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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.
- c. 1973
- 26 October 2017 (aged 43–44)
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- Irish
Oct 28, 2017 · Film director Simon Fitzmaurice remained "full of humour" and "jolly and courageous" right up until his death, despite his difficult battle with motor neurone disease (MND), his funeral Mass...
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- Ciarán D'Arcy
Oct 27, 2017 · Wicklow writer and director, Simon Fitzmaurice, has passed away at the age of 43 - just weeks after his groundbreaking documentary on Motor Neurone Disease was released.
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Oct 27, 2017 · Wicklow-born film-maker Simon Fitzmaurice has died of motor neurone disease at the age of 43.
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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.
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- Greystones, Ireland
- Simon Fitzmaurice
Oct 27, 2017 · GLOWING tributes have been paid to Irish filmmaker Simon Fitzmaurice after his death aged just 43 from Motor neurone disease. The Wicklow native’s passing comes shortly after the release It’s Not Yet Dark, an adaption of his gut-wrenching memoir detailing life with a debilitating illness.
Oct 11, 2017 · Over the last few years, Simon Fitzmaurice has become a sort of legend in Irish cultural circles. He is the stubborn mule who, after contracting motor neurone disease, refused to sit back from...
