Dermott Petty

Dermott Petty
Born	Ireland
Occupation	Filmmaker

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.

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

References

1. ^ Rat Powered Films

External links

• Dermott Petty at the Internet Movie Database

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