Michael Lennox

Michael Carson Lennox is a film and television director, cinematographer, and producer from Northern Ireland.

Biography Born and raised in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, Lennox was inspired by cinema from an early age and began to make plans for a career as a filmmaker. In 2008, he made his first short film, called Rip and the Preacher. The film was shown at the Californian Cinequest Film Festival, the LA Shorts Fest and a lot of other film festivals around the world. In 2010 Lennox made his Television debut with a 30-minute drama, called Eclipse, starring Andrew Buchan. Eclipse was an episode for the 8th season of the British TV series Coming Up.

Lennox gained a place on the Master of Arts in Fiction directing-course at the National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield. His work at the university included the short film The Back of Beyond. It was screened as part of the BAFTA NFTS Stars of Tomorrow event and won the Royal Television Society Student Television Award in the Post Graduate Section. The film also won the Pianifica Award and the Junior Jury Award at the Locarno Film Festival in 2012 and was nominated for the European Film Award.

Furthermore, Lennox collaborated on the feature film Hives, which was selected for the San Sebastian Film Festival and was the result of a co-production project between five European film academies.

In 2014 Lennox returned to his home in Northern Ireland where he directed the short film Boogaloo and Graham, which had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. In 2015, Boogaloo and Graham won a BAFTA Award for Best British Short Film and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Short Film, Live Action.

In 2017, 2018, and 2021 Lennox directed all three series of the Channel 4 television sitcom Derry Girls.

Filmography

Film Year Film Functioned as Notes Director Cinematographer Producer 2009 Ditching 2009 Dawkins vs Lennox: Has Science Buried God? Documentary 2012Hives Segment: "London" 2015 A Patch of Fog 2022 Love, Tom Documentary

Short films Year Film Functioned as Notes Director Producer 2008 Rip and the Preacher 2010 Dinner Party 2011 Absence 2012 Nine Lives The Back of Beyond 2014 Boogaloo and Graham 2015 Awaydays 2017 Guard 2018 Here's Looking at You, Kid 2024 One Last Touch

Television Year Film Functioned as Notes Director Cinematographer Executive producer 2010 Coming Up Episode: "Eclipse" 2013 Queen Victoria and the Crippled Kaiser Documentary 2014 The Man Who Shot the Great War 2017 Endeavour 1 episode 2018–22 Derry Girls 19 episodes 2020 Love, Victor 1 episode 2024 Say Nothing 4 episodes 2026 How to Get to Heaven from Belfast 3 episodes 2026 Crystal Lake 3 episodes

Awards and nominations 2012: Pianifica Award for The Back of Beyond at the Locarno International Film Festival 2012: Junior Jury Award for The Back of Beyond in the Leopards of Tomorrow - International Competition at the Locarno International Film Festival 2012: Nominated for the Golden Pardino - Leopards of Tomorrow for The Back of Beyond in the International Competition at the Locarno International Film Festival 2012: Nominated for the Best Short Film Award for The Back of Beyond at the European Film Awards 2013: Best “ExYU generation Next” award for Hives at the Skena Up Festival in Pristina 2015: Nominated for the IFTA Award in the category Best Short Filmfor Boogaloo and Graham at the Irish Film and Television Awards 2015: Nominated for the Crystal Bear in the category Generation Kplus - Best Short Film for Boogaloo and Graham at the Berlin International Film Festival 2015: BAFTA Award for Boogaloo and Graham in the category Best British Short Film at the British Academy Film Awards 2015: Nominated for the Oscar in the category Best Short Film, Live Action for Boogaloo and Graham at the US-American Academy Awards