Thaddeus O'Sullivan

Thaddeus O'Sullivan (born 2 May 1947) is an Irish director, cinematographer, and screenwriter.

Early career

In the early 1980s, O'Sullivan was among a group of filmmakers who co-founded Spectre Productions, a collective that included John Ellis, Simon Hartog, Anna Ambrose, Vera Neubauer, Phil Mulloy, Keith Griffiths and Michael Whyte.

Filmography

Director

Cinematographer

• Ladder of Swords (1990)
• On the Black Hill (1987)
• Rocinante (1987)
• Anne Devlin (1984)
• Pigs (1984)
• Traveller (1981)
• On a Paving Stone Mounted (1978)

Awards

• 1990 won the Silver Rosa Camuna at the Bergamo Film Meeting for December Bride (1991)
• 1990 won the Special Prize of the Jury at the European Film Awards for December Bride (1991)
• 1990 won the FIPRESCI Prize at the Montréal World Film Festival Out-of-Competition for December Bride (1991)
• 1996 won the Audience Award at the Cherbourg-Octeville Festival of Irish & British Film for Nothing Personal (1995)

References

Further reading

• Grunert, Andrea. "Défier les traditions par le sexe : December Bride de Thaddeus O'Sullivan", in: Penny Starfield (ed.) Femmes et pouvoir, Corlet [France] 2008, p. 180-185,
• Jones, Ellen Carol. "'Heart-Mysteries There': The Films of Thaddeus O'Sullivan," in Morris Beja, Ellen Carol Jones, Cecilia Beecher Martins, José Duarte, Suzana Ramos, eds., "Cinematic Narratives: Transatlantic Perspectives," Humus, 2017, pp. 278–306.
• McLoone, Martin, December Bride: A Landscape Peopled Differently, in: James MacKillop (ed.)Contemporary Irish Cinema, Syracuse University Press, 1999, p. 40-53,
• O'Sullivan, Thaddeus, "So Truthful in the Particular," interview by Ellen Carol Jones and Morris Beja, in Morris Beja, Ellen Carol Jones, Cecilia Beecher Martins, José Duarte, Suzana Ramos, eds., "Cinematic Narratives: Transatlantic Perspectives," Humus, 2017, pp. 307–326.
• Pettitt, Lance, December Bride Cork University Press ("Ireland into Film") 2001,

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