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Martin McDonagh

Birth Name:
Martin McDonagh
Birth Place:
London, England, United Kingdom
Profession
Writer, Director, Producer
Martin McDonagh

Fast Facts

  • Won the 1998 Drama Desk Award for outstanding play for his work in "The Beauty Queen of Leenane․"
  • Won the 2005 New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for best foreign play for "The Pillowman․"
  • Is the brother of director John Michael McDonagh
  • Well known for his work as a playwright of Broadway productions
  • Is a dual citizen of both the United Kingdom and Ireland
  • Took ten months to writer "The Lieutenant of Inishmore․"
  • Was the first playwright since William Shakespeare to have four plays performed simultenously in London

Awards

  • 2008ACCA - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2008BSFC Award - Best New Filmmaker:Winner
  • 2008British Independent Film Award - Best Screenplay:Winner
  • 2008Douglas Hickox AwardNominated
  • 2008CFCA Award - Most Promising Filmmaker:Nominated
  • 2008CFCA Award - Best Screenplay, Original:Nominated
  • 2008DFCS Award - Best Newcomer:Winner
  • 2008DFCC - Breakthrough Artist:Nominated
  • 2008Pauline Kael Breakout AwardWinner
  • 2008Golden Schmoes - Best Screenplay of the Year:Nominated
  • 2008ICP Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2008NYFCO Award - Best Debut as Director:Winner
  • 2008PFCS Award - Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen:Winner
  • 2008PFCS Award - Breakout Behind the Camera:Winner
  • 2008Bronze HorseNominated
  • 2008Sydney Film Prize - Best Film:Nominated
  • 2009Oscar - Best Writing, Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2009BAFTA Film Award - Best Screenplay - Original:Winner
  • 2009Alexander Korda Award for Best British FilmNominated
  • 2009Chlotrudis Award - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2009Edgar - Best Motion Picture Screenplay:Winner
  • 2009Evening Standard British Film Award - Best Screenplay:Winner
  • 2009FCCA Award - Best Foreign Film - English Language:Nominated
  • 2009Gold Derby Film Award - Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2009ICS Award - Best Original Screenplay:Winner
  • 2009INOCA - Best Original Screenplay:Winner
  • 2009IFTA Award - Best Script for Film:Winner
  • 2009IFTA Award - Best Director for Film:Nominated
  • 2009IOMA - Best Original Screenplay (Miglior sceneggiatura originale):Winner
  • 2009ALFS Award - Breakthrough British Filmmaker:Nominated
  • 2009ALFS Award - Screenwriter of the Year:Nominated
  • 2009OFTA Film Award - Best First Feature:Winner
  • 2009OFTA Film Award - Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen:Nominated
  • 2009OFTA Film Award - Best First Screenplay:Winner
  • 2009OFCS Award - Best Breakthrough Filmmaker:Nominated
  • 2009OFCS Award - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2010Gold Derby Film Award - Original Screenplay of the Decade:Nominated
  • 2012Best FilmNominated
  • 2012Maria - Best Motion Picture:Nominated
  • 2012SLFCA Award - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2012People's Choice Award - Midnight Madness:Winner
  • 2013Saturn Award - Best Writing:Nominated
  • 2013Alexander Korda Award for Best British FilmNominated
  • 2013Peter Sellers Award for ComedyNominated
  • 2013Independent Spirit Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2013IFTA Award - Best Script Film:Nominated
  • 2013IFTA Award - Best Director Film:Nominated
  • 2017Golden Boll in International Feature Film - Best Film:Nominated
  • 2017ACCA - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2017ACCA - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2017ACCA - Best Motion Picture:Nominated
  • 2017British Independent Film Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2017British Independent Film Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2017Capri Original Screenplay AwardWinner
  • 2017CFCA Award - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2017People's Choice Award - Feature Film:Winner
  • 2017DFCS Award - Best Screenplay:Winner
  • 2017FFCC Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2017FFCC Award - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2017Grand Prix - Best Film:Nominated
  • 2017Golden Schmoes - Best Screenplay of the Year:Nominated
  • 2017Sichtwechsel Film AwardNominated
  • 2017ICP Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2017Prix du publicWinner
  • 2017Sierra Award - Best Screenplay, Original:Winner
  • 2017Audience Award - Overall Winner:Winner
  • 2017LAFCA Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2017LAOFCS Award - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2017NFCS Award - Best Original Screenplay:Winner
  • 2017OFCS Award - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2017PCC Award - Best Screenplay:Winner
  • 2017PFCS Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2017PFCS Award - Best Original Screenplay:Winner
  • 2017SDFCS Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2017SDFCS Award - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2017SFFCC Award - Best Screenplay, Original:Nominated
  • 2017Audience AwardWinner
  • 2017SFCS Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2017SLFCA Award - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2017TFCA Award - Best Screenplay, Adapted or Original:Nominated
  • 2017People's Choice Award - Gala or Special Presentations:Winner
  • 2017UFCA Award - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2017VFCC Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2017Golden Lion - Best Film:Nominated
  • 2017Golden Osella - Best Screenplay:Winner
  • 2017VVFP Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2017WAFCA Award - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2017Golden Eye Award - Best International Feature Film:Nominated
  • 2018AACTA International Award - Best Screenplay:Winner
  • 2018Oscar - Best Motion Picture of the Year:Nominated
  • 2018Oscar - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2018EDA Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2018EDA Award - Best Writing, Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2018Amanda - Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske kinofilm):Winner
  • 2018Honorable Mention - Best Foreign Film:Winner
  • 2018AFCA Award - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2018BAFTA Film Award - Outstanding British Film of the Year:Winner
  • 2018BAFTA Film Award - Best Film:Winner
  • 2018David Lean Award for DirectionNominated
  • 2018BAFTA Film Award - Best Screenplay (Original):Winner
  • 2018British Screenwriters' Award - Best British Feature Film Writing:Winner
  • 2018COFCA Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2018COFCA Award - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2018Critics Choice Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2018Critics Choice Award - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2018DFCS Award - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2018DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film:Nominated
  • 2018Dorian Award - Screenplay of the Year:Nominated
  • 2018DFCC - Best Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2018Empire Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2018Independent Spirit Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2018GAFCA Award - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2018Gold Derby Film Award - Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2018Gold Derby Film Award - Motion Picture:Nominated
  • 2018Golden Globe - Best Director - Motion Picture:Nominated
  • 2018Golden Globe - Best Screenplay - Motion Picture:Winner
  • 2018HFCS Award - Best Original Screenplay:Winner
  • 2018HFCS Award - Best Director:Winner
  • 2018HFCS Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2018Humanitas Prize - Drama Feature Film:Nominated
  • 2018INOCA - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2018IFTA Award - Best Director - Film:Nominated
  • 2018IFTA Award - Best Screenplay - Film:Winner
  • 2018IFTA Award - Best International Film:Winner
  • 2018ALFS Award - Screenwriter of the Year:Winner
  • 2018ALFS Award - Director of the Year:Nominated
  • 2018Nikkan Sports Film Award - Best Foreign Film:Winner
  • 2018NCFCA Award - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2018NCFCA Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2018OAFFC Award - Best Original Screenplay:Winner
  • 2018OFTA Film Award - Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen:Nominated
  • 2018OFTA Film Award - Best Picture:Nominated
  • 2018PGA Award - Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures:Nominated
  • 2018FIPRESCI Film of the YearNominated
  • 2018Satellite Award - Best Screenplay, Original:Winner
  • 2019Grand PrixNominated
  • 2019Bodil - Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film):Nominated
  • 2019Cinema Brazil Grand Prize - Best Foreign-Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro):Nominated
  • 2019César - Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger):Nominated
  • 2019Robert - Best English Language Film (Årets engelsksprogede film):Winner
  • 2019David - Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero):Nominated
  • 2019Globe de Cristal - Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger):Winner
  • 2019Eagle - Best European Film (Najlepszy Film Europejski):Winner
  • 2019Audience Award - Best Foreign Film:Winner
  • 2022AFCC Award - Best Screenplay:Winner
  • 2022BOFCA Award - Best Screenplay:Winner
  • 2022BSFC Award - Best Original Screenplay:Winner
  • 2022CFCA Award - Best Original Screenplay:Winner
  • 2022Cineuropa's Best of Year - Best Film:Winner
  • 2022DFWFCA Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2022DFWFCA Award - Best Screenplay:Winner
  • 2022DFCC - Best Screenplay:Winner
  • 2022DFCC - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2022FFCC Award - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2022Gotham Independent Film Award - Best International Feature:Nominated
  • 2022GWNYFCA Award - Best Director:Winner
  • 2022GWNYFCA Award - Best Original Screenplay:Winner
  • 2022IFJA Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2022IFJA Award - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2022ICP Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2022ICP Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2022Grand Prix du Jury - Compétition internationale:Nominated
  • 2022Sierra Award - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2022Sierra Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2022LAFCA Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2022Audience Award - World Cinema:Winner
  • 2022NBR Award - Best Original Screenplay:Winner
  • 2022NYFCC Award - Best Screenplay:Winner
  • 2022NYFCO Award - Best Director:Winner
  • 2022NYFCO Award - Best Screenplay:Winner
  • 2022NTFCA Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2022OAFFC Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2022OAFFC Award - Best Original Screenplay:Winner
  • 2022PCC Award - Best Screenplay:Winner
  • 2022PCC Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2022SEFCA Award - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2022SLFCA Award - Best Original Screenplay:Winner
  • 2022SLFCA Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2022FCA Award - Screenplay of the Year:Winner
  • 2022UFCA Award - Best Original Screenplay:Winner
  • 2022VHS Award - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2022Golden Lion - Best Film:Nominated
  • 2022Golden Osella - Best Screenplay:Winner
  • 2022WAFCA Award - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2022WAFCA Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2023AACTA International Award - Best Direction:Nominated
  • 2023AACTA International Award - Best Screenplay:Winner
  • 2023Oscar - Best Motion Picture of the Year:Nominated
  • 2023Oscar - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2023Oscar - Best Achievement in Directing:Nominated
  • 2023EDA Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2023EDA Award - Best Original Screenplay:Winner
  • 2023Honorable Mention - Best Foreign Film:Winner
  • 2023AFCA Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2023AFCA Award - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2023BAFTA Film Award - Best Screenplay (Original):Winner
  • 2023BAFTA Film Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2023BAFTA Film Award - Outstanding British Film of the Year:Winner
  • 2023BAFTA Film Award - Best Film:Nominated
  • 2023BOFA - Best Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2023Windie - Best Independent Film:Nominated
  • 2023Windie - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2023Chlotrudis Award - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2023COFCA Award - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2023COFCA Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2023Critics Choice Award - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2023Critics Choice Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2023DFCS Award - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2023DFCS Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2023DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film:Nominated
  • 2023DFCA Award - Best Original Screenplay:Winner
  • 2023Dorian Award - Screenplay of the Year:Nominated
  • 2023Dorian Award - Director of the Year:Nominated
  • 2023GAFCA Award - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2023Gold Derby Film Award - Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2023Gold Derby Film Award - Motion Picture:Nominated
  • 2023Golden Globe - Best Director - Motion Picture:Nominated
  • 2023Golden Globe - Best Screenplay - Motion Picture:Winner
  • 2023Golden Schmoes - Best Screenplay of the Year:Nominated
  • 2023HFCS Award - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2023HFCS Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2023HCA Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2023HCA Award - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2023HFCS Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2023HFCS Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2023ICFCA Award - Best Screenplay:Winner
  • 2023ICFCA Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2023ICS Award - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2023IFC Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2023IFTA Award - Best Script:Nominated
  • 2023IFTA Award - Best Director Film:Nominated
  • 2023KCFCC Award - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2023KCFCC Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2023LEJA Award - Best Picture:Nominated
  • 2023LEJA Award - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2023ALFS Award - Screenwriter of the Year:Winner
  • 2023ALFS Award - Director of the Year:Nominated
  • 2023MNFCA Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2023MNFCA Award - Best Screenplay:Winner
  • 2023MCFCA Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2023MCFCA Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2023NSFC Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2023NCFCA Award - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2023NDFS Award - Best Screenplay:Winner
  • 2023NDFS Award - Best Picture:Nominated
  • 2023NDFS Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2023OFTA Film Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2023OFTA Film Award - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2023OFCS Award - Best Original Screenplay:Winner
  • 2023OFCS Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2023PGA Award - Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures:Nominated
  • 2023PCA Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2023SDFCS Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2023SDFCS Award - Best Original Screenplay:Winner
  • 2023SFBAFCC Award - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2023SFBAFCC Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2023FIPRESCI Film of the YearNominated
  • 2023Satellite Award - Best Screenplay, Original:Winner
  • 2023Satellite Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2023SFCS Award - Best Screenplay:Winner
  • 2023SFCS Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2023Pinoy Rebyu Award - Best International Film:Nominated
  • 2023TFCA Award - Best Screenplay:Winner
  • 2023VFCC Award - Best Screenplay:Winner
  • 2023VFCC Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2024CinEuphoria - Best Film - International Competition:Nominated
  • 2026Audience Award - City of Donostia Audience Award:Nominated
  • 2026Golden Lion - Best Film:Nominated
  • 2026Fanheart3 Award - Silver Ship for Best OTP:Winner
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