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| + | |name = Frank McGuinness |
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| + | |Born = July 29, 1953 |
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| + | |Place = Buncrana, County Donegal, Ireland |
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| + | |Occupation = Producer, director |
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| + | |Years active = 1987-2015 |
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| + | |Appearances = Writer: 1 episode, 1996-2002 |
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| + | |Roles = Writer: 1 episode, 1996-2002 |
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| + | [[Frank McGuinness]] is a production manager and writer, known for "Dancing at Lughnasa" (1998), A Short Stay in Switzerland (2009) and "Lexx: Dark Zone" (1996). |
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| + | McGuinness was born in Buncrana, Co Donegal. He has written extensively for the Irish theatre, both original scripts and translations. His awards include the London Evening Standard Award for most promising playwright for Observe the Sons of Ulster in 1985, and a Tony Award for his 1997 adaptation of Ibsen's A Doll's House. He has published several volumes of poetry and wrote the screenplay for Pat O'Connor's 1998 film version of Friel's Dancing at Lughnasa. He is a writer-in-residence at UCD. He lives in Dublin. |
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| + | McGuinness has written a number of film scripts. His script for the Oscar-winning "Dancing at Lughnasa" (Dir. Pat O'Connor, 2005) was an adaptation of the play of the same title by Brian Friel. This film's "most significant transformation of the play", one critic has pointed out, is the shifting of a defining dancing scene from the end of the first Act, to the end of the story, which "reveals the defining principle of the film: it turns memory into ritual".[39] McGuinness was also the author of the original script for "Talk of Angels", the cinema adaptation of Kate O'Brien's banned novel "Mary Lavelle", although the script was considerably modified in the final production. |
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| + | Discussing his childhood, McGuinness has explained that, while there were no books around when he was growing up, in addition to newspapers, they had "television, which is the great subverter, a wonderful wonderful (sic) source of entertainment at the time".[41] His television films include 'Scout' (BBC 1987), directed by Danny Boyle, about the talent scout for the football team Manchester United in Northern Ireland, and 'A Song for Jenny' (BBC 2015), adapted from Julie Nicholson's book of the same title, about the aftermath of the 2005 islamist terrorist bombings in London. McGuinness was also the scriptwriter for the ground-breaking television film "A Short Stay in Switzerland" (BBC 2009), dealing with euthanasia. In addition, McGuinness has scripted a number of documentaries for television, including "The Messiah XXI" (RTE 2000), commemorating the premiere of Handel's oratorio 'Messiah' in Dublin in 1791, and "Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde" (RTE 2004), celebrating the Irish writer. |
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| + | ==Lexx TV Series== |
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| + | Frank McGuinness was writer of 1 episodes [[Lexx]]: |
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| + | * [[Viva Lexx Vegas]] (2002) writer |
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| + | ==See also== |
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| + | * [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0570128/ Frank McGuinness] on IMDb |
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| Frank McGuinness | |
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 Frank McGuinness | |
| Person of series LEXX | |
| Born | July 29, 1953 |
| Place | Buncrana, County Donegal, Ireland |
| Occupation | Producer, director |
| Years active | 1987-2015 |
| Appearances | Writer: 1 episode, 1996-2002 |
| Roles | Writer: 1 episode, 1996-2002 |
| Additional Info | |
| IMDb | Frank McGuinness |
| Images: | Category:Frank McGuinness/images |
| See: | Category:Lexx staff |
| Notes: | - |
Frank McGuinness is a production manager and writer, known for "Dancing at Lughnasa" (1998), A Short Stay in Switzerland (2009) and "Lexx: Dark Zone" (1996).
Career
McGuinness was born in Buncrana, Co Donegal. He has written extensively for the Irish theatre, both original scripts and translations. His awards include the London Evening Standard Award for most promising playwright for Observe the Sons of Ulster in 1985, and a Tony Award for his 1997 adaptation of Ibsen's A Doll's House. He has published several volumes of poetry and wrote the screenplay for Pat O'Connor's 1998 film version of Friel's Dancing at Lughnasa. He is a writer-in-residence at UCD. He lives in Dublin.
McGuinness has written a number of film scripts. His script for the Oscar-winning "Dancing at Lughnasa" (Dir. Pat O'Connor, 2005) was an adaptation of the play of the same title by Brian Friel. This film's "most significant transformation of the play", one critic has pointed out, is the shifting of a defining dancing scene from the end of the first Act, to the end of the story, which "reveals the defining principle of the film: it turns memory into ritual".[39] McGuinness was also the author of the original script for "Talk of Angels", the cinema adaptation of Kate O'Brien's banned novel "Mary Lavelle", although the script was considerably modified in the final production.
Discussing his childhood, McGuinness has explained that, while there were no books around when he was growing up, in addition to newspapers, they had "television, which is the great subverter, a wonderful wonderful (sic) source of entertainment at the time".[41] His television films include 'Scout' (BBC 1987), directed by Danny Boyle, about the talent scout for the football team Manchester United in Northern Ireland, and 'A Song for Jenny' (BBC 2015), adapted from Julie Nicholson's book of the same title, about the aftermath of the 2005 islamist terrorist bombings in London. McGuinness was also the scriptwriter for the ground-breaking television film "A Short Stay in Switzerland" (BBC 2009), dealing with euthanasia. In addition, McGuinness has scripted a number of documentaries for television, including "The Messiah XXI" (RTE 2000), commemorating the premiere of Handel's oratorio 'Messiah' in Dublin in 1791, and "Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde" (RTE 2004), celebrating the Irish writer.
Lexx TV Series
Frank McGuinness was writer of 1 episodes Lexx:
- Viva Lexx Vegas (2002) writer
See also
- Frank McGuinness on IMDb