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Leo Regan

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Leo Regan
NationalityIrish
OccupationFilmmaker
AwardsDirector's Guild Outstanding Directorial Achievement 2005, BAFTA Flaherty Documentary Award 2001

Leo Regan is an Irish filmmaker and author. Initially working as a photojournalist, Regan began his career with the book Public Enemies (1993).[1] He later became involved in documentary filmmaking, and in 2001 won a BAFTA for his documentary 100% White.[2]

Early life and career

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Regan was born in 1963,[3] and grew up in Dublin, Ireland.[4]

He began his career as a photo journalist with the book Public Enemies,[1] which explores the lives of British far right skinheads in the 1990s.[citation needed]

In 2001, Regan turned his attention to documentary filmmaking[5][time needed] and won the BAFTA Flaherty Documentary Award at the (2001) 54th British Academy Film Awards for his documentary 100% White.[2] A 2002 review in Modern Times credited Regan's "single crew films" as going "back to observational basics – a good lesson in the current British climate of gimmicky constructed documentaries".[6]

In 2005, he received an award from the Directors Guild of Great Britain for his TV drama Comfortably Numb.[7]

In 2023, Regan released the last of a trilogy of films on his friend and collaborator Lanre Fehintola. The independent feature documentary "My Friend Lanre" premiered at Sheffield Docfest in 2023,[8] and was later screened at Curzon Cinema,[9] Cork Film Festival,[10] and Docs Ireland (2024)[11]

Filmography

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Books

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  • Public Enemies (1993)[28][29]
  • Taken Down In Evidence: Ireland From the Back of a Police Car (1995)[30]

References

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  1. ^ a b Regan, Leo (1993). Public enemies. London: Andre Deutsch. ISBN 9780233988306. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b "BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Leo Regan". bfi.org.uk. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 10 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Leo Bags A Gong | Hotpress Magazine".
  5. ^ "Through a lens, darkly: capturing war, drugs and neo Nazis". BBC World Service.
  6. ^ a b "Sheffield 2002: Attitudes and Ethics at Sheffield | Modern Review". 21 January 2002. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Directors' Guild Honours Leo Regan | Broadcast". Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Sheffield Docfest". 17 June 2023.
  9. ^ "My Friend Lanre". curzon.com.
  10. ^ "Cork Film Festival 2023".
  11. ^ "Docs Ireland 2024".
  12. ^ "My Friend Lanre". EMU Films.
  13. ^ "My Friend Lanre Trailer". EMU Films. 17 January 2024 – via youtube.com.
  14. ^ "A Very Dangerous Doctor | Channel 4". www.channel4.com.
  15. ^ Crace, John (12 May 2011). "Cutting Edge: A Very Dangerous Doctor | The Guardian". TheGuardian.com. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  16. ^ "TheDangerous Methods of Leo Regan in the Doctor Who Hears Voices | The Times". The Times. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  17. ^ Banks-Smith, Nancy (22 April 2008). "Last Night's TV, The Doctor Who Hears Voices | The Guardian". TheGuardian.com. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  18. ^ Thomas, Philip (24 April 2008). "Listen to the Wounded Healers | British Medical Journal". BMJ. 336 (7650): 960. doi:10.1136/bmj.39559.417106.3A. PMC 2335210.
  19. ^ "Does Jason Isaacs feel typecast? His latest character is far, far scarier than Lucius Malfoy | The Observer". TheGuardian.com. 26 November 2006. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  20. ^ "Truly Great Parts Come Along So Rarely | The Telegraph". 27 November 2006. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  21. ^ "Comfortably Numb | British Council Film Directory". Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  22. ^ "Comfortably Numb Panel Review | BBC Newsnight". 21 January 2004. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  23. ^ McCormick, Neil (19 May 2001). "Junk bonds | The Guardian". TheGuardian.com. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  24. ^ "History As A Television Show | The Irish Times". The Irish Times. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  25. ^ "BFI Screenonline: 100% White (2000)". www.screenonline.org.uk. Channel 4. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  26. ^ Regan, Leo (22 June 2000). "My Friends The Skinheads | The Guardian". TheGuardian.com. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  27. ^ "Don't Get High On Your Own Supply | British Film Institute". Archived from the original on 9 July 2021.
  28. ^ Public enemies. Andre Deutsch. 1993. ISBN 9780233988306. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  29. ^ "Letter: No Crime Exposing Neonazis | The Independent". Independent.co.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  30. ^ Regan, Leo (1995). Taken down in evidence : Ireland from the back seat of a patrol car. Goldenbridge, Dublin: Gill & Macmillan. ISBN 9780717123285. Retrieved 16 March 2021.