Lance Daly

Lance Daly is an Irish film director, screenwriter and producer.^[1][2][3]

Lance Daly
Daly at ADIFF 2018
Born	Dublin, Ireland
Nationality	Irish
Occupation(s)	film director, screenwriter, film producer
Years active	2001–present
Notable work	Kisses, Black '47

Biography

Daly was born and raised in Dublin.^[4] He acted occasionally in his youth, including a role as a harmonica-playing extra in The Commitments (1991). He studied communications studies at Dublin City University.^[5]

Daly won an IFTA for his first major film, Kisses. According to Paul Whitington (Irish Independent), "Daly was one of a new generation of filmmakers who emerged in the mid-2000s determined to move beyond the stodgy, word-heavy traditions of Irish cinema. In films like Kisses (2008), he used visual lyricism and cinematic storytelling to great effect."^[6][7]

In 2013, together with Kirsten Sheridan and John Carney, he established The Factory, a multi-purpose space focusing on film production, in Dublin's docklands.^[8]

Black '47, a 2018 revenge film set during Ireland's Great Famine, was a commercial and critical success.^[9][10]

Filmography

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer	Notes
2001	Last Days in Dublin	Yes	Yes	Yes	Directorial debut
2004	The Halo Effect	Yes	Yes	No
2008	Kisses	Yes	Yes	Yes	Won IFTA for Best Director
2009	The Pagan Queen	No	Yes	No	Czech historical drama
2011	The Good Doctor	Yes	No	No
2013	Life's a Breeze	Yes	Yes	Yes
2018	Black '47	Yes	Yes	No

References

1. "Lance Daly". SDGI Updated.
2. Hill, John (7 May 2019). A Companion to British and Irish Cinema. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781118482834 – via Google Books.
3. Gillespie, Michael Patrick (19 January 2009). The Myth of an Irish Cinema: Approaching Irish-Themed Films. Syracuse University Press. ISBN 9780815631934 – via Google Books.
4. "Lance Daly: "I loved the idea of painting the Irish as the Indians" - The Irish World". Archived from the original on 5 October 2018.
5. "I had to be a total b****cks to make the picture work". The Irish Times.
6. Whitington, Paul (6 September 2018). "'We got into week two and I was like, oh my God, what have I done?' - Lance Daly on directing Black 47 set during Famine". Irish Independent. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
7. Conolly, Jez; Whelan, Caroline (9 March 2011). World Film Locations: Dublin. Intellect Books. ISBN 9781841505503 – via Google Books.
8. "TUTORS".
9. Bradshaw, Peter (26 September 2018). "Black 47 review – brutal revenge amid the horror of the Irish famine" – via www.theguardian.com.
10. "BLACK 47 PODCAST - LANCE DALY". 13 September 2018.

External links

• Lance Daly at IMDb
• Lance Daly on Twitter