Dermott Petty
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Dermott Petty is an independent filmmaker from Lisdoonvarna, Co Clare in Ireland.
He made the feature film Manband! a comedy on Ageism, Boysbands & Bad Dancing which has played at the Rat Powered Film Festival in Santa Ana, California, Chapman University in Orange, California and at the Glor music center in Ennis, Co Clare.
He wrote and directed a short movie titled Paddy Takes A Meeting which has played at the Galway Film Fleadh and Film Festivals worldwide. Also a short documentary The Last chance Saloon which won an award at the VOV film festival in Los Angeles.
In 1998 he won a Dramalogue Award for his stage direction of The Midnight Court. He has produced a television pilot detailing his early experiences as an emigrant entitled Dot Ave, and a documentary about traditional Irish Ceilidh dancing called A Gathering. He was a recipient of a grant from the Irish Film Board for his script, The Prodigal Dancer. He has ran the Boston Marathon, has lived all over the world, and won an egg and spoon race in Lisdoonvarna winning the considerable prize of one Irish pound.
[edit] External links
- IMDB
- www.glor.ie
- www.ocregister.com
