Ian Fitzgibbon

Ian FitzGibbon was born in Dublin and raised in Brussels, Belgium. He is a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin where he took a degree in French and Spanish. He trained as an actor at the world famous Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. Ian has a long and extensive acting career principally on English television where his credits range from Prime Suspect to Father Ted.

FitzGibbon began to direct. Between Dreams, one of his first short films was selected for competition at the Venice Film Festival. He then went on to write and direct Paths To Freedom, a multi awardwinning television series for RTE. His first feature, the critically acclaimed A Film With Me In It had its North American premiere at TIFF 2008.

It was nominated for numerous Irish film awards and it went on to win the special jury prize for best international film at the Istanbul International Film Festival. Perrier's Bounty his second feature, starring Brendan Gleeson, Cillian Murphy and Jim Broadbent, received its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival in 2010 prior to its UK and US release. Death of a Superhero is his third feature.

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