Joel Conroy
{{short description|Irish film director and screenwriter}}
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Joel Conroy is an Irish filmmaker.
Film career
Joel previously worked with MTV in America and Australia. He made his first surfing documentary Eye of the Storm, which was first screened on RTÉ television in 2002 {{cite news |url=http://www.surfersvillage.com/surfing/7439/news.htm |title=Bundoran in the 'Eye of the storm |first=Declan |last=Browne |newspaper=Donegal Democrat |date=27 March 2003 |via=www.surfersvillage.com |access-date=26 September 2010 |archive-date=23 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323090803/http://www.surfersvillage.com/surfing/7439/news.htm |url-status=dead }} and in 2009 he wrote and directed his first featured documentary, Waveriders. He began planning the film in 2005 when he read about George Freeth in a newspaper. He researched Freeth's background, tracking down his friends and relatives. The film was in development for 3 years; filming was over 2 years. It was shot on 35 mm film to give it a vintage feel.
{{cite web |url=http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/red-bulletin/riding-green-giants-waveriders-the-irish-surf-film-1810176.html |title=Riding green giants: Waveriders, the Irish surf film |date=7 July 2009 |newspaper=Irish Independent |location=Dublin |issn=0021-1222 |language=en |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120803024621/http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/red-bulletin/riding-green-giants-waveriders-the-irish-surf-film-1810176.html |archive-date=3 August 2012 |url-status=dead}}
Awards
Waveriders won the 2008 Audience Choice Award from the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival,{{cite web |url=http://www.surfersvillage.com/surfing/33025/news.htm |title=Waveriders wins Audience Award at Dublin Film Festival |date=3 March 2008 |website=www.surfersvillage.com |access-date=21 August 2011 |archive-date=17 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717004710/http://www.surfersvillage.com/surfing/33025/news.htm |url-status=dead }} the 2009 Irish Film and Television Awards inaugural George Morrison Feature Documentary Award{{Cite web|url=http://www.iftn.ie/?act1=record&aid=73&rid=4281900&sr=1&only=1&hl=waveriders&tpl=archnews|title = Irish Film & Television Awards Winners Announced | the Irish Film & Television Network}} and the Best Documentary Award at the 2009 SURFER Poll & Video Awards.{{Cite web |url=http://www.surfersvillage.com/surfing/43000/news.htm |title='Waveriders' wins at the {{sic|prest|igeous|nolink=y}} Surfer Poll Awards |date=17 September 2009 |website=www.surfersvillage.com |access-date=21 August 2011 |archive-date=17 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717005138/http://www.surfersvillage.com/surfing/43000/news.htm |url-status=dead }}
Margo Harkin (Producer) and Joel Conroy (Director) were awarded Outstanding Achievement in film making for Waveriders at the 2009 Newport Beach Film Festival.https://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Newport_Beach_Film_Festival/2009 {{Dead link|date=December 2021}} {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}
References
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External links
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- [http://www.waveridersthefilm.com/cast-crew/joel-conroy-waveriders-bio/ waveriders profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110222040747/http://www.waveridersthefilm.com/cast-crew/joel-conroy-waveriders-bio/ |date=22 February 2011 }}
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Category:Irish male screenwriters