Dermott Petty is an independent filmmaker from Lisdoonvarna, County Clare in Ireland.
Film career
In 1998 Petty won a Dramalogue Award for his stage direction of The Midnight Court. He produced a television pilot detailing his early experiences as an emigrant entitled Dot Ave, and a documentary about traditional Irish Ceilidh dancing called A Gathering. He was a recipient of a grant from the Irish Film Board for his script, The Prodigal Dancer.
He wrote and directed a short film entitled Paddy Takes a Meeting which played at the Galway Film Fleadh and at film festivals worldwide. He also made a short documentary, The Last Chance Saloon, which won an award at the VOV Film Festival in Los Angeles.
Petty made the feature film Manband!, a comedy on ageism, boy-bands and bad dancing which played at the Rat Powered Film Festival in Santa Ana, California,[1] at Chapman University in Orange, California and at the Glor Music Center in Ennis, Ireland.[2][3]
He created the first Irish Spaghetti Western with Sean Nós Dancing with the short film 'The Good the Bad & the Sean Nós Dancer' as a media prototype for his MA In Creative Media at the Tralee Institute of Technology in 2013. The Good the Bad & the Sean Nós Dancer
He has written and directed Animation. Starting with 'Jesus of Limerick'(2009) The Man From Q web series (2013) and 'the Leprechaun & the Stripper'(2015) web series The Leprechaun & the Stripper.
Filmography
Year | Film | Capacity | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Dot Ave | Television pilot | ||
A Gathering | Documentary | ||
The Last Chance Saloon | |||
2002 | Paddy Takes a Meeting | Director and writer | |
2006 | Manband! | Director and writer | |
2009 | Jesus of Limerick (Short) | ||
2011 | Waits in Love (Short) | ||
2012 | For Goth & Country (Short) | ||
2012 | The Man from Q (Short) | ||
2013 | The Good the Bad & the Sean Nós Dancer (Short) | ||
2014 | 1916 a form of Revolution (short) | ||
2015 | The Leprechaun & the Stripper (short) | ||
2016 | The Good Ship Delirous (Video short) | ||
2018 | The Waiting is Over? (Short) |
References
- ↑ "Rat Powered Films". Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 24 February 2009.
- ↑ "New Irish Feature 'Manband' Screens at Glor | The Irish Film & Television Network". www.iftn.ie. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- ↑ "Lisdoon filmmaker's feast for the senses". The Clare Champion. 31 March 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2020.