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Mark O鈥楬alloran appointed as UCC Film Artist in Residence

7 Jun 2017

Award winning actor and screenwriter to join us from September

The Discipline of Film and Screen Media and The School of English / School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures are delighted to announce the appointment of Mark O'Halloran as UCC Film Artist in Residence, a role jointly funded by the College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences, UCC, and the Arts Council. The residency is designed to provide a screenwriter of distinction with a unique opportunity to develop his/her practice in a university environment while offering students the opportunity to engage with a practising artist in a meaningful way during the course of their studies.

Mark O鈥楬alloran is a writer/ actor and is from Co. Clare, Ireland. As an actor he has worked with all the major theatre companies in Ireland, most recently in the acclaimed production of 鈥�The Importance of Nothing鈥� with Pan Pan theatre company and 鈥�The Shadow of a Gunman鈥� with The Abbey Theatre Dublin.  On screen he has appeared in numerous films, most notably as one of the eponymous heroes in 鈥�ADAM & PAUL鈥� for which he also wrote the screenplay and the lead role of MP in 鈥�History鈥檚 Future鈥� directed by Fiona Tan for which he was nominated as Best Actor at IFTA awards 2017. He also appears in 鈥�The Guard鈥� and 鈥�颁补濒惫补谤测鈥� and in 鈥�痴颈惫补鈥�, a film set in Havana for which he also wrote the screenplay. 

Mark鈥榮 other writing credits include the multi award winning film 鈥�GARAGE鈥�, the television series 鈥�PROSPERITY鈥� and 鈥湷站北共光�� a Spanish language feature. For the stage he has written the play 鈥�TRADE鈥� and most recently contributed text to the award winning theatre production 鈥�LIPPY鈥�.&苍产蝉辫;

Mark has been nominated for numerous awards including a European Film Award for the screenplay of 鈥�ADAM & PAUL鈥�, Irish Film and Television Awards where he won for both 鈥淏est Screenplay鈥� and 鈥淏est TV writer鈥� 2007.  He also won the London Evening Standard award for 鈥淏est Screenplay鈥� in 2005. 鈥�TRADE鈥� was named as 鈥渂est play鈥� at the Irish Theatre Awards 2012. 鈥�Lippy鈥� was 鈥淏est Production鈥� at 2014 Irish Theatre Awards as well as winning a Fringe First at Edinburgh and 2 Obie Awards in New York. 鈥淰滨痴础鈥� was shortlisted for best foreign language Oscar and nominated for Best Screenplay at the IFTA awards 2016.