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John Carney (born 1972) is an Irish film director, producer, screenwriter and lyricist who specialises in musical drama films. He is best known as the showrunner and executive producer of Modern Love on Amazon Prime Video , for his films Once , Begin Again , and Sing Street .
Apr 18, 2017 · The Director: John Carney is the writer and director of internationally acclaimed box-office hits Sing Street (2016), Begin Again (2013) and the Oscar-winning phenomenon Once (2007).
Sep 24, 2023 · Here are excerpts from an interview with the film’s writer-director John Carney. Via A.Frame: For writer and director John Carney, his new film, Flora and Son, began very simply. “It all started with the image of a woman pulling a guitar out of a dumpster,” he says.
Sep 27, 2023 · After bringing Once and Sing Street to Sundance, director John Carney returned to the wintry film festival this year with his latest musical, Flora and Son, which Apple acquired for $20 million out of the festival.
Carney was born in Dublin and was educated at De La Salle College Churchtown and at Synge Street CBS. He was b*ist for the Irish rock band The Frames between 1991 and 1993 and also directed some of their music videos.
John Carney is a Dublin-based writer-director who came to the world's attention following the box office hit and critically acclaimed musical feature film Once, which garnered multiple Independent Spirit, Sundance and Raindance awards. Previously, John was a bassist in the Irish rock band the Frames, where he met Glen Hansard.
In the early 1990s, Carney was the bass player in Irish indie rock band The Frames, for whom he also directed music videos. John Carney (born 1972) is an Irish film and TV writer-director who specialises in low-budget indie films.
