- Born
- John Crowley was born on August 19, 1969 in Cork, Ireland. He is a director and producer, known for Brooklyn (2015), Boy A (2007) and Intermission (2003). He is married to Fiona Weir. They have one child.
- SpouseFiona Weir(? - present) (1 child)
- In May 2005, he joined forces with British director Danny Boyle in an initiative backed by the UK Film Council which gives two screenwriters a chance to pen a feature film. Each director has their own theme and each successful writer will have their script directed by the two directors.
- After seeing Mark O'Rowe's play 'Howie the Rookie" at The Bush Theatre, he approached him and asked him had he ever considered writing a screenplay. The answer was no. Six months later, he received a phone call from O'Rowe telling him that he had written a screenplay but not to tell anyone about it. The screenplay was for Intermission (2003), which premiered in the summer of 2003.
- Directed 1 actress to an Oscar nomination: Saoirse Ronan, who is nominated for Best Actress for Brooklyn (2015).
- He was nominated for the 2005 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play for his direction of Martin McDonagh's "The Pillowman".
- In 1996 he won the Kilkenny Cream of the Ireland award for Performing Arts for his work on Double Helix.
- "It seems to me that the idea of transmitting coldness - whether deliberately or unwittingly - might offer an interesting imaginative starting point for a contemporary story, romantic, comic or tragic in tone." - On a particular theme he is eager to produce.
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