John Michael McDonagh was born in 1967 in London, England. Brother Martin McDonagh’s In Bruges -- with a reported budget of $15 million, out-gunning his brother’s --  took north of $7.5 million for distributor Focus Features in the U.S. He is a writer and director, known for The Guard (2011), Calvary (2014) and War on Everyone (2016). McDonagh has described this film as "a cross between The Wild Bunch and Le Samourai." He was born in London in 1967. Another was The Bonnot Gang, a period gangster film based on the true story of a group of French anarchist bank robbers who operated before World War I". About Our Ads Build up your Halloween Watchlist with our list of the most popular horror titles on Netflix in October. on 10:21 PM PST Not only does that beat the previous tallies of Loach and co but also surpasses this year’s Irish grosses for movies including The Hangover Part II, The King’s Speech, Transformers: Dark Of The Moon and Pirates of the Carribbean: On Stranger Tides. [6] Among several honours, McDonagh was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay. co-production, backed by the Irish Film Board and Section 481 as well as International Financiers. John Michael McDonagh was born in 1967 in London, England. "[10], In 2014 McDonagh said his follow-up to Calvary would be The Lame Shall Enter First, his third feature with Brendan Gleeson. John Michael McDonagh: Stand aside, junior – big brother coming through 'The Guard' sounds like indie hit 'In Bruges' and the directors share the same surname. [8], McDonagh returned to the crime comedy genre for his 2016 feature, War on Everyone, which stars Alexander Skarsgård and Michael Peña as a pair of intractable Albuquerque police detectives. TWITTER © 2020 The Hollywood Reporter The Guard is an Irish/U.K. 9:20 AM PDT [1] He wrote and directed The Guard (2011) and Calvary (2014), both films starring Brendan Gleeson,[2] receiving a BAFTA Award nomination for the former. He wrote and directed The Guard (2011) and Calvary (2014), both films starring Brendan Gleeson, receiving a BAFTA Award nomination for the former. The Hollywood Reporter is part of MRC Media and Info, a division of MRC. LONDON – John Michael McDonagh can now lay claim to family box office bragging rights as his directorial debut The Guard, starring Brendan Gleeson and Don Cheadle beat his brother … Jessica Chastain Re-Teams With Oscar Isaac In HBO Series ‘Scenes From A Marriage’ After Michelle Williams Exit, ‘The Forgiven’: Focus Features, Matt Smith, Christopher Abbott, More, Join Ralph Fiennes & Jessica Chastain Pic; First Look Images For Film Now Wrapped After Covid Delay, Small Business Saturday: Your Favorite Underdog-Business, What to Watch if You Miss the "Game of Thrones" Cast. A third was Chaos Inc, a television series about a Buddhist private investigator based in Las Vegas. [7], In 2014, McDonagh released Calvary, a blackly comic Irish drama about a good priest tormented by his community. The Guard, with a budget of $6 million has taken just south of $3 million stateside for distributor Sony Pictures Classics and now in its sixth week the rollout has expanded to 201 screens in the U.S. [12], "Chris O'Dowd, Kelly Reilly & Aidan Gillen Join Brendan Gl | The Playlist", "The Guard's John Michael McDonagh on success, roadkill and good priests", "Protagonist To Proffer John Michael McDonagh's 'Calvary': Berlin", "John Michael McDonagh Adapting Percival Everett Novel 'Assumption, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Michael_McDonagh&oldid=979169171, Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 19 September 2020, at 06:17. The film follows a paraplegic ex-policeman in London who has developed a hatred for able-bodied people and who gets caught up in a new investigation after one of his friends is murdered. Sibling rivalry aside, John Michael McDonagh’s Irish-set tale also beat veteran filmmaker Ken Loach’s The Wind That Shakes The Barley and Veronica Guerin to take home the Emerald Isle indie crown. STZIB (623), Sat, Nov 07 The film received critical acclaim, with a 95% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes,[5] and went on to become the most financially successful independent Irish film of all time. John Michael McDonagh, Writer: The Guard. McDonagh’s tale of an Irish policeman, and FBI agent and drug traffickers, has laughed darkly all the way to €4.1 million ($5.6 million) in Ireland. [11], In 2011 McDonagh discussed developing other projects including War on Everyone, which had its world premiere at the 2016 Berlin Film Festival. He has been married to Elizabeth Eves since 2003. The film director John Michael McDonagh, older brother of the playwright Martin, has become a filmmaker to watch in his own right with “The Guard” and now “Calvary.” Privacy | 10:16 AM PDT 9/9/2011 John Michael McDonagh, brother of the director of In Bruges, continues in the family tradition of making black comedies starring Brendan Gleeson Published: 9 Jun 2011 . Sitemap | Barley took €4.1 million ($5.5 million) in Ireland while Guerin garnered  €4 million ($5.4 million) on its rollout across the Emerald Isle. [3] He is the older brother of playwright and filmmaker Martin McDonagh.[4]. | Cookie Settings. John Michael McDonagh (born 1967) is a screenwriter and film director with British and Irish nationality. McDonagh gained considerable attention in 2011, with the theatrical release of his feature film directorial debut The Guard, starring Brendan Gleeson and Don Cheadle. Terms of Use | EMAIL ME. [9], Most recently McDonagh told The Hollywood Reporter, "I'm currently working on Assumption, my adaptation of the book by the great Percival Everett, about a black deputy sheriff in New Mexico. He has stated that it will be the "final one in the trilogy" and will be "an amalgamation of The Guard and Calvary". Another All rights reserved. He was born in London in 1967. Written and directed by John Michael McDonagh, The Guard is produced by his partners at Reprisal Films, Chris Clark and Flora Fernandez Marengo, along with Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe of Element Pictures. He is a writer and director, known for, Thu, Oct 29 Element Pictures Distribution is distributing the film in Ireland. McDonagh made his first foray into writing and directing with The Second Death, a short film released in 2000. Stuart Kemp FACEBOOK Looking for something to watch? John Michael McDonagh (born 1967) is a screenwriter and film director with British and Irish nationality. Next McDonagh adapted Robert Drewe's 1991 novel Our Sunshine into the screenplay for the 2003 film Ned Kelly, which was directed by Gregor Jordan. John Michael McDonagh proved he was more than a match for his brother with this Irish-set buddy cop thriller that teams Brendan Gleeson unorthodox policeman with Don Cheadle’s uptight FBI Agent against an international drug smuggling ring. It's also extremely satisfying to knock Ken Loach into second place. He is the older brother of playwright and filmmaker Martin McDonagh. He's had about thirty goes at making films, I've only had one.”. on