's Holy Communion

     

    Silver Award – Robinsons International Shirt Film Competition

     

    Best Short Audience Award – Washington Jewish Film Festival

     

    Best Short Audience Award – Chicago Irish Film Festival

     

    Best Short Audience Award – Cine Gael Montreal Film Festival

     

    Best Short Audience Award – Door County Short Film Festival

     

    Best Short – Waterford Film Festival

     

    Best Script – Pears Foundation Short Film Script Award

     

    Rhinos

     

    Best International Short Film – Audience Award Cork Film Festival

     

    Best Film – 27th European Short Film Festival Brest Best Short – Audience Award – Green Bay Film Festival

     

    Best Short – Audience Award – Cine Gael Montreal

     

    3rd Best Short – Audience Award Chicago Irish Film Festival

     

    2nd Best Short Film – Foyle Film Festival Best Short Film – IFTA Nomination

     

    Soulboy

     

    Best Feature ‘Enfant Terrible’ Gijon Int. Film Festival

     

    2nd Best Feature Audience Award Endiburgh Int. Film Festival

     

    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

     

    Nomination 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

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