- Damien O’Donnell
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Filmography
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Clean Break
2015 — TV Series 2 × — 49 mins -
How Was Your Day?
2015 — Short Film — 14 mins -
The Savage Eye
2012-2014 — TV Series 12 × -
Inside I’m Dancing
2004 — Feature Film — 96 mins -
Heartlands
2002 — Feature Film — 91 mins -
What Where
2000 — Short Film — 13 mins -
East Is East
1999 — Feature Film — 104 mins -
Chrono Perambulator
1998 — Short Film — 11 mins -
Dangers Doyle’s Doo
1996 — Feature Film -
Thirty Five Aside
1995 — Short Film — 26 mins
Awards
- 2000 — Winner
BAFTA Awards — Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film. East is East - 2005 — Winner
Irish Film and Television Awards — AIB People’s Choice Award for Best Irish Film. Inside I'm Dancing - 2000 — Winner
Alpe d'Huez International Comedy Film Festival — Special Jury Award. East Is East - 1996 — Winner
Angers European First Film Festival — European Jury Award. 35 Aside - 1996 — Winner
Angers European First Film Festival — Audience Award. 35 Aside - 2001 — Nominee
Bodil Awards — Best Non-American Film. East Is East - 1996 — Winner
Bombay International Documentary, Short and Animation Film Festival — Golden Conch. 35 Aside - 1999 — Nominee
British Independent Film Awards — Douglas Hickox Award. East Is East - 2000 — Winner
Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema — OCIC Special Award . East Is East - 1999 — Nominee
Cannes Film Festival — C.I.C.A.E. Award . East Is East - 2012 — Winner
Celtic Film and Television Festival — Bronze Torc Award . The Savage Eye - 1999 — Nominee
Chicago International Film Festival — New Directors Competition. East Is East - 1996 — Nominee
Chicago International Film Festival — Best Short Film. 35 Aside - 1996 — Winner
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival — Grand Prix, Canal+ Award, Audience Award. 35 Aside - 1996 — Winner
Corto Imola Festival — Best International Film. 35 Aside - 2000 — Nominee
David di Donatello Awards — Best Foreign Film. East Is East - 1996 — Nominee
Dresden Film Festival — Best Short Film . 35 Aside - 2004 — Winner
Edinburgh International Film Festival — Audience Award. Inside I'm Dancing - 2000 — Winner
Empire Awards, UK — Best Debut. East Is East - 2000 — Winner
European Union MEDIA Prize — MEDIA Prize. East Is East - 2000 — Winner
Evening Standard British Film Awards — Best Film. East Is East - 2000 — Winner
Fantasporto — Directors' Week Award . East Is East - 2001 — Nominee
Goya Awards — Best European Film. East Is East - 2015 — Winner
IndieCork — Best Irish Short. How Was Your Day? - 2015 — Nominee
Irish Film and Television Awards — Best Comedy, Best Director Soap and Comedy. The Savage Eye - 2013 — Nominee
Irish Film and Television Awards — Best Director TV. The Savage Eye - 2004 — Nominee
Irish Film and Television Awards — Best Film Director. Inside I'm Dancing - 2016 — Winner
Krakow Film Festival — Best Director - International Short Film. How Was Your Day? - 2000 — Winner
Ljubljana International Film Festival — Kingfisher Award . 35 Aside - 1998 — Winner
Mediawave, Hungary — Best Feature Film. 35 Aside - 2001 — Winner
Salerno Shadowline Film Festival — Shadowline Award. - 2005 — Winner
Santa Barbara International Film Festival — Antioch University Award for Leadership and Change . Inside I'm Dancing - 2016 — Winner
SXSW Film Festival — SXSW Grand Jury Award. How Was Your Day? - 1996 — Winner
Uppsala International Short Film Festival — Best Children's Film. 35 Aside - 1999 — Winner
Valladolid International Film Festival — Golden Spike. East Is East
Damien O’Donnell graduated from Rathmines in 1991 and then established ClingFilms with three others – Paul Fitzgerald, Harry Purdue and John Moore. O’Donnell wrote and directed 35-Aside, probably his most successful Irish short.
Recently O’Donnell has worked with BBC Scotland and has followed this with his award-winning first feature East is East, a 1970s Manchester-based comedy for BBC Films and Film Four.