Thaddeus O'Sullivan (born 2 May 1947) is an Irish director, cinematographer, and screenwriter.
Early career In the early 1980s, O'Sullivan was among a group of filmmakers who co-founded Spectre Productions, a collective that included John Ellis, Simon Hartog, Anna Ambrose, Vera Neubauer, Phil Mulloy, Keith Griffiths and Michael Whyte.
Filmography Director Year Title Notes 1978 On a Paving Stone Mounted Also writer 1985 The Woman Who Married Clark Gableshort film 1991 December Bride 4 Play 1 episode 1992 Tell Tale HeartsTV miniseries 1994 SeascapeTV movie 1995 Nothing Personal 1998 Witness to the Mob TV movie 2000 Ordinary Decent Criminal 2002 The Heart of Me 2004 Island at War TV miniseries Proof Series 2 (4 episodes) 2009 Into the Storm TV movie 2010 Silent Witness "Voids" 2011Stella Days 2013 Silent Witness "True Love Waits" Vera Series 3: "Prodigal Son" 2014Call the Midwife "Christmas Special" Vera Series 4: "On Harbour Street" The Crimson Field Episodes 5 & 6 Amber 2015Call the Midwife Series 4: Episode 1 2016Shetland Series 3Episode 1, Episode 2, Episode 32021-2023Hidden AssetsSeries 1 and 2 2023The Miracle Club Cinematographer Year Title 1978 On a Paving Stone Mounted 1981Traveller1984Anne Devlin Pigs 1987 On the Black Hill Rocinante 1990 Ladder of Swords
Awards 1990 won the Silver Rosa Camuna at the Bergamo Film Meeting for December Bride (1991) 1990 won the Special Prize of the Jury at the European Film Awards for December Bride (1991) 1990 won the FIPRESCI Prize at the Montréal World Film Festival Out-of-Competition for December Bride (1991) 1996 won the Audience Award at the Cherbourg-Octeville Festival of Irish & British Film for Nothing Personal (1995)
References
Further reading Grunert, Andrea. "Défier les traditions par le sexe : December Bride de Thaddeus O'Sullivan", in: Penny Starfield (ed.) Femmes et pouvoir, Corlet [France] 2008, p. 180-185, Jones, Ellen Carol. "'Heart-Mysteries There': The Films of Thaddeus O'Sullivan," in Morris Beja, Ellen Carol Jones, Cecilia Beecher Martins, José Duarte, Suzana Ramos, eds., "Cinematic Narratives: Transatlantic Perspectives," Humus, 2017, pp. 278–306. McLoone, Martin, December Bride: A Landscape Peopled Differently, in: James MacKillop (ed.)Contemporary Irish Cinema, Syracuse University Press, 1999, p. 40-53, O'Sullivan, Thaddeus, "So Truthful in the Particular," interview by Ellen Carol Jones and Morris Beja, in Morris Beja, Ellen Carol Jones, Cecilia Beecher Martins, José Duarte, Suzana Ramos, eds., "Cinematic Narratives: Transatlantic Perspectives," Humus, 2017, pp. 307–326. Pettitt, Lance, December Bride Cork University Press ("Ireland into Film") 2001,
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