Dead Still

{{Short description|Irish-Canadian television drama series}}

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• Crime
• Mystery
• Period drama

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| writer = John Morton

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| story = John Morton
Imogen Murphy

| director = Imogen Murphy
Craig David Wallace

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| country = Ireland

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| num_seasons = 1

| num_episodes = 6

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| executive_producer = Paul Donovan
Christina Jennings

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• Deadpan Pictures
• Shaftesbury Films
• Acorn Media Enterprises
• ZDF Enterprises{{cite web|title=Acorn TV, Ireland’s RTE Team for Morbidly Comic Drama ‘Dead Still’|url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/acorn-rte-dead-still-drama-comedy-michael-smiley-kerr-logan-1203228886/|website=Variety|first=Stewart|last=Clarke|date=May 30, 2019}}

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| network = Acorn TV
Citytv

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| first_aired = {{Start date|2020|05|15}}

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Dead Still is a six-part Irish-Canadian television drama series, which premiered on May 18, 2020 on Acorn TV and May 15, 2020 Citytv.{{cite web |last1=Yeo |first1=Debra |title=He shoots dead people: Acorn TV's delightful 'Dead Still' blends the macabre art of post-mortem photography with period mystery |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/television/2020/05/15/he-shoots-dead-people-acorn-tvs-delightful-dead-still-blends-the-macabre-art-of-post-mortem-photography-with-period-mystery.html |website=Toronto Star |accessdate=May 30, 2020 |date=May 15, 2020 |archive-date=21 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200521194219/https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/television/2020/05/15/he-shoots-dead-people-acorn-tvs-delightful-dead-still-blends-the-macabre-art-of-post-mortem-photography-with-period-mystery.html |url-status=live }} The series is a co-production between Ireland's Deadpan Pictures and Canada's Shaftesbury Films and is written by John Morton, from a story by John Morton and Imogen Murphy, and directed by Imogen Murphy and Craig David Wallace.{{cite web |last1=Clarke |first1=Stewart |title=Acorn TV, Ireland's RTE Team for Morbidly Comic Drama 'Dead Still' |url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/acorn-rte-dead-still-drama-comedy-michael-smiley-kerr-logan-1203228886/ |website=Variety |accessdate=May 30, 2020 |date=May 30, 2020 |archive-date=7 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407192641/https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/acorn-rte-dead-still-drama-comedy-michael-smiley-kerr-logan-1203228886/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Keller |first1=Joel |title=Stream It Or Skip It: 'Dead Still' On Acorn TV, Where A Memorial Photographer Looks Into Murders In Victorian Dublin |url=https://decider.com/2020/05/18/dead-still-acorn-tv-stream-it-or-skip-it/ |website=Decider |accessdate=May 30, 2020 |date=May 18, 2020 |archive-date=24 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200524202559/https://decider.com/2020/05/18/dead-still-acorn-tv-stream-it-or-skip-it/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Starr |first1=Michael |title='Dead Still' gives look into creepy world of Victorian-era death photography |url=https://nypost.com/2020/05/19/dead-still-gives-look-into-weird-creepy-world-of-death-photography/ |website=The New York Post |accessdate=May 30, 2020 |date=May 19, 2020}}

In 2021 Dead Still was nominated for 7 IFTAs at the 17th Irish Film & Television Awards, including Best Drama and Best Director.