Simon Fitzmaurice

Simon Fitzmaurice is an award-winning writer and film director. His films have screened at film festivals all over the world and won prizes at home and abroad. His feature film My Name is Emily won Best Cinematography at the Galway Film Fleadh, the Youth Film Award at Internationales Filmfestival Schlingel, the Newport Beach Achievement Award for Acting, the Victoria Texas Festival Jury Prize for Best Actress and was also nominated for 8 IFTAs. The London Screenwriter's festival presented Simon with a lifetime achievement award for the film. The prestigious inaugural award comes with the title 'The F*cking Awesome Award' 2016. A graduate of the School of Media at DIT, Simon was conferred with an Honorary Doctorate in November 2016. Simon's short fiction has been shortlisted for the Hennessy Literary Award and his poetry has appeared in the quarterly publication West 47. Simon recently wrote a memoir called It's Not Yet Dark, which was a number one bestseller in Ireland. Simon writes r