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John McDonnell is a film producer based in Dublin, Ireland. Together with Brendan McCarthy, McDonnell runs the Oscar-winning production company Fantastic Films (Ireland)
McDonnell is one of Ireland most experienced producers. In 2000, he founded Fantastic Films (Ireland) and since the company's inception McDonnell has produced and collaborated on a diverse range of film projects, receiving over 60 international awards, including an Oscar™ in 2006 for Martin McDonagh short film, Six Shooter (film).
Recent films include The Last Days on Mars (2013), the debut feature film from Oscar-nominated Irish director Ruairí Robinson, selected for Directors' Fortnight at Cannes Film Festival, 2013; the award-winning comedy-horror Stitches (movie) 2012, directed by Conor McMahon and starring Ross Noble and Tommy Knight, the Bollywood hit Ek Tha Tiger 2012, directed by Kabir Khan (director) and starring Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif, the critically acclaimed Hammer Horror Wake Wood 2011, directed by David Keating and starring Timothy Spall, Aidan Gillen and Eva Birthistle and Outcast (2010 film) directed by Colm McCarthy (director) and starring James Nesbitt, Kate Dickie and fellow Scottish actress Hannah Stanbridge, who received a Scottish BAFTA for her role in the film.
McDonnell recently executive produced the Sundance Film Festival awarding-winning documentary THE SUMMIT, written by Mark Monroe and directed by Nick Ryan and beActive Media's BEAT GIRL a transmedia series, available on several platforms, including TV, the web, smart phone app, a novel and now a feature film.
Nominated as Irish “Producer on the Move” in Cannes 2006., McDonnell is an active participant in the ACE Producers Network, a founding member of the Irish Film and Television Academy, a regular juror for the Irish Film and Television Awards and a recent participant on the prestigious producer course Inside Pictures.
In 2008, McDonnell received his Hons MA in Screenwriting from Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology and regularly designs courses for Screen Training Ireland. He has also lectured in Film at Trinity College, Dublin and DLIADT, Dublin.
(1995)
(Location Manager)
McDonnell is one of Ireland most experienced producers. In 2000, he founded Fantastic Films (Ireland) and since the company's inception McDonnell has produced and collaborated on a diverse range of film projects, receiving over 60 international awards, including an Oscar™ in 2006 for Martin McDonagh short film, Six Shooter (film).
Recent films include The Last Days on Mars (2013), the debut feature film from Oscar-nominated Irish director Ruairí Robinson, selected for Directors' Fortnight at Cannes Film Festival, 2013; the award-winning comedy-horror Stitches (movie) 2012, directed by Conor McMahon and starring Ross Noble and Tommy Knight, the Bollywood hit Ek Tha Tiger 2012, directed by Kabir Khan (director) and starring Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif, the critically acclaimed Hammer Horror Wake Wood 2011, directed by David Keating and starring Timothy Spall, Aidan Gillen and Eva Birthistle and Outcast (2010 film) directed by Colm McCarthy (director) and starring James Nesbitt, Kate Dickie and fellow Scottish actress Hannah Stanbridge, who received a Scottish BAFTA for her role in the film.
McDonnell recently executive produced the Sundance Film Festival awarding-winning documentary THE SUMMIT, written by Mark Monroe and directed by Nick Ryan and beActive Media's BEAT GIRL a transmedia series, available on several platforms, including TV, the web, smart phone app, a novel and now a feature film.
Nominated as Irish “Producer on the Move” in Cannes 2006., McDonnell is an active participant in the ACE Producers Network, a founding member of the Irish Film and Television Academy, a regular juror for the Irish Film and Television Awards and a recent participant on the prestigious producer course Inside Pictures.
In 2008, McDonnell received his Hons MA in Screenwriting from Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology and regularly designs courses for Screen Training Ireland. He has also lectured in Film at Trinity College, Dublin and DLIADT, Dublin.
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Stitches (2012)
, 1h26Origin United-kingdom
Genres Fantastic, Horror comedy, Horror, Slasher
Themes Comedy horror films
Actors Tommy Knight, John McDonnell, Gemma-Leah Devereux
Roles The Motley
Rating57%
Richard Grindle (Ross Noble), a clown with the stage name "Stitches", makes out with a woman in his van. During sex, the woman notices an egg with a face painted on it encased in a glass tube. Stitches explains that "they" made him do it when he signed up. Stitches arrives late at Tom's (Ryan Burke) birthday, and attempts to entertain the children, but they instead ridicule him. Vinny (Gerald Ahern) ties Stitches' shoelaces together, causing him to trip and land on a kitchen knife. Stitches stands up and attempts to attack the children, but instead he slips on his own blood and the knife flies above him. Stitches falls onto the floor as the knife falls onto his eye, killing him. Tom visits Stitches' grave and finds a group of clowns performing a ritual, and the group's leader, The Motley, threatens Tom.
Pelican Blood (2010)
, 1h34Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Arthur Darvill, Oona Chaplin, Harry Treadaway, Christopher Fulford, Emma Booth, Daniel Hawksford
Rating62%
48 Angels (2006)
, 1h32Genres Drama
Actors Shane Brolly, John Travers, Seán McGinley, Tom Murphy, John McDonnell
Rating54%
Seamus (Ciaran Flynn) is a 9 year old boy who has been diagnosed with a serious illness. In search of a miracle, he sets off to find God before God comes for him. Inspired by Saint Columcille and his journey to the island of Iona, Seamus sets out in a small boat without oars or sail. On his quest he encounters James (John Travers) and Darry (Shane Brolly). Despite initial conflict, the trio decide to stay together and enter upon a journey that results in the healing of hearts and minds.
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Vivarium (2020)
, 1h37Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Horror
Actors Imogen Poots, Jesse Eisenberg, Danielle Ryan
Roles Producer
Rating59%
À la recherche de leur première maison, un jeune couple effectue une visite en compagnie d’un mystérieux agent immobilier et se retrouve pris au piège dans un étrange lotissement…
Muse (2017)
, 1h47Directed by Jaume Balagueró
Origin Espagne
Genres Thriller, Fantastic, Horror
Actors Elliot Cowan, Franka Potente, Ana Ularu, Leonor Watling, Manuela Vellés, Joanne Whalley
Roles Producer
Rating54%
Après le décès de sa fiancée, Samuel Solomon, un professeur de littérature, s'est isolé pour faire son deuil. Mais il est hanté chaque nuit par un cauchemar récurrent : celui d'une femme assassinée lors d'un rituel macabre.
I Am Not a Serial Killer (2016)
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Horror
Actors Christopher Lloyd, Max Records, Laura Fraser, Tim Russell, Karl Geary, Bruce Bohne
Roles Executive Producer
Rating62%
Dans une ville enneigée, un adolescent vivant dans un crématorium est convaincu, au fond de lui, d’être voué à un destin de serial killer, se lance sur les traces d’un tueur.
The Hallow (2015)
, 1h37Directed by Corin Hardy
Origin Irlande
Genres Fantasy, Horror
Actors Joseph Mawle, Bojana Novakovic, Michael McElhatton, Stuart Graham, Michael Smiley
Roles Co-Producer
Rating57%
When he ignores the warnings of locals, a British conservationist and his family encounter demonic creatures in an Irish forest.
Let Us Prey (2014)
, 1h32Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Horror
Actors Liam Cunningham, Jonathan Watson, Pollyanna McIntosh, Bryan Larkin, Hanna Stanbridge
Roles Producer
Rating57%
A mysterious man, known only as Six (Liam Cunningham), arrives in a remote part of Scotland and soon finds himself in the cells of the local police station. As the clock marches on towards midnight, all the deepest, darkest secrets of the criminals and officers in the building are laid bare, causing them to turn violently on each other.
The Last Days on Mars (2013)
, 1h38Directed by Ruairí Robinson
Origin Irlande
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Horror
Themes Space adventure films, Medical-themed films, Dans l'espace, Mars in film, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life, Disaster films
Actors Liev Schreiber, Romola Garai, Elias Koteas, Olivia Williams, Johnny Harris, Johnny Harris
Roles Co-Producer
Rating55%
In the 2040s, a Martian research base, Tantalus Base outpost, is created. The eight person crew, who have been stationed there for six months, are only nineteen hours from the completion of their research mission. The spacecraft Aurora is inbound from Earth and will collect the team by lander from a prearranged site. Mars scientist Marko Petrović has found samples that may point to life on the planet. Without revealing his discovery, he devises a ruse for one last sojourn on the surface. Crewmate Richard Harrington drives Petrović in a solar powered rover to the spot where he had found the sample. After he obtains soil with the biological agent present, a fissure swallows Petrović.
The Summit (2013)
Genres Documentary, Adventure
Themes Sports films, Documentary films about sports, Documentary films about historical events, Disaster films
Roles Executive producer
Rating67%
The disaster occurred between 1 and 2 August 2008 and cost 11 lives. During the ascent of the summit a climber falls to his death in the Bottleneck. When three climbers try to collect the body one of them also falls to his death. These occurrences lead to a delay in the summit attempt that strands several climbers for the night above the Bottleneck, in the "deathzone" (above 8000 meters), due to a serac fall killing one more climber. The documentary takes a closer look at the more unknown happenings during the night and the next day leading to another eight deaths.
Collider (2013)
, 1h19Genres Science fiction
Themes Time travel films, Films set in the future, Disaster films
Actors Iain Robertson, Jamie Maclachlan, Teresa Tavares
Roles Producer
Rating35%
The Large Hadron Collider research at CERN was on the verge of a breakthrough in regards to black holes. Scientists believed that they would be able to control the micro black holes once created but Peter Ansay, a young genius in quantum physics thought differently. His report brought up astounding conclusions that the current research on the radiation phenomenon was inaccurate and that if they were actually able to create these black holes, the level of radiation would be so significantly lower than anticipated that they would literally implode in on themselves, taking all surrounding matter with them.
Ek Tha Tiger (2012)
, 2h12Directed by Kabir Khan
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Spy, Romance
Themes Spy films, Politique, Transport films, Political films, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, Ranvir Shorey, Usha Uthup, Girish Karnad, Roshan Seth
Roles Executive Producer
Rating56%
An agent code-named "Tiger" (Salman Khan) – India's top spy and an officer of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) – is conducting a mission in northern Iraq. Tiger is forced to kill one of his own men who has defected to Pakistan's spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). He subsequently kills many ISI agents in his escape from Iraq.
Stitches (2012)
, 1h26Origin United-kingdom
Genres Fantastic, Horror comedy, Horror, Slasher
Themes Comedy horror films
Actors Tommy Knight, John McDonnell, Gemma-Leah Devereux
Roles Producer
Rating57%
Richard Grindle (Ross Noble), a clown with the stage name "Stitches", makes out with a woman in his van. During sex, the woman notices an egg with a face painted on it encased in a glass tube. Stitches explains that "they" made him do it when he signed up. Stitches arrives late at Tom's (Ryan Burke) birthday, and attempts to entertain the children, but they instead ridicule him. Vinny (Gerald Ahern) ties Stitches' shoelaces together, causing him to trip and land on a kitchen knife. Stitches stands up and attempts to attack the children, but instead he slips on his own blood and the knife flies above him. Stitches falls onto the floor as the knife falls onto his eye, killing him. Tom visits Stitches' grave and finds a group of clowns performing a ritual, and the group's leader, The Motley, threatens Tom.
Wake Wood (2011)
, 1h30Origin Irlande
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Actors Timothy Spall, Aidan Gillen, Eva Birthistle, Brian Gleeson, Briain Gleeson, Dan Gordon
Roles Producer
Rating55%
Little Alice Daley is mauled to death by a German Shepherd dog in the yard of her father Patrick's veterinary practice. After her death, Patrick and his wife Louise, a pharmacist, move to a rural village called Wakewood, where they struggle to cope with the loss of their only child (Louise cannot have any more children). The couple's car mysteriously breaks down one evening in the middle of nowhere and they go to the nearby house of Patrick's veterinary colleague, Arthur, to seek help. There Louise witnesses Arthur leading a strange and bloody pagan ritual but refuses to say anything to Patrick. It becomes apparent that something strange is happening in town and that Arthur knows that Louise saw the ritual.
Zonad (2010)
Directed by John Carney
Genres Comedy
Actors Simon Delaney, David Murray, Don Wycherley
Roles Producer
Rating52%
A story about an escaped convict who fools a whole Irish village into thinking he's a visitor from outer space. Zonad, a strange visitor comes to the town of Ballymoran, is taken in by the Cassidy family and accepted by the locals as an extraterrestrial.