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SIMON FITZMAURICE was an award-winning writer and film director. His debut memoir, It’s Not Yet Dark, was a #1 bestseller upon its release Ireland, has been nominated for the Bord Gáis Book of the Year Award, and was ranked #2 in Liveline’s Writer’s Book of the Year. His films have screened at film festivals all over the world and won prizes at home and abroad, including Best Short Film ...
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 ...
Jan 31, 2017 · By Duane Byrge. January 31, 2017 3:26pm. It’s Not Yet Dark is a heartfelt and stirring documentary about the extraordinary love for life of Simon Fitzmaurice, an Irish writer and filmmaker ...
Jul 4, 2015 · Five years ago Simon Fitzmaurice was diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND). Despite being completely paralysed and only able to communicate with his eyes, he is still directing his first ...
Aug 4, 2017 · Simon Fitzmaurice and his wife, Ruth Fitzmaurice, in It’s Not Yet Dark. FilmRise. Soberly and sincerely narrated with more than the usual professional polish by Colin Farrell, It’s Not Yet ...
Dec 2, 2013 · This philosophy belongs to Simon Fitzmaurice, a 39-year-old award-winning Irish filmmaker. He is a poet, a storyteller, an artist. He has a love for life and a passion for his craft unlike any ...
Oct 27, 2017 · Simon Fitzmaurice has died. The well-known Irish film director and author Simon Fitzmaurice has died at the age of 43. Fitzmaurice, who was in his early forties, directed two shorts, including one ...
