Dearbhla Walsh is an Irish director of film and television. She has directed drama series for several television channels in Ireland and the United Kingdom, including episodes of EastEnders, Shameless and The Tudors. She won a Best Director Emmy Award for her TV serial Little Dorrit at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards in the United States in 2009.[1][2] The series gained a total of eleven nominations at this event.[3] Walsh shares directing duties on this series with Diarmuid Lawrence and Adam Smith.[4]
Dearbhla Walsh | |
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| Nationality | Irish |
| Occupation | Director |
Irish Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism Martin Cullen has called her "one of our most accomplished directors".[5][2]
Career
Walsh has directed numerous special episodes of the English soap opera EastEnders for the BBC, including the murder trial of Little Mo Mitchell.[6] She has directed episodes of the Channel 4 comedy drama Shameless.[7][8] She has also directed The Tudors.[9][10][11]
In 2004, Walsh directed The Big Bow Wow for RTÉ.[12] In 2005, she directed Funland which was then broadcast on BBC Three.[7] In 2006, Walsh directed the four-part RTÉ drama series Hide and Seek.[13][14] The first episode was described as "extremely stylish visually" by Liam Fay in The Sunday Times.[15] At the end of the series, Fay commented: "the first three programmes were painfully slow, the closing instalment seemed, at times, to grind to a halt", opining that "much of it was filled with vast arctic silences as distraught characters stared meaningfully at each other".[16] Also in 2006, Walsh directed a short film called Match, as part of the Dance on the Box project for RTÉ and the Arts Council to promote the topic of dance.[17][18][19] Match was awarded €18,000 for being selected.[19] Described by Liam Fay in The Sunday Times as "two blokes rolling around on the pitch at Croke Park", the film was one of four aired on a special programme called The View Presents . . . Dance on the Box.[17][18]
In 2007, Walsh directed the ITV drama Talk to Me.[20][21] The series, which featured scenes of a sexual nature between an adultery-comitting teacher and her 15-year-old pupil, was defended by Walsh who denied she had made them more raunchy on purpose: "I think the explicitness of the sex scenes and the sex scenes in general were challenging and intimidating for me as the director, as they were for the actors. They're not easy at all to do and they do all completely depend on trust. It may be explicit for nine o'clock - but it's not so much about sex as about love. Its aim definitely wasn't to shock. It wasn't about testing the watershed at all".[22]
References
- ^ "Brendan Gleeson and Dearbhla Walsh Victorious at Primetime Emmys". Irish Film and Television Network. 2009-09-21. Retrieved 2009-09-21.
- ^ a b "Brendan Gleeson wins Emmy award in US". The Belfast Telegraph. 2009-09-21. Retrieved 2009-09-21.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Primetime Emmy Nominations for Irish Talent". Irish Film and Television Network. 2009-07-17. Retrieved 2009-09-21.
- ^ David Wiegand, Chronicle Staff Writer (2009-03-28). "TV review: Smart, well-played 'Little Dorrit'". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2009-09-21.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Irish director wins Emmy Award". RTÉ. 2009-09-21. Retrieved 2009-09-21.
- ^ Jan Battles and Nicola Tallant (2003-06-08). "Death knell sounds for Millionaire". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 2009-09-21.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ a b Jason Deans (2005-08-05). "BBC3 pins hopes on Funland". The Guardian. Retrieved 2009-09-21.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "The Series: 'The Big Bow Wow'". The View. 2004-02-24. Retrieved 2009-09-21.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Dave West (2008-01-25). "'Dorrit' to be BBC1's next Dickens drama". Digital Spy. Retrieved 2009-09-21.
- ^ "Joely Richardson Joins the Cast of 'The Tudors'". Irish Film and Television Network. 2009-07-24. Retrieved 2009-09-21.
- ^ "Shooting to Commence on 'The Tudors'". Irish Film and Television Network. 2009-06-11. Retrieved 2009-09-21.
- ^ "Television: Tails of the city". The Sunday Times. 2004-02-01. Retrieved 2009-09-21.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Michael Ross (2006-03-19). "A shot in the dark". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 2009-09-21.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Declan Lynch (2006-04-02). "Drama is back in RTE's drama department". Irish Independent. Retrieved 2009-09-21.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Liam Fay (2006-03-26). "Review: Liam Fay: Mourning becomes electric". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 2009-09-21.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Liam Fay (2006-04-16). "Review: Is the picture worth 1,000 words?". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 2009-09-21.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ a b Liam Fay (2006-04-30). "Review: Nuclear confusion reigns". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 2009-09-21.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ a b "The View's Dance Special airs tonight". RTÉ. 2006-04-24. Retrieved 2009-09-21.
- ^ a b "RTÉ Dance on the Box winners announced". RTÉ. 2006-02-15. Retrieved 2009-09-21.
- ^ Tim Teeman (2007-06-11). "Weekend TV". The Times. Retrieved 2009-09-21.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Ian Wylie (2007-06-04). "Love is in the airwaves". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 2009-09-21.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Ian Wylie (2007-05-23). "Max defends 'raunchy' show". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 2009-09-21.
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