Arthur MacCaig

Arthur MacCaig (June 13, 1948 – November 6, 2008) was a United States documentary filmmaker, and founder of the production company, "Dathanna".

Biography

Arthur MacCaig was born in Weehawken, New Jersey, and raised in a working-class neighborhood of North Bergen, New Jersey, on the banks of the Hudson River, into a family of Irish descent. His father, whose family was originally from Belfast, was a dockworker on the Hudson River and a union activist. He was a fervent admirer of the historical figure of James Connolly, a key figure in the Easter Rising of 1916. His mother, whose family was originally from County Cork, was a devout Catholic. His uncle, a former US Marine and FBI agent, also supported the IRA, through his admiration of Michael Collins.

MacCaig attended the University of Hawaiʻi where he received a degree in anthropology in 1971, and a further degree from IDHEC Institut des Hautes Études Cinématrographiques in 1977.

He is the father of Irish documentary filmmaker, Dónal Foreman.

MacCaig died suddenly in 2008 in Northern Ireland.

Filmography

A Song for Ireland (2005) States of Terror (2001) War and Peace in Ireland (1998) I Am Become Death: They Made the Bomb (1996) Voix Irlandaises (12 min - 1994–95) State Of Terror (3 x 51 min - 1994) Wearing The Green (52 min - 1994) Les Années Kalachnikov (4 x 52 min 1991–92) Irish Voices (1996) Contre Sa Majesté (24 min - 1991) Avenue de la Liberté (1990) Wearing the Green: Longtermers of the New York State Prison System (1996) Irish Ways (52 min - 1989) Provos: témoignage d'une guerre (1987) Comprendre son Enfant par le Jeu (1987) Les Mains Sales (40 min - France 2 1986 - Arthur Mac Caig - Stéphane Gillet) The Jackets Green (14 minutes - color Release: 1996) Euskadi: Hors d'État (95 min - Dathanna 1984) Ammoniac City (35 min - 1982) The Patriot Game (93 min - 1979 - Award winner at the Bilbao, Alès and Festkinon Festivals)

Awards Cinéma du Réel - nomination, 1979