Pat Collins (director) explained
Pat Collins is an Irish film director. He is best known for his three dramatic feature films: Silence (2012);[2] Song of Granite (2017);[3] and That They May Face the Rising Sun (2023).[4] He is also a prolific director of documentary films.
In 2017, Song of Granite was selected as Ireland's submission for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film.[5] In 2024, That They May Face the Rising Sun won Best Irish Film at the Dublin International Film Festival.[6]
Filmography
Feature films
Documentaries
- Michael Hartnett: A Necklace of Wrens (1999)
- Talking to the Dead (2000)
- Idir na Línte [''Between the Lines''] (2001)
- Oileán Thoraí [''Tory Island''] (2002)
- Abbas Kiarostami: The Art of Living (2003) (co-directed with Fergus Daly)
- Frank O'Connor: The Lonely Voice (2003)
- Marooned (2004)
- Beyond the Mountain (2005)
- Cathair Corcaigh [''Cork City''] (2005)
- Domhnach in Éireann [''Sunday in Ireland''] (2005)
- John McGahern: A Private World (2005)
- David Marcus: A Conversation with Dermot Bolger (2006)
- Rebel County (2006)
- Ar Thóir Logainmeacha [''In Search of Placenames''] (2007)
- Na Duganna [''Docks''] (2007)
- Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill: Taibhsí i mBéal na Gaoithe [''Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill: Ghosts in the Mouth of the Wind''] (2007)
- Loch Dearg (2008)
- Pilgrim (2008)
- Famine in Ireland: Remember Skibbereen (2009)
- Loch Hyne (2009)
- What We Leave in Our Wake (2010)
- Tim Robinson: Connemara (2011)
- Into the Light: Nettle Coat (2012)
- Fathom (2013)
- What Remains (2013)
- Ballade (2014)
- Tommy: To Tell You the Truth (2014)
- Living in a Coded Land (2014)
- William McKeown: Idir Neamh Agus Talamh [''William McKeown: Between Heaven and Earth''] (2016)
- Twilight (2017)
- Henry Glassie: Field Work (2019)
- All That Is, Is Light (2021)
- Songs of the Open Road (2022)
Notes and References
- Web site: Cork director takes the quiet approach to adapting John McGahern's last novel. Irish Examiner. 26 April 2024 . 22 August 2024.
- Web site: Back to the land: Pat Collins on Silence. BFI. 14 February 2014 . 22 August 2024.
- Web site: Song Of Granite: Pat Collins on his remarkable sean nós biopic. RTÉ. 27 March 2018 . 22 August 2024.
- News: 'It's not that I'm against story. I like films with stories': Pat Collins on directing a tale without a plot Film. The Guardian. 6 May 2024 . 22 August 2024 . Carroll . Rory .
- Web site: 'Song of Granite' Is Ireland's Contender for Foreign-Language Oscar. Stewart Clarke. Variety. 8 September 2017 . 22 August 2024.
- News: Making John McGahern's That They May Face the Rising Sun into a movie: 'I remember joking that it's almost unfilmable'. The Irish Times. 22 August 2024.
