Private Project

DannyBoy

1980s Ireland and Daniel Buckley is an anxious teenager who needs to grow up quickly after his father disappears and needs to manage his madcap family – especially his eccentric mother

  • Ferdia Mac Anna
    Director
    All About Eva, Fair City, Little One
  • Ferdia Mac Anna
    Writer
    All About Eva
  • Mary Duffin
    Writer
    All About Eva
  • Richard Kearney
    Producer
    An Irish Exorcism, The O'Briens
  • Clelia Murphy
    Key Cast
    "Kathleen Buckley"
    Grabbers, Fair City, Little One
  • Darragh Byrne
    Key Cast
    "Daniel Buckley"
  • Paddy C. Courtney
    Key Cast
    "Shamie"
    The O'Briens
  • Jack Hickey
    Key Cast
    "Rory"
    Emmerdale
  • Alexandra Moloney
    Key Cast
    "Carla"
  • Lucy Jones
    Key Cast
    "Donna"
  • Helena Geoghegan
    Key Cast
    "Maeve"
  • Project Type:
    Feature
  • Genres:
    Comedy, Romance, Drama, 80s
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 35 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    April 10, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    150,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Ireland
  • Country of Filming:
    Ireland
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Ferdia Mac Anna

ABOUT
Ferdia Mac Anna is a director of Film and TV dramas, novelist, screenwriter and occasional rock and roller. He was born in Dublin in 1955 and grew up in Howth, North County Dublin.

For some years he toured Ireland as lead singer and songwriter with first Rocky De Valera and the Gravediggers (1977-79/2005-2009) and The Rhythm Kings (1980-83 and 2013-2014).

He was producer and script editor on the acclaimed award-winning BBC/RTE children’s drama series, ‘Custer’s Last Stand-Up’ (2000-2002) which won the BAFTA for best drama series.

He has written three novels, ‘The Last of the High Kings’ (made into a Hollywood movie starring Gabriel Byrne, Jared Leto and Christina Ricci in 1996), ‘The Ship Inspector’ (screenplay in developed into the current 'DannyBoy' film) and ‘Cartoon City’. His memoir, ‘The Rocky Years’ (Hodder) was published in 2006 and his play ‘Big Mom’ was produced at the Project Arts Centre (1996). ‘The Last of the High Kings’ was republished in 2011 by New Island Books in their ‘Modern Irish Classics’ series.

He has taught Creative Writing, Screenwriting, and TV broadcasting for over twenty years at DCU, Trinty College, NUI Maynooth and IADT (the national film school). He has mentored several novelists , directors and screenwriters and also worked as a ghostwriter. He has also taught studio multi-camera directing and TV presenting and he has directed and produced Short Film Dramas, Sitcoms, Documentaries, and Soaps (including Fair City and Ros na Rún).

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Director Statement

“I’ve wanted to make this comedy love story for years and I’m hugely excited by recreating the mad youth scene of Ireland in 1981 in the wonderfully cinematic big sky county of Kildare. We have a talented cast and crew, cool tunes and crazy dance moves on what we hope is a funny, life-affirming original tale.” Director Ferdia MacAnna