Colm Bairéad
{{short description|Irish filmmaker}}
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| name = Colm Bairéad
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| caption = Bairéad in 2022
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| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1981}}
| birth_place = Dublin, Ireland
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| occupation = {{hlist|Director|screenwriter}}
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| known_for = The Quiet Girl
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| spouse = Cleona Ní Chrualaoí
| website = {{Official website}}
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Colm Bairéad{{Pronunciation needed|date=September 2023}} (born 1981) is an Irish film director and screenwriter. He wrote and directed the film The Quiet Girl (2022).
Career
Born in Dublin in 1981, Bairéad grew up speaking English and Irish at home.{{Cite news |last=Miller |first=Stuart |date=21 February 2023 |title=Colm Bairéad discusses 'The Quiet Girl', an Oscar-nominee for best international feature |work=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/02/21/arts/telling-an-irish-story-irish-language/ |access-date=17 March 2023}}{{Cite news |last=Zuckerman |first=Esther |date=21 February 2023 |title=How Ireland Got Its First-Ever International-Feature Oscar Nomination |work=Vanity Fair |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/02/awards-insider-the-quiet-girl-oscar-nomination |access-date=17 March 2023}}
The Quiet Girl (Irish: An Cailín Ciúin), Bairéad's first feature film, premiered at the 72nd Berlinale in 2022 and has received critical acclaim.{{Cite web |title=An Cailín Ciúin |url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/2022/programme/202204521.html |access-date=15 March 2023 |website=berlinale.de |publisher=Berlin International Film Festival}}{{cite Rotten Tomatoes|id=the_quiet_girl|type=movie|title=The Quiet Girl|access-date=15 March 2023}} He adapted the film's mostly Irish-language screenplay from the 2010 short story "Foster" by Claire Keegan.{{Cite news |date=23 February 2023 |title='The Quiet Girl' Director Colm Bairéad on Telling an Irish Story in the Irish Language (Exclusive) |work=aframe.oscars.org |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |url=https://aframe.oscars.org/news/post/the-quiet-girl-colm-bairead-interview-exclusive |access-date=17 March 2023}} At the 18th Irish Film & Television Awards, The Quiet Girl won Best Film and Bairéad won Best Director, and it was nominated for Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards in the US.{{Cite news |last=Abbatescianni |first=Davide |date=14 March 2022 |title=The Quiet Girl wins big at this year's Irish Film & Television Awards |work=cineuropa.org |url=https://www.cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/423100/ |access-date=17 March 2023}}
Influences
Bairéad participated in the 2022 edition of the Sight & Sound film polls, which are held every 10 years to commemorate the greatest films of all time and rank them in order. Directors and critics both give their 10 favorite films of all time for the poll; Bairéad picked Ikiru (1952), Citizen Kane (1941), The Life of Oharu (1952), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), In the Mood for Love (2000), Ivan's Childhood (1962), Salvatore Giuliano (1962), The Spirit of the Beehive (1973), Goodfellas (1990), and Camera Buff (1979).{{Cite web |title=Colm Bairéad | BFI |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/greatest-films-all-time/all-voters/colm-bairead}}
Personal life
Bairéad is married to Cleona Ní Chrualaoí, who produced The Quiet Girl. They have two children.{{Cite news |last=Tabbara |first=Mona |date=29 June 2022 |title=Stars of Tomorrow 2022: Cleona Ní Chrualaoi (producer) |work=Screendaily.com |url=https://www.screendaily.com/features/stars-of-tomorrow-2022-cleona-ni-chrualaoi-producer/5171999.article |access-date=17 March 2023}}
Partial filmography
=As director=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |
| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |
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| style="text-align:center;"|2003
!scope=row|Screwed |Short film; also writer |
| style="text-align:center;"|2005
!scope=row|Mac an Athar (His Father's Son) |Short film; also writer |
| style="text-align:center;"|2009
!scope=row|Finscéal Pháidí |Short film; also writer |
| style="text-align:center;"|2012
!scope=row|Lorg na gCos: Súil Siar ar Mise Éire |Documentary film |
| style="text-align:center;"|2015
!scope=row|{{sort name|The|Joy|nolink=yes}} |Television miniseries |
| style="text-align:center;"|2016
!scope=row|Frank O'Connor: Idir Dhá Shruth |Documentary film |
| style="text-align:center;"|2018
!scope=row|Murdair Mhám Trasna |Television film; also writer |
| style="text-align:center;"|2022
!scope=row|An Cailín Ciúin (The Quiet Girl) |Feature film; also writer |
References
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External links
- {{Official website}}
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Category:Irish male screenwriters
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