Directing
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Michael directed music videos before his debut series, My Riviera, filmed in the South of France with Roger Moore and Joan Collins. His most recent directorial work, a bio-documentary of balladeer Luke Kelly, won a platinum disc for DVD sales. "As a writer dominated by a strong visual sense, directing was inevitable evolution for me. I'm just beginning and I've found a friend: Artemis, the iPhone app that replicates the viewfinder ... " |
Luke Kelly - the performer
Eight weeks at n°1 in the DVD sales charts Christmas 2005 - January 2006 (Source: IRMA - Irish Record Music Association)
Donovan say him as a poet in the bardic tradition. Ralph McTell was "terrified" by the power of his voice. Mary Black saw him as a cornerstone of the Global Celtic revival. Luke Kelly, the legendary co-founder of the Dubliners, was many things to many people. But he is most cherished as a performer. Here, sourced from around the world and gathered together for the first time, is a collection of 19 inimitable live performances with commentary contributions from Luke's famous contemporaries, and the newer generation of artists who embrace his legacy. |
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A return to directing after a decade working on, among other book projects, Robert Redford’s biography. “It was a wonderful fusion,” says Callan, “part biography, part musical. It covered so much of the ground I love, the stuff that inspires me. And Luke was an incredibly gifted man.”
Callan’s directorial debut, starring Joan Collins, Roger Moore, James Coburn, Charles Aznavour, Sylvia Kristel and Regine. The programme was six half-hours of light entertainment, in which the various artistes visited their favoured areas along the Cote d’Azur. Callan calls it “a love poem” to an area rich in art that he loves.
A sensitive documentary written and directed by Callan that went on the road with The Beach Boys during their last days as a powerful touring band in the early nineties. Working with Carl Wilson (the voice of God Only Knows) was another career high, says Callan.
A documentary about Don Bluth and Gary Goldman who established an animation production studios in Ireland to rival Disney. Written and directed by Callan, the project was commissioned by Bluth, and tied in with the release of the Warners’ animation movie Thumbelina.
Callan directed the first drama reconstructions that were foundational to this true-life police investigation series, based on the UK’s ground-breaking Crimewatch.
