Frank Mannion

Frank Mannion is an Irish film producer, based in London.

Since 2002, he has run the film production company, Swipe Films. ^[1]

He has produced or executive produced:^[2]

• Mad Cows starring Joanna Lumley, Anna Friel, Mohamed Al Fayed, Jodie Kidd & Sophie Dahl
• Divorcing Jack starring David Thewlis, Rachel Griffiths & Jason Isaacs
• Grand Theft Parsons starring Johnny Knoxville & Christina Applegate^[3]
• In Prison My Whole Life with Colin Firth, Mumia Abu Jamal, Mos Def, Noam Chomsky, Snoop Dogg & Steve Earle^[4] (international sales agent)
• Reverb (film) starring Leo Gregory and Eva Birthistle
• Beyond The Fire starring Cara Seymour and Scot Williams^[5]
• Flourish (film) starring Jennifer Morrison and Leighton Meester
• Geography of the Hapless Heart starring Bonnie Wright, Daisy Lowe and Douglas Booth.
• Jackboots on Whitehall starring Ewan McGregor, Richard E. Grant, Rosamund Pike & Tom Wilkinson

He has an LL.B. from Trinity College Dublin and an LL.M. from Trinity Hall Cambridge.

References

1. Swipe Films website http://www.swipefilms.com
2. "Filmography: Frank Mannion". Allmovie. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
3. Los Angeles Times: A Crafty Filmmaker: Frank Mannion's charm and cunning helped bring the offbeat 'Grand Theft Parsons' to fruition and thus to Sundance http://articles.latimes.com/2004/feb/15/entertainment/ca-clark15
4. Screen International: http://www.screendaily.com/in-prison-my-whole-life/4035418.article
5. Irish Independent: Victims' fury as RTÉ claims 'no appetite' for movie http://www.independent.ie/national-news/victims-fury-as-rte-claims-no-appetite-for-movie-2102876.html