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Conor McPherson in The Eclipse (2009)

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Conor McPherson

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  • Born
    August 6, 1971 · Dublin, Ireland

Biography

  • An award wining Irish dramatist Connor, whose plays include St Nicholas and The Weir made his film directing debut with Saltwater in 1999. The film was set in a small Southern Irish coastal town and was about the Beneventi family who run the local fish shop. The father, George is grieving over the death of his wife and to make matters worse he's in debt to the local loan shark and his daughter is entangled with an unfaithful man and his youngest son is friends with the worst boy in school. While sounding like a grim scenario it is in fact a comedy drama which was written and directed by Conor
    - IMDb mini biography by: Tinyman 5

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  • His play, "The Weir", won the BBC Award for Best New Play at the Laurence Olivier Theatre Awards in 1999 (1998 season).
  • He was awarded the 1997 London Critics Circle Theatre Award (Drama) for Most Promising Playwright for The Weir performed at the Royal Court Theatre.
  • At the 2006 Tony Awards he was nominated for the Best Play for the Broadway Production of his play The Shining City
  • In 2008 he was nominated at the Tony Awards for the category of Best Direction of a play for his 2008 production of his play The Seafarer.
  • He was awarded the 1997 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Most Promising Playwright for The Weir.

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