David Gleeson

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David Gleeson (born 21 December 1966 in Limerick) is an irish film director and writer.

[edit] Biography

David Gleeson is third generation cinema. His grandfather opened up a theater in the early forties and his father carried on in the same business, opening up several more screens across the south west of Ireland. He began his career at the age of nineteen writing and directing theater in Limerick City.

A few years later he entered the North Sea oil industry where he worked to finance a short film. He became so enamoured with the oil industry that he spent a total of seven years off-shore as a "North Sea Tiger". During that time he worked all over the North Sea and made history by being a crew member on the first oil exploration vessel ever to explore deep inside the arctic circle.

In the mid nineties David moved to New York City where he met his producing partner and future wife, Nathalie Lichtenthaler. While in New York they formed "Wide Eye Films" and produced their first short film together "Feels Like Home". David wrote and directed one other short film, "Hunted" prior to writing and directing his feature debut, "Cowboys and Angels".

Cowboys and Angels (2003), a youth comedy/drama set in his native Limerick, was released in cinemas across Ireland by Buena Vista Int. The film has since been released worldwide and has won eight international film awards including Best Screenplay at Newport Beach (U.S.) and two Gold Medal Awards at Giffoni (Italy).

David's most recent film is The Front Line released in 2006. Winner of Best Film at The Salerno Film Festival in Italy and the Bernhard Wicki Preis at Emden in Germany.