Barry Dignam

Barry Dignam (born March 31, 1971) is an Irish filmmaker. Some of his films are "Chicken", "Dream Kitchen", "Stages", "Bounce" and "A Ferret Called Mickey""Barry Dignam studied drama at Trinity College Dublin and Film at the National Film School of Ireland (IADT). He has made a number of internationally successful shorts including "Chicken", “Dream Kitchen” and “A Ferret Called Mickey”. His films have been presented in official selection at over a hundred and fifty international film festivals and have won numerous awards. He has been nominated for a Palme d'Or at Cannes and a Berlin Bear. Barry's work has been screened by top broadcasters including Film Four, PBS, Canal+ and have been released on DVD and theatrically in both Europe and the US. Currently Barry is in development on three feature films "Playing It Straight" (Moonstone) a romantic comedy, "Monged" (Irish Film Board) and "Breaking Rocks" (Irish Film Board) both drama. He is currently completing a new short completely in sign language called "Enough" to be screened at the Galway film fleadh in June 2008 and writing a new feature entitled "The Joy", a love story set in a maximum security prison."