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name: "Jack Conroy"
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roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "1 January 1944"
died: "3 November 2019"
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updated: "2026-09-20T06:58:38.438947+00:00"
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# Jack Conroy

Cinematographer. Born 1 January 1944 in Clonad, County Laois, Ireland. Died 3 November 2019.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 1 January 1944, Clonad, County Laois, Ireland
- **Died:** 3 November 2019
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conroy, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6111790, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0175820/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/29864

## Biography

Jack Conroy was an Irish cinematographer. He was born on 1 January 1944 in Clonad, County Laois, and died on 3 November 2019 in Naas, County Kildare. He attended the College of Technology in Portlaoighise and began working at Ardmore Studios in Bray, County Wicklow, in 1964, later heading the lighting and camera department there from 1972.

Conroy served as director of photography on *My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown* (1989) and *The Field* (1990), both directed by Jim Sheridan. His other credits as director of photography include *The Playboys* (1992), *The Last Outlaw* (1993), *The Hunted* (1995), *Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco* (1996) and *V.I.P.* (1998). He also directed the feature *The Gaelic Curse* (2016). He was married to Mona Conroy; their son John Conroy is a cinematographer.

*Sources: imdb.com, laoistoday.ie, encyclopedia.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown* (1989), Fi1m 85, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/my-left-foot-the-story-of-christy-brown.md)

## Complete filmography (31)

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

- *The Gaelic Curse* (2018), Director
- *2 Graves* (2010), Director of Photography
- *Jackson* (2008), Director of Photography
- *The Gold Bracelet* (2008), Director of Photography
- *What If?* (2006), Cinematography
- *Nailed* (2001), Director of Photography
- *Tick Tock* (2000), Director of Photography
- *V.I.P.* (1998), series, Director of Photography
- *The Nephew* (1998), Director of Photography
- *Everything That Rises* (1998), Director of Photography
- *A Bright Shining Lie* (1998), Director of Photography
- *Gold In The Streets* (1997), Director of Photography
- *The Cherokee Kid* (1996), Director of Photography
- *Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco* (1996), Director of Photography
- *Tyson* (1995), Director of Photography
- *The Hunted* (1995), Director of Photography
- *Broken Harvest* (1994), Director of Photography
- *Blind Justice* (1994), Director of Photography
- *Silent Tongue* (1994), Director of Photography
- *Frankenstein* (1993), Director of Photography
- *The Last Outlaw* (1993), Director of Photography
- *The Playboys* (1992), Director of Photography
- *The Love She Sought* (1990), Director of Photography
- *The Field* (1990), Director of Photography
- *After Midnight* (1990), Director of Photography
- *My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown* (1989), Director of Photography — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/my-left-foot-the-story-of-christy-brown.md)
- *Eureka* (1983), Gaffer
- *A Bridge Too Far* (1977), as Chief Lighting Technician
- *Voyage of the Damned* (1976), Electrician
- *Hand of Adam* (1975), Gaffer
- *Images* (1972), Gaffer

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Guggenheim Fellowship 1935: Guggenheim Fellowship (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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