Cathal Black
{{Short description|Irish filmmaker (b.1952)}}
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Cathal Black is an Irish film director, writer, and producer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sdgi.ie/cathal-black|title=Cathal Black|website=SDGI Updated}}
Background
Black was born in Dublin, Ireland and grew up in Phibsborough. His father worked at the Guinness Brewery. Black's mother died when he was around 9 or 10 years old. His father remarried and the family moved to Galway for a period before returning to Dublin. Black has a twin brother.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ikqgDwAAQBAJ&dq=cathal+black+1952&pg=PA46|title=Historical Dictionary of Irish Cinema|first1=Roddy|last1=Flynn|first2=Tony|last2=Tracy|date=9 August 2019|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9781538119587|via=Google Books}}
Career
Black was elected as a member of Aosdána in 2000.{{Cite web|url=http://aosdana.artscouncil.ie/members/black/?Cnuas=1&lang=ga-ie|title=Aosdána|website=aosdana.artscouncil.ie}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/aosdana-to-press-for-new-arts-body-1.1105824|title=Aosdana to press for new arts body|first=Robert|last=O'byrne|newspaper=The Irish Times}}
Filmography
=Director=
- 2018 - Five Red Roses - one for every syllable of your name
- 2014 - Butterfly (TV Short)
- 2007 - Learning Gravity (aka the Undertaking)
- 1999 - Love & Rage
- 1995 - Korea{{cite news |last1=Brady |first1=Tara |last2=Clarke |first2=Donald |title=The 50 best Irish films ever made, in order |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/the-50-best-irish-films-ever-made-in-order-1.4238979 |newspaper=The Irish Times |accessdate=7 May 2020 |language=en}}
- 1984 - Pigs
- 1981 - Our Boys (Short)
- 1976 - Wheels (Short)
=Producer=
- 2018 - Five Red Roses - one for every syllable of your name (Documentary) (producer)
- 2014 - Butterfly (TV Short) (producer)
- 2012 - Irish Folk Furniture (Documentary short) (producer)
- 1999 - Love & Rage (co-producer)
- 1995 - Korea (executive producer)
- 1976 - Wheels (Short) (producer)
=Writer=
- 2007 - Learning Gravity (aka the Undertaking)
- 1976 - Wheels (Short) (screenplay){{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0085212/|title=Cathal Black|website=IMDb}}
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Category:Irish male screenwriters
Category:Film people from Dublin (city)
Category:21st-century Irish male writers
Category:21st-century Irish screenwriters
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