Benjamin Cleary
Benjamin Cleary is an Irish writer, director and producer from Dublin. He is best known for his short-film Stutterer that earned him an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film at the 88th Academy Awards with producers Shan Christopher Ogilvie and Serena Armitage.[1][2][3]
Career
Benjamin graduated at University College Dublin and after he moves to England, where he completed his Screenwriting MA from London Film School. In 2015 he wrote, directed and edited his first short film Stutterer. It stars Matthew Needham and Chloe Pirrie. The film has been accepted into 20 festivals at time of writing and has won 9 awards including the Audience Award and the Best International Short Film Award at the Kerry Film Festival.[4] It also won the Best Foreign Film at the prestigious LA Shorts Fest. This award qualified Stutterer onto the long-list for an Oscar, which it went on to win for Best Live Action Short. Cleary also wrote Love Is A Sting, which has been long-listed for an Oscar after winning Cork International Film Festival
Filmography
- Stutterer
- Love Is A Sting
- The Great Fall
- Trumpet
- Kindred
References
- ↑ Johnson, Zach (January 14, 2016). "Oscars 2016 Nominations: Complete List of Nominees". E! Online. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
- ↑ Coggan, Devan (January 13, 2016). "John Krasinski, Guillermo del Toro, Ang Lee to announce Oscar nominations". Entertainment Weekly (Time Inc.). Retrieved January 11, 2016.
- ↑ Ford, Rebecca (January 14, 2016). "Oscar Nominations: The Complete List". The Hollywood Reporter (Prometheus Global Media). Retrieved January 14, 2016.
- ↑ http://theinspirationroom.com/daily/2016/stutterer/