Graham Jones (director)

This article is about the director. For other uses, see Graham Jones (disambiguation).
Graham Jones

Irish director Graham Jones
Born (1973-11-25) 25 November 1973
Dublin, Ireland
Occupation filmmaker
Years active 1996present

Graham Jones (born 25 November 1973[1]) is an award-winning Irish filmmaker.

He made his first feature film How to Cheat in the Leaving Certificate in 1997 which caused controversy when it was condemned by the Junior Minister for Education, his second Fudge 44 in 2005 which again raised questions about its treatment of Japanese interview subjects, his third The Green Marker Scare in 2012 for which he utilised children's drawings to make an animated horror film about child abuse, his fourth The Randomers in 2013 which was a romantic comedy in which the couple do not speak, his fifth Davin in 2014 dealing with the subject of suicide and his most recent movie The History Student in 2015 about a young Polish/Irish boy discovering nature.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Variety Magazine describes him as "a very talented director".[9]

References

  1. 1 2 "Graham Jones(II)". IMDb. Retrieved 2006-07-25.
  2. "The Randomers - New Irish Feature Film, 2 October 2013". Krank.ie. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  3. "The Randomers: an original, beautiful, Irish love story, 3 February 2014". Film Jam. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  4. "WATCH: Trailer for new Irish film 'The Randomers, 25 September 2013". HOT PRESS. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  5. "New Irish Horror Film Animated By Children". Slasher Studios. 22 October 2012. Retrieved 2012-10-22.
  6. "Irish horror movie animated by 10 year olds". Film Ireland Magazine. 22 October 2012. Retrieved 2012-10-22.
  7. "Growing pains and familial cultural pride are the true and spirited lessons in “The History Student”". Popoptiq. 14 September 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-21.
  8. "First Look Review - THE HISTORY STUDENT". The Movie Waffler. 16 September 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-21.
  9. Levy, Emanuel (11 August 1997). "Review of How To Cheat In The Leaving Certificate". VARIETY MAGAZINE. Retrieved 2009-12-27.

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