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  • Martin McDonagh
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  • Martin McDonagh is a playwright, filmmaker, and screenwriter with both British and Irish citizenship. He is considered to be one of the most important living Irish playwrights.
  • Martin McDonagh is an English-born Irish playwright and screenwriter best known for The Leenane Trilogy, The Lieutenant of Inishmore and the Oscar-nominated film In Bruges. The Leenane Trilogy consists of The Beauty Queen of Leenane, A Skull in Connemara, and The Lonesome West. The Aran Islands Trilogy consists of The Cripple of Inishmaan, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, and the unproduced The Banshees of Inisheer. Other plays include The Pillowman and A Behanding in Spokane. Before In Bruges, McDonagh also wrote and directed the short film Six Shooter, for which he received an Oscar for Best Short Film. His current project is the film Seven Psychopaths, which will be released in fall 2012.
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Birthloc
  • Camberwell, London, England, UK
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Role
  • Director, Screenwriter
Name
  • Martin McDonagh
Wins
  • 1
Caption
  • McDonagh at the 81st Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon
Birthdate
  • 1970-03-26
Nominations
  • 2
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  • Martin McDonagh is an English-born Irish playwright and screenwriter best known for The Leenane Trilogy, The Lieutenant of Inishmore and the Oscar-nominated film In Bruges. The Leenane Trilogy consists of The Beauty Queen of Leenane, A Skull in Connemara, and The Lonesome West. The Aran Islands Trilogy consists of The Cripple of Inishmaan, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, and the unproduced The Banshees of Inisheer. Other plays include The Pillowman and A Behanding in Spokane. Before In Bruges, McDonagh also wrote and directed the short film Six Shooter, for which he received an Oscar for Best Short Film. His current project is the film Seven Psychopaths, which will be released in fall 2012. His works are generally violent black comedies that focus on dysfunctional families, hired killers, and/or a uniquely twisted form of Small Town Boredom in County Galway (and surrounding islands) during The Troubles.
  • Martin McDonagh is a playwright, filmmaker, and screenwriter with both British and Irish citizenship. He is considered to be one of the most important living Irish playwrights.
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