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Simon Fitzmaurice ( c. 1973 – 26 October 2017) was an Irish filmmaker. A resident of Greystones, County Wicklow, Fitzmaurice published a memoir titled It's Not Yet Dark in 2014 about his experience with motor neurone disease. He directed My Name Is Emily while living with the condition in 2015.
My Name is Emily is a 2015 Irish independent drama film written and directed by Simon Fitzmaurice in his only feature film credit; on 26 October 2017, he died after an ongoing battle with motor neurone disease. [1] [2] [3] The film stars Evanna Lynch, Michael Smiley and newcomer George Webster. 16-year-old Emily runs away from her foster home ...
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Oct 27, 2017 · In 2008, Simon Fitzmaurice was diagnosed with motor neurone disease. He was just 34-years-old. At the time, he was a young father of two, and his wife Ruth was pregnant with their third child.
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Simon Fitzmaurice. Writer: The Sound of People. Simon Fitzmaurice is an award-winning writer and film director. His films have screened at film festivals all over the world and won prizes at home and abroad. His feature film My Name is Emily won Best Cinematography at the Galway Film Fleadh, the Youth Film Award at Internationales Filmfestival ...
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Simon Fitzmaurice. Writer: The Sound of People. Simon Fitzmaurice is an award-winning writer and film director. His films have screened at film festivals all over the world and won prizes at home and abroad. His feature film My Name is Emily won Best Cinematography at the Galway Film Fleadh, the Youth Film Award at Internationales Filmfestival Schlingel, the Newport Beach Achievement Award for ...
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Oct 27, 2017 · Fri Oct 27 2017 - 08:21. Simon Fitzmaurice, the well-known film maker has died. Mr Fitzmaurice, who had motor neurone disease, was aged in his early forties. He is survived by his wife Ruth and ...
Oct 27, 2017 · Fri Oct 27 2017 - 11:22. "I'm, well, to be perfectly honest, a bit of a stubborn bastard," Simon Fitzmaurice told The Irish Times in 2016. "I believe in the power of people's ability to wake up to ...
