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'''Dearbhla Walsh''' is an Irish film and television director who has worked on drama series for several television channels in Ireland and the United Kingdom, including episodes of ''[[EastEnders]]'', ''[[Shameless (UK TV series)|Shameless]]'' and ''[[The Tudors]]''. She won the [[61st Primetime Emmy Awards|2009]] [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special|Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special]] for Part I of the serial ''[[Little Dorrit (TV serial)|Little Dorrit]]''.<ref name="Brendan Gleeson and Dearbhla Walsh Victorious at Primetime Emmys">{{cite web|url=http://www.iftn.ie/?act1=record&only=1&aid=73&rid=4282521&tpl=archnews&force=1|title=Brendan Gleeson and Dearbhla Walsh Victorious at Primetime Emmys|date=21 September 2009|accessdate=21 September 2009|publisher=[[Irish Film and Television Network]]}}</ref><ref name="Brendan Gleeson wins Emmy award in US">{{cite web|url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breaking-news/ireland/brendan-gleeson-wins-emmy-award-in-us-14502420.html|title=Brendan Gleeson wins Emmy award in US|date=21 September 2009|accessdate=21 September 2009|publisher=''[[The Belfast Telegraph]]''}}</ref> In her acceptance speech, she acknowledged her [[domestic partner]], [[Raidió Teilifís Éireann|RTÉ]] television presenter [[Anna Nolan]].<ref name="Dearbhla thanks lover Anna in Emmy speech">{{cite web|author=Caitlin McBride |url=http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/around-town/dearbhla-thanks-lover-anna-in-emmy-speech-1892934.html |archive-url=https://archive.is/20120801160209/http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/around-town/dearbhla-thanks-lover-anna-in-emmy-speech-1892934.html |dead-url=yes |archive-date=1 August 2012 |title=Dearbhla thanks lover Anna in Emmy speech |date=22 September 2009 |accessdate=22 September 2009 |publisher=''[[Evening Herald]]'' }}</ref>
'''Dearbhla Walsh''' is an Irish film and television director who has worked on drama series for several television channels in Ireland and the United Kingdom, including episodes of ''[[EastEnders]]'', ''[[Shameless (UK TV series)|Shameless]]'' and ''[[The Tudors]]''. She won the [[61st Primetime Emmy Awards|2009]] [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special|Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special]] for Part I of the serial ''[[Little Dorrit (TV serial)|Little Dorrit]]''.<ref name="Brendan Gleeson and Dearbhla Walsh Victorious at Primetime Emmys">{{cite web|url=http://www.iftn.ie/?act1=record&only=1&aid=73&rid=4282521&tpl=archnews&force=1|title=Brendan Gleeson and Dearbhla Walsh Victorious at Primetime Emmys|date=21 September 2009|accessdate=21 September 2009|publisher=[[Irish Film and Television Network]]}}</ref><ref name="Brendan Gleeson wins Emmy award in US">{{cite web|url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breaking-news/ireland/brendan-gleeson-wins-emmy-award-in-us-14502420.html |title=Brendan Gleeson wins Emmy award in US |date=21 September 2009 |accessdate=21 September 2009 |publisher=''[[The Belfast Telegraph]]'' }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In her acceptance speech, she acknowledged her [[domestic partner]], [[Raidió Teilifís Éireann|RTÉ]] television presenter [[Anna Nolan]].<ref name="Dearbhla thanks lover Anna in Emmy speech">{{cite web|author=Caitlin McBride |url=http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/around-town/dearbhla-thanks-lover-anna-in-emmy-speech-1892934.html |archive-url=https://archive.is/20120801160209/http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/around-town/dearbhla-thanks-lover-anna-in-emmy-speech-1892934.html |dead-url=yes |archive-date=1 August 2012 |title=Dearbhla thanks lover Anna in Emmy speech |date=22 September 2009 |accessdate=22 September 2009 |publisher=''[[Evening Herald]]'' }}</ref>


Irish [[Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht|Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism]] [[Martin Cullen]] has called her "one of our most accomplished directors."<ref name="Brendan Gleeson wins Emmy award in US"/><ref name="Irish director wins Emmy Award">{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2009/0921/emmys1.html|title=Irish director wins Emmy Award|date=21 September 2009|accessdate=21 September 2009|publisher=[[Raidió Teilifís Éireann|RTÉ]]}}</ref>
Irish [[Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht|Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism]] [[Martin Cullen]] has called her "one of our most accomplished directors."<ref name="Brendan Gleeson wins Emmy award in US"/><ref name="Irish director wins Emmy Award">{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2009/0921/emmys1.html|title=Irish director wins Emmy Award|date=21 September 2009|accessdate=21 September 2009|publisher=[[Raidió Teilifís Éireann|RTÉ]]}}</ref>
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Also in 2006, Walsh directed a short film called ''Match'' for the ''Dance on the Box'' project, designed to promote the topic of dance, for RTÉ and the Arts Council.<ref name="Review: Nuclear confusion reigns"/><ref name="The View's Dance Special airs tonight">{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2006/0424/theview.html|title=The View's Dance Special airs tonight|date=24 April 2006|accessdate=21 September 2009|publisher=[[Raidió Teilifís Éireann|RTÉ]]}}</ref><ref name="RTÉ Dance on the Box winners announced"/> The film was awarded €18,000 for being selected.<ref name="RTÉ Dance on the Box winners announced">{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2006/0215/rtedanceonthebox.html|title=RTÉ Dance on the Box winners announced|date=15 February 2006|accessdate=21 September 2009|publisher=[[Raidió Teilifís Éireann|RTÉ]]}}</ref> Described by Liam Fay of ''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 (Irish TV series)|The View]] Presents . . . Dance on the Box''.<ref name="Review: Nuclear confusion reigns">{{cite web|author=Liam Fay|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/article710066.ece|title=Review: Nuclear confusion reigns|date=30 April 2006|accessdate=21 September 2009|publisher=''[[The Sunday Times]]''}}</ref><ref name="The View's Dance Special airs tonight"/>
Also in 2006, Walsh directed a short film called ''Match'' for the ''Dance on the Box'' project, designed to promote the topic of dance, for RTÉ and the Arts Council.<ref name="Review: Nuclear confusion reigns"/><ref name="The View's Dance Special airs tonight">{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2006/0424/theview.html|title=The View's Dance Special airs tonight|date=24 April 2006|accessdate=21 September 2009|publisher=[[Raidió Teilifís Éireann|RTÉ]]}}</ref><ref name="RTÉ Dance on the Box winners announced"/> The film was awarded €18,000 for being selected.<ref name="RTÉ Dance on the Box winners announced">{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2006/0215/rtedanceonthebox.html|title=RTÉ Dance on the Box winners announced|date=15 February 2006|accessdate=21 September 2009|publisher=[[Raidió Teilifís Éireann|RTÉ]]}}</ref> Described by Liam Fay of ''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 (Irish TV series)|The View]] Presents . . . Dance on the Box''.<ref name="Review: Nuclear confusion reigns">{{cite web|author=Liam Fay|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/article710066.ece|title=Review: Nuclear confusion reigns|date=30 April 2006|accessdate=21 September 2009|publisher=''[[The Sunday Times]]''}}</ref><ref name="The View's Dance Special airs tonight"/>


In 2007, Walsh directed BAFTA winner [[Danny Brocklehurst]]'s [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] drama ''[[Talk to Me (TV series)|Talk to Me]]''.<ref name="Weekend TV">{{cite web|author=Tim Teeman|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article1907844.ece?openComment=true|title=Weekend TV|date=11 June 2007|accessdate=21 September 2009|publisher=''[[The Times]]''}}</ref><ref name="Love is in the airwaves">{{cite web|author=Ian Wylie|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/entertainment/film_and_tv/s/1008/1008340_love_is_in_the_airwaves.html|title=Love is in the airwaves|date=4 June 2007|accessdate=21 September 2009|publisher=''[[Manchester Evening News]]''}}</ref> The series, which featured scenes of a sexual nature between an [[adultery|adulterous]] teacher and her 15-year-old pupil, was defended by Walsh, who denied she had made them more raunchy on purpose. She commented, "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".<ref name="Max defends 'raunchy' show">{{cite web|author=Ian Wylie|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/entertainment/film_and_tv/s/1007/1007551_max_defends_raunchy_show.html|title=Max defends 'raunchy' show|date=23 May 2007|accessdate=21 September 2009|publisher=''[[Manchester Evening News]]''}}</ref>
In 2007, Walsh directed BAFTA winner [[Danny Brocklehurst]]'s [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] drama ''[[Talk to Me (TV series)|Talk to Me]]''.<ref name="Weekend TV">{{cite web|author=Tim Teeman|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article1907844.ece?openComment=true|title=Weekend TV|date=11 June 2007|accessdate=21 September 2009|publisher=''[[The Times]]''}}</ref><ref name="Love is in the airwaves">{{cite web|author=Ian Wylie |url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/entertainment/film_and_tv/s/1008/1008340_love_is_in_the_airwaves.html |title=Love is in the airwaves |date=4 June 2007 |accessdate=21 September 2009 |publisher=''[[Manchester Evening News]]'' |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070606122116/http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/entertainment/film_and_tv/s/1008/1008340_love_is_in_the_airwaves.html |archivedate=6 June 2007 |df= }}</ref> The series, which featured scenes of a sexual nature between an [[adultery|adulterous]] teacher and her 15-year-old pupil, was defended by Walsh, who denied she had made them more raunchy on purpose. She commented, "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".<ref name="Max defends 'raunchy' show">{{cite web|author=Ian Wylie |url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/entertainment/film_and_tv/s/1007/1007551_max_defends_raunchy_show.html |title=Max defends 'raunchy' show |date=23 May 2007 |accessdate=21 September 2009 |publisher=''[[Manchester Evening News]]'' |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704205422/http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/entertainment/film_and_tv/s/1007/1007551_max_defends_raunchy_show.html |archivedate=4 July 2008 |df= }}</ref>


In 2010 she directed The Silence for BBC1, about a deaf girl who witnesses a murder. It stars Douglas Henshall and Gina McKee.
In 2010 she directed The Silence for BBC1, about a deaf girl who witnesses a murder. It stars Douglas Henshall and Gina McKee.

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Dearbhla Walsh is an Irish film and television director who has worked on drama series for several television channels in Ireland and the United Kingdom, including episodes of EastEnders, Shameless and The Tudors. She won the 2009 Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special for Part I of the serial Little Dorrit.[1][2] In her acceptance speech, she acknowledged her domestic partner, RTÉ television presenter Anna Nolan.[3]

Irish Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism Martin Cullen has called her "one of our most accomplished directors."[2][4]

Walsh earned a degree from Dublin City University and has worked in television, including children's programming, for twenty-one years.[3] Her work on the BBC soap opera EastEnders included the murder trial of Little Mo Mitchell.[5]

In 2004, Walsh directed The Big Bow Wow for RTÉ.[6] The following year, she directed Funland for BBC Three,[7] and in 2006, she directed the four-part RTÉ drama series Hide and Seek.[8][9] The first episode was described as "extremely stylish visually" by Liam Fay in The Sunday Times.[10] At the end of the series, Fay commented that "the first three programmes were painfully slow" and "the closing installment seemed, at times, to grind to a halt," noting that "much of it was filled with vast arctic silences as distraught characters stared meaningfully at each other."[11]

Also in 2006, Walsh directed a short film called Match for the Dance on the Box project, designed to promote the topic of dance, for RTÉ and the Arts Council.[12][13][14] The film was awarded €18,000 for being selected.[14] Described by Liam Fay of 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.[12][13]

In 2007, Walsh directed BAFTA winner Danny Brocklehurst's ITV drama Talk to Me.[15][16] The series, which featured scenes of a sexual nature between an adulterous teacher and her 15-year-old pupil, was defended by Walsh, who denied she had made them more raunchy on purpose. She commented, "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".[17]

In 2010 she directed The Silence for BBC1, about a deaf girl who witnesses a murder. It stars Douglas Henshall and Gina McKee. She also directed Mo Mhórchoir Féin, a dance film with choreographer Fearghus Ó Conchúir, that was part of RTÉ's Dance on the Box series. The film explores the uncomfortable role of the body within the contemporary Irish church. Walsh directed two episodes of the horror television series Penny Dreadful. She directed Roald Dahl's Esio Trot, a television film adaptation of Roald Dahl's novel of the same name. Walsh has been nominated for the Irish Film and Television Awards four times.

In 2017, Walsh was one of the directors signed on for American television series Fargo's third series.[18] Walsh directed the episodes "The House of Special Purpose"[19][20][21] and "The Lord of No Mercy".[19][22] She is also the first woman to direct a Fargo episode.[19]

References

  1. ^ "Brendan Gleeson and Dearbhla Walsh Victorious at Primetime Emmys". Irish Film and Television Network. 21 September 2009. Retrieved 21 September 2009.
  2. ^ a b "Brendan Gleeson wins Emmy award in US". The Belfast Telegraph. 21 September 2009. Retrieved 21 September 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ a b Caitlin McBride (22 September 2009). "Dearbhla thanks lover Anna in Emmy speech". Evening Herald. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "Irish director wins Emmy Award". RTÉ. 21 September 2009. Retrieved 21 September 2009.
  5. ^ Jan Battles and Nicola Tallant (8 June 2003). "Death knell sounds for Millionaire". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 21 September 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  6. ^ "Television: Tails of the city". The Sunday Times. 1 February 2004. Retrieved 21 September 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  7. ^ Jason Deans (5 August 2005). "BBC3 pins hopes on Funland". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 September 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  8. ^ Michael Ross (19 March 2006). "A shot in the dark". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 21 September 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  9. ^ Declan Lynch (2 April 2006). "Drama is back in RTÉ's drama department". Irish Independent. Retrieved 21 September 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  10. ^ Liam Fay (26 March 2006). "Review: Liam Fay: Mourning becomes electric". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 21 September 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  11. ^ Liam Fay (16 April 2006). "Review: Is the picture worth 1,000 words?". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 21 September 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  12. ^ a b Liam Fay (30 April 2006). "Review: Nuclear confusion reigns". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 21 September 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  13. ^ a b "The View's Dance Special airs tonight". RTÉ. 24 April 2006. Retrieved 21 September 2009.
  14. ^ a b "RTÉ Dance on the Box winners announced". RTÉ. 15 February 2006. Retrieved 21 September 2009.
  15. ^ Tim Teeman (11 June 2007). "Weekend TV". The Times. Retrieved 21 September 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  16. ^ Ian Wylie (4 June 2007). "Love is in the airwaves". Manchester Evening News. Archived from the original on 6 June 2007. Retrieved 21 September 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  17. ^ Ian Wylie (23 May 2007). "Max defends 'raunchy' show". Manchester Evening News. Archived from the original on 4 July 2008. Retrieved 21 September 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  18. ^ Miller, Liz Shannon (12 January 2017). "'Fargo' Chapter 3: Ewan McGregor and Carrie Coon on Dual Roles, the Accent and Those Character Names". IndieWire. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  19. ^ a b c Fienberg, Daniel (24 May 2017). "'Fargo' Director Discusses "Emotional Horror" of That Shocking Twist". The Hollywood Reporter. Eldridge Industries. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  20. ^ Mancuso, Vinnie (18 May 2017). "'Fargo' Recap 3×05: All the Fights We Cannot See". New York Observer. Observer Media. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  21. ^ Tony, Ruiz (17 May 2017). "'Fargo' episode 5 recap: Blackmail, intimidation and violence abound in 'The House of Special Purpose'". Goldderby. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  22. ^ Tobias, Scott (24 May 2017). "'Fargo' Season 3, Episode 6: Ray the Loser". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
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