Alan Gilsenan

Alan Gilsenan, Irish writer, director and film-maker.

A graduate of Trinity College, Dublin – he won First Class Honours in Modern English and Sociology – Gilsenan received the inaugural A.J. Leventhal Scholarship. Gilsenan was also editor of The Piranha while at Trinity. He has since made a number of award-winning documentary films about Ireland.

He is currently chairperson of the Irish Film Institute, a member of the Irish Film Board, and of the Board of the International Dance Festival Ireland.

See also

• Fedlim Mac Giolla Seanáin, Brehon and Canon lawyer, died 12 July 1507.

Director

• The Road to God Knows Where, 1988.
• God Bless America:Gore Vidal, 1995.
• All Soul's Day, 1997.
• God Bless America:Marsha Hunt, 1997.
• The Irish Empire, TV series documentary, 2000.
• Zulu 9, short film, 2001.
• The Ghost of Roger Casement, director and writer, 2002.
• Sing on Forever, director and writer, 2003.
• Timbuctu, 2004.
• The Legend of Liam Clancy, director and writer, TV mini-series documentary, 2006.
• The Asylum, 2006.
• The Hospice, director and writer, 2007.
• Paul Durcan:The Dark School, 2007.
• The Importance of Being Irish, 2008.
• The Yellow Bittern:The Life and Times of Liam Clancy, documentary, 2009.
• Treasure of the Bogs, director and writer, 2011.

Other work

• Stories from the Silence
• Prophet Songs
• Between Heaven and Woolworths
• Emerald Shoes
• The Green Fields of France
• The Road to God Knows Where II
• Eh Joe

Theatre productions

• The Patriot Game
• On The Outside/On The Inside
• The Balcony
• Small Craft Warnings
• The Book of Evidence
• What Happened Bridgie Cleary
• The Yellow Bittern

External links

• http://www.rte.ie/tv/theasylum/director.html
• http://tomtdowling.wordpress.com/2010/05/04/alan-gilsenan-director-the-10-most-important-rules-he-adheres-to-when-making-documentaries/
• http://www.state.ie/16751-film/interview-with-liam-clancy-and-alan-gilsenan
• http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0319690/