The writer, producer and film director John Michael McDonagh He was born in the Elephant & Castle area, in the geographic center of London, England. His brother is the filmmaker Martin McDonagh.
McDonagh has a short career beginning in 2000, when he wrote, directed and produced the short film “The Second Death“.
in 2003 he wrote the script for the feature film “Ned Kelly – The Legend Begins“, which starred Heath ledger, Orlando Bloom Y Geoffrey rush.
Just in 2011, McDonagh He released his first feature film as a screenwriter and director. “The Irishman (The Guard)“is a criminal comedy that pairs Brendan gleeson with Don cheadle, in a story about an Irish rural policeman (Gleeson), who must work with an uptight and correct FBI agent (Cheadle), to investigate an illegal organization in a remote region of Ireland. The film had an estimated budget of 6 million euros, and has already raised that figure in the first months since its premiere.
After participating in past editions of the Sundance, Berlin and Tribeca festivals, ‘the Irish‘competed in the Valladolid International Film Week (Seminci) where Brendan gleeson won the Best Actor award. The film also had 3 nominations for the BIFA (British Independent Films Awards) in the categories of Best New Director, Best Screenplay and Best Actor.