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John Carney is a Director, Scriptwriter, Producer and Music Irlandais born on 1 january 1972 at Dublin (Irlande)

John Carney

John Carney
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Nationality Irlande
Birth 1 january 1972 (52 years) at Dublin (Irlande)

John Carney (born 1972) is an Irish film and TV writer/director who specialises in low-budget indie films. He is best known for his award-winning 2007 movie Once. He is also a co-creator of the Irish TV drama series Bachelors Walk.

Biography

John Carney débute comme bassiste du groupe irlandais de rock The Frames entre 1991 et 1993, dont il réalise aussi les clips vidéo. Il écrit et dirige ensuite deux courts métrages avant de se lancer dans la fabrication de son premier film. Avec Tom Hall, il écrit et dirige November Afternoon, son premier long métrage, en 1996. Le film reçut un très bon accueil au point de se voir décerner le prix du meilleur film irlandais de l’année par le Irish Times. Il s’agit d’un film à petit budget, tourné en noir et blanc qui raconte l’histoire de deux couples dont les relations commencent à s’effriter au cours d’un week-end. Carney a de plus écrit un morceau de jazz inséré dans la musique du film.

Le film suivant est un drame du nom de Park qui fut projeté pour la première fois lors du Dublin Film Festival de 1999. De nouveau coécrit et coréalisé avec Tom Hall, il raconte l’histoire d’une fille violée par un pédophile. Le film n’eu que peu de succès.

Deux ans plus tard, en 2001, il coécrit et dirige On the Edge. Le film est joué par Cillian Murphy et Stephen Rea et est produit par Universal Studios. Il reçut le prix du Hitchcock d'argent au Festival du film britannique de Dinard en 2001. Le nom du film a été changé pour la sortie aux États-Unis en Catch the Sun.

La même année il coécrit et codirige (avec son frère Ciarán Carney et Tom Hall) l’énorme succès de la télévision irlandaise RTÉ Bachelors Walk. Cette série qui va durer trois ans est un des plus gros succès de l’histoire de la télévision irlandaise.

En 2003, il coécrit et codirige le film Zonad avec Ciarán Carney et Tom Hall. C’est l’histoire d’un condamné évadé de prison qui fait croire à tous les habitants d’un petit village irlandais qu’il est un extraterrestre. Le film qui met en scène les acteurs Simon Delaney and Cillian Murphy est un film à très petit budget et n’est jamais sorti sur les écrans.

John Carney réalise ensuite Once, qui sort en 2007. Cette comédie musicale met en scène le leader des Frames, Glen Hansard et Markéta Irglová, une musicienne tchèque. La première projection du film eu lieu au Galway Film Fleadh, mais la première officielle du film se fit lors du Festival du film de Sundance en janvier 2007. Il y gagne d’ailleurs le prix du meilleur film international. Once est un succès phénoménal, gagnant 7 millions de dollars lors de ses trois premiers mois de distribution dans le monde.

Best films

Begin Again (2013)
(Director)
Once (2007)
(Director)

Usually with

Judd Apatow
Judd Apatow
(2 films)
Don Wycherley
Don Wycherley
(2 films)
Mark Ruffalo
Mark Ruffalo
(1 films)
Glen Hansard
Glen Hansard
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of John Carney (5 films)

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Director

Sing Street, 1h46
Directed by John Carney
Origin Irlande
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical, Romance
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Teen movie
Actors Lucy Boynton, Jack Reynor, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Don Wycherley, Aidan Gillen, Keith McErlean
Rating78% 3.949543.949543.949543.949543.94954
Dublin, en 1985, Conor Lawlor (Ferdia Walsh-Peelo ), un jeune lycéen de 15 ans, est contraint de changer de lycée car ses parents, touchés par la crise économique, n'ont plus d'argent pour payer ses études. Dans ce nouvel établissement, il subit l'ambiance désastreuse du lycée religieux « Synge Street ». Inspiré par les groupes mythiques de l'époque tels que The Cure, Duran Duran ou encore A-ha, le jeune garçon forme un groupe de musique avec l'aide de ses nouveaux camarades et de son grand frère Brendan (Jack Reynor), pour séduire la belle et mystérieuse mannequin Raphina (Lucy Boynton).
Begin Again, 1h41
Directed by John Carney
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Keira Knightley, Mark Ruffalo, Hailee Steinfeld, Adam Levine, Catherine Keener, Mos Def
Rating73% 3.698243.698243.698243.698243.69824
Dan Mulligann (Mark Ruffalo) is a formerly successful record label executive living in New York City who is estranged from his wife Miriam and struggling to keep up with the changing music industry. After being fired from his job, he goes on a drinking binge which leads him to a bar in the Lower East Side where he encounters Gretta James (Keira Knightley). Gretta is a young and fiercely independent songwriter who has just broken up with her long-time boyfriend and songwriting partner Dave Kohl (Adam Levine), a newly successful musician who had an affair with one of his producers' assistants. Captivated by Gretta's music, Dan offers to sign her to his former record label, and although she initially refuses she reconsiders the offer and agrees.
Zonad
Zonad (2010)

Directed by John Carney
Genres Comedy
Actors Simon Delaney, David Murray, Don Wycherley
Rating52% 2.612822.612822.612822.612822.61282
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.
Once
Once (2007)
, 1h25
Directed by John Carney
Origin Irlande
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Markéta Irglová, Glen Hansard
Rating77% 3.897843.897843.897843.897843.89784
A thirty-something Dublin busker ("Guy", played by Glen Hansard) sings and plays guitar on Grafton Street, a Dublin shopping district. He struggles with the trials of performing on the street. Lured by his music, an unnamed young Czech immigrant flower seller ("Girl", played by Markéta Irglová) talks to him about his songs. Delighted to learn that he also repairs Hoovers (a brand name that became synonymous with vacuum cleaners in the United Kingdom and Ireland), she insists that he fix her broken vacuum cleaner.
On the Edge, 1h26
Directed by John Carney
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry
Actors Cillian Murphy, Tricia Vessey, Jonathan Jackson, Stephen Rea, Camille O'Sullivan, Anna Manahan
Rating68% 3.4480853.4480853.4480853.4480853.448085
Within a space of 24 hours, Jonathan Breech (Murphy) attends his father's funeral, gets high, steals a car, picks up someone else's girlfriend, dumps her on the side of the road and then drives himself off a cliff. Having suffered no more than a broken finger, he is faced with either a spell in prison or a stay in a psychiatric hospital. Donning blinkers and pyjamas, he puts himself into the care of Dr Figure (Rea), making it clear he's there for a holiday and not an evaluation. But as Jonathan reluctantly agrees to attend Dr Figure's therapy sessions, and comes into contact with fellow patients Rachel (Vessey) and Toby (Jackson), he begins to rethink his attitude on life.

Scriptwriter

Sing Street, 1h46
Directed by John Carney
Origin Irlande
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical, Romance
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Teen movie
Actors Lucy Boynton, Jack Reynor, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Don Wycherley, Aidan Gillen, Keith McErlean
Roles Writer
Rating78% 3.949543.949543.949543.949543.94954
Dublin, en 1985, Conor Lawlor (Ferdia Walsh-Peelo ), un jeune lycéen de 15 ans, est contraint de changer de lycée car ses parents, touchés par la crise économique, n'ont plus d'argent pour payer ses études. Dans ce nouvel établissement, il subit l'ambiance désastreuse du lycée religieux « Synge Street ». Inspiré par les groupes mythiques de l'époque tels que The Cure, Duran Duran ou encore A-ha, le jeune garçon forme un groupe de musique avec l'aide de ses nouveaux camarades et de son grand frère Brendan (Jack Reynor), pour séduire la belle et mystérieuse mannequin Raphina (Lucy Boynton).
Begin Again, 1h41
Directed by John Carney
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Keira Knightley, Mark Ruffalo, Hailee Steinfeld, Adam Levine, Catherine Keener, Mos Def
Roles Writer
Rating73% 3.698243.698243.698243.698243.69824
Dan Mulligann (Mark Ruffalo) is a formerly successful record label executive living in New York City who is estranged from his wife Miriam and struggling to keep up with the changing music industry. After being fired from his job, he goes on a drinking binge which leads him to a bar in the Lower East Side where he encounters Gretta James (Keira Knightley). Gretta is a young and fiercely independent songwriter who has just broken up with her long-time boyfriend and songwriting partner Dave Kohl (Adam Levine), a newly successful musician who had an affair with one of his producers' assistants. Captivated by Gretta's music, Dan offers to sign her to his former record label, and although she initially refuses she reconsiders the offer and agrees.
Zonad
Zonad (2010)

Directed by John Carney
Genres Comedy
Actors Simon Delaney, David Murray, Don Wycherley
Rating52% 2.612822.612822.612822.612822.61282
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.
Once
Once (2007)
, 1h25
Directed by John Carney
Origin Irlande
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Markéta Irglová, Glen Hansard
Rating77% 3.897843.897843.897843.897843.89784
A thirty-something Dublin busker ("Guy", played by Glen Hansard) sings and plays guitar on Grafton Street, a Dublin shopping district. He struggles with the trials of performing on the street. Lured by his music, an unnamed young Czech immigrant flower seller ("Girl", played by Markéta Irglová) talks to him about his songs. Delighted to learn that he also repairs Hoovers (a brand name that became synonymous with vacuum cleaners in the United Kingdom and Ireland), she insists that he fix her broken vacuum cleaner.
On the Edge, 1h26
Directed by John Carney
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry
Actors Cillian Murphy, Tricia Vessey, Jonathan Jackson, Stephen Rea, Camille O'Sullivan, Anna Manahan
Roles Writer
Rating68% 3.4480853.4480853.4480853.4480853.448085
Within a space of 24 hours, Jonathan Breech (Murphy) attends his father's funeral, gets high, steals a car, picks up someone else's girlfriend, dumps her on the side of the road and then drives himself off a cliff. Having suffered no more than a broken finger, he is faced with either a spell in prison or a stay in a psychiatric hospital. Donning blinkers and pyjamas, he puts himself into the care of Dr Figure (Rea), making it clear he's there for a holiday and not an evaluation. But as Jonathan reluctantly agrees to attend Dr Figure's therapy sessions, and comes into contact with fellow patients Rachel (Vessey) and Toby (Jackson), he begins to rethink his attitude on life.

Producer

Sing Street, 1h46
Directed by John Carney
Origin Irlande
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical, Romance
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Teen movie
Actors Lucy Boynton, Jack Reynor, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Don Wycherley, Aidan Gillen, Keith McErlean
Roles Producer
Rating78% 3.949543.949543.949543.949543.94954
Dublin, en 1985, Conor Lawlor (Ferdia Walsh-Peelo ), un jeune lycéen de 15 ans, est contraint de changer de lycée car ses parents, touchés par la crise économique, n'ont plus d'argent pour payer ses études. Dans ce nouvel établissement, il subit l'ambiance désastreuse du lycée religieux « Synge Street ». Inspiré par les groupes mythiques de l'époque tels que The Cure, Duran Duran ou encore A-ha, le jeune garçon forme un groupe de musique avec l'aide de ses nouveaux camarades et de son grand frère Brendan (Jack Reynor), pour séduire la belle et mystérieuse mannequin Raphina (Lucy Boynton).

Sound

On the Edge, 1h26
Directed by John Carney
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry
Actors Cillian Murphy, Tricia Vessey, Jonathan Jackson, Stephen Rea, Camille O'Sullivan, Anna Manahan
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating68% 3.4480853.4480853.4480853.4480853.448085
Within a space of 24 hours, Jonathan Breech (Murphy) attends his father's funeral, gets high, steals a car, picks up someone else's girlfriend, dumps her on the side of the road and then drives himself off a cliff. Having suffered no more than a broken finger, he is faced with either a spell in prison or a stay in a psychiatric hospital. Donning blinkers and pyjamas, he puts himself into the care of Dr Figure (Rea), making it clear he's there for a holiday and not an evaluation. But as Jonathan reluctantly agrees to attend Dr Figure's therapy sessions, and comes into contact with fellow patients Rachel (Vessey) and Toby (Jackson), he begins to rethink his attitude on life.