Alan Gilsenan
Directing · Director · Writer · Cinematography
Active 1988–present · Awards: European Film Award Special Mention
Alan Gilsenan is an Irish writer, filmmaker and theatre director. His documentaries, which range from robust investigation to essayistic reverie to sensitive observation, are distinguished by intellectual rigour and creative innovation,…
Filmography
Zulu 9 (2001) — DirectorTimbuktu (2004) — DirectorThe Ghost of Roger Casement (2002) — DirectorThe Road to God Knows Where (1988) — DirectorAll Souls' Day (1997) — DirectorUnless (2016) — Director · WriterEliza Lynch: Queen of Paraguay (2013) — Director · WriterAn Buachaill Geal Gáireach/The Laughing Boy (2023) — DirectorThe United Irishmen (2023) — DirectorThe Seven Ages of Noël Browne (2023) — DirectorPaul Muldoon: Laoithe is Lirici (2022) — DirectorThe Yellow Bittern — DirectorGhosts of Baggotonia (2022) — Director · CinematographyThe Irish Question (2024) — DirectorMeetings with Ivor (2017) — DirectorThe Days of Trees (2024) — Director of Photography · Writer · DirectorThe Meeting (2018) — Director · WriterA Century of Irish Aviation: Pioneers and Aviators (2014) — DirectorWe Only Want the Earth (2026) — Director · WriterThe Great Book of Ireland (2020) — DirectorThe Journey of Weather-Exposed Bones (2026) — Director · Cinematography