Frank Mannion

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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
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