Ian Fitzgibbon
Ian Fitzgibbon (born 1962) is an Irish film and television director, screenwriter and occasionally actor. He is perhaps best known for directing Spin the Bottle, A Film with Me in It and the Comedy Central UK show Threesome, and for the role of sarcastic Fr. Jessup in Father Ted.
Ian Fitzgibbon
- Name
- Ian Fitzgibbon
- Born
- 1962
- Birthplace
- Dublin, Ireland
- Occupation
- Director, screenwriter, actor
- Known for
- Moone Boy (2014) Father Ted (1998) Death of a Superhero (2011)
- Nationality
- Ireland
- Fields
- film direction · acting · film screenwriting
- Education
- Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
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Ian Fitzgibbon (born 1962) is an Irish film and television director, screenwriter and occasionally actor. He is perhaps best known for directing Spin the Bottle, A Film with Me in It and the Comedy Central UK show Threesome, and for the role of sarcastic Fr. Jessup in Father Ted.
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Biography
In 2014, he won an IFTA for director television drama for the Sky sitcom Moone Boy.
Ian Fitzgibbon studied at Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. The field of work recorded is film direction, acting and film screenwriting. Works named in the authority record are Spin the Bottle, A Film with Me in It, Perrier's Bounty, Death of a Superhero and Dark Lies the Island.
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Key facts
• Name — Ian Fitzgibbon • Born — 1962 • Birthplace — Dublin, Ireland • Occupation — Director, screenwriter, actor • Known for — Moone Boy (2014) Father Ted (1998) Death of a Superhero (2011)
Television (selection)
Television (selection)
• Paths to Freedom (2000) • Fergus's Wedding (2002) • Threesome (2011–2012) • Raised by Wolves (2013-2016) • Moone Boy (2014) • Trying Again (2014) • Nurse (2015) • Damned (2016) • The Tuckers (2020) • Hullraisers (2022) • Stuck (5-part series, television 2022)
Film
• Spin the Bottle (2003) • A Film with Me in It (2008) • Perrier's Bounty (2009) • Death of a Superhero (2011) • Dark Lies the Island (2019)
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