---
name: "Damien O'Donnell"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/damien-odonnell"
fi1m_id: "damien-odonnell"
imdb_id: "nm0640740"
tmdb_id: 65865
wikidata_id: "Q910181"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "1 January 1967"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:26:39.197188+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Damien O'Donnell

## Identity

Damien O'Donnell

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/damien-odonnell
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** damien-odonnell
- **IMDb ID:** nm0640740
- **TMDB ID:** 65865
- **Wikidata ID:** Q910181
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damien_O%27Donnell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q910181, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0640740/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/65865

Director. Born 1 January 1967 in Dublin, Ireland.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1967, Dublin, Ireland
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damien_O%27Donnell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q910181, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0640740/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/65865

## Biography

Damien O'Donnell is an Irish film director and writer. Born in 1967 in Dublin, he is best known for directing the feature films *East Is East* (1999), *Heartlands* (2002) and *Inside I'm Dancing* (2004).

He graduated from film school in Dublin and co-founded the production company ClingFilms. His short film *35 Aside* (1996) won awards at international festivals. O'Donnell made his feature debut with *East Is East*, which won the BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film and earned him the Empire Award for Best Newcomer.

He has also directed short films, television and commercials.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, sdgi.ie, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *East Is East* (1999), Fi1m 74, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/east-is-east.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *How Was Your Day?* (2016), Director, Writer
- *Clean Break* (2015), series, Director
- *Inside I'm Dancing* (2004), Director
- *Heartlands* (2003), Director
- *What Where* (2000), Director
- *Chrono-Perambulator* (1999), Director, Writer
- *East Is East* (1999), Director — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/east-is-east.md)
- *35 Aside* (1996), Director, Writer
- *He Shoots, He Scores* (1995), Line Producer

---
© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/damien-odonnell