Paddy Breathnach

{{short description|Irish film director and producer|bot=PearBOT 5}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1964}}

| birth_place = Dublin, Ireland

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| occupation = Film director, television director, producer

| years_active = 1994–present

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Paddy Breathnach (born 1964) is an Irish director and producer. He has directed Man About Dog, Blow Dry and Shrooms. He was also involved in the production of The Mighty Celt and Ape. Since 2022 he's been directing the comedy-drama series The Dry.

Filmography

  • Ailsa (1994)
  • The Long Way Home (1995)
  • I Went Down (1997)
  • Blow Dry (2001)
  • Man About Dog (2004)
  • Shrooms (2006)
  • Freakdog (2008)
  • Viva (2015) {{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/sep/05/viva-review-drag-queen-paddy-breathnach-telluride | title=Cuba-set drag queen drama doesn't shirk its punches | work=The Guardian | accessdate=1 June 2016 | author=Caspar Llewellyn Smith| date=5 September 2015 }}
  • Rosie (2018)
  • The Dry (2022–present)

Awards and nominations

Breathnach received awards at the Thessaloniki Film Festival, the San Sebastián International Film Festival and the Bogotá Film Festival. {{citation needed|date=March 2010}} He won ADL Stand Up Award at Santa Barbara International Film Festival in 2016.{{cite web | url=http://sbiff.org/2016-award-winning-films-announced/ | title=2016 Award Winning Films Announced | accessdate=1 June 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629211235/http://sbiff.org/2016-award-winning-films-announced/ | archive-date=29 June 2016 | url-status=dead }}

See also

References

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