---
name: "Pat O'Connor"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/pat-oconnor-19969"
fi1m_id: "pat-oconnor-19969"
imdb_id: "nm0640466"
tmdb_id: 19969
wikidata_id: "Q1106742"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "1 January 1943"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-05T00:11:39.189227+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."
---

# Pat O'Connor

## Identity

Pat O'Connor

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/pat-oconnor-19969
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** pat-oconnor-19969
- **IMDb ID:** nm0640466
- **TMDB ID:** 19969
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1106742
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_O%27Connor_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1106742, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0640466/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19969

Director. Born 1 January 1943 in Ardmore, Ireland.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1943, Ardmore, Ireland
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_O%27Connor_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1106742, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0640466/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19969

## Biography

Pat O'Connor is an Irish film director born on 3 October 1943 in Ardmore, County Waterford. He began his career in Irish television, directing the RTÉ adaptation of William Trevor's *The Ballroom of Romance* (1982), for which he received a Jacob's Award and a BAFTA for Best Television Single Drama.

O'Connor's feature films include *Cal* (1984), *A Month in the Country* (1987), *Circle of Friends* (1995), *Inventing the Abbotts* (1997) and *Dancing at Lughnasa* (1998). He has been married to actress Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio since 1990 and directed her in *Fools of Fortune* (1990) and *The January Man* (1989).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Circle of Friends* (1995), Fi1m 68, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/circle-of-friends.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

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

- *Private Peaceful* (2012), Director
- *Sweet November* (2001), Director
- *Dancing at Lughnasa* (1998), Director
- *Inventing the Abbotts* (1997), Director
- *Circle of Friends* (1995), Director — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/circle-of-friends.md)
- *Zelda* (1993), Director
- *Force of Duty* (1991), Director
- *Fools of Fortune* (1990), Director
- *The January Man* (1989), Director
- *Stars & Bars* (1988), Director
- *A Month in the Country* (1987), Director
- *ScreenPlay* (1986), series, Director
- *Cal* (1984), Director
- *Night in Tunisia* (1984), Director, Producer
- *The Ballroom of Romance* (1982), Director
- *Mobile Homes* (1979), Director

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