Barry Dignam
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox person Barry Dignam (born 31 March 1971) is an Irish filmmaker.<ref name="O'Brien2004">Template:Cite book</ref> Some of his films are Chicken, Dream Kitchen,<ref name="McLoone2000">Template:Cite book</ref> Stages, Bounce and A Ferret Called Mickey.
Career
Barry Dignam studied drama at Trinity College, Dublin and Film at the National Film School of Ireland (IADT).<ref name="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.<ref name="iadt"/> Dignam'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.<ref name="iadt"/>
Dignam lectures in screenwriting and direction at the National Film School at IADT Dún Laoghaire.<ref name="iadt">Template:Cite web</ref>
Personal life
Dignam and his partner, Hugh Walsh, are one of the first couples to enter into civil partnership in Ireland, and the first to do so after the mandatory three-month wait (six previous couples were granted exemptions on compassionate grounds).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>