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# Shane Connaughton

Writer. Born 4 April 1941 in Redhills, Co. Cavan, Ireland.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 4 April 1941, Redhills, Co. Cavan, Ireland
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_Connaughton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2276831, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0174934/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/33388

## Biography

Shane Connaughton is an Irish writer and actor. Born on 4 April 1941 in Kingscourt, County Cavan, he grew up in the village of Redhills and trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.

He is best known as co-writer, with Jim Sheridan, of the screenplay for the 1989 film *My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown*, which received an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay. He also co-wrote the screenplays for the Academy Award-winning short *The Dollar Bottom* (1980) and the 1992 film *The Playboys*, and adapted his own novel *The Run of the Country* for the screen in 1995. His other credits include television work and the novels *A Border Station* (1989) and *The Run of the Country* (1991).

Connaughton has appeared as an actor in films and television series including *Coronation Street*, *Four Days in July* (1984) and *The Miracle* (1991). He won the Hennessy Award for New Irish Writing in 1985.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

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

## Complete filmography (25)

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

- *Redemption of a Rogue* (2021), as Hardware Owner
- *Storyland* (2009), series, as Patrick
- *Ghostwood* (2006), as Father Frank
- *River Queen* (2005), Writer
- *Tara Road* (2005), Screenplay
- *The Blackwater Lightship* (2004), Screenplay
- *The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song* (2000), as W.B. Yeats
- *The Run of the Country* (1995), Novel, Screenplay, Associate Producer
- *The Playboys* (1992), as Customs Officer · Writer
- *Murder in Eden* (1991), series, Writer, Creator
- *The Miracle* (1991), as Rose's Father
- *Needle* (1990), as Prison Governor
- *The Englishman's Wife* (1990), as Auctioneer
- *The Lilac Bus* (1990), Writer
- *My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown* (1989), Screenplay — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/my-left-foot-the-story-of-christy-brown.md)
- *Shergar* (1986), as Senior Policeman
- *Screen Two* (1985), series, Writer
- *Every Picture Tells a Story* (1984), Writer
- *Four Days in July* (1984), as Brendan
- *The Dollar Bottom* (1981), Screenplay
- *Enemy* (1976), as Commuter
- *Crown Court* (1972), series, as Gerald Thornton
- *Six Days of Justice* (1972), series, Writer
- *Ireland, Mother Ireland* (1971), as Sixth Prison Officer
- *The Rank and File* (1971), Actor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1990: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *My Left Foot*

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

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