Declan O'Dwyer

In 1977, aged 8, Declan was taken to the cinema for the first time. He queued for hours. Once eventually inside, he began, as he thought you were supposed to, to run up and down the aisles playing airplanes with a total stranger. The film started and as the Star Destroyer chased the Rebel blockade-runner across the screen, he became transfixed, mesmerized by the spectacle. Star Wars was his introduction into cinema. Poor Declan! Intellectually we must admit, he was not of much importance. He never said a brilliant or even ill-natured thing in his life. Ultimately he became nothing, a delightful, ineffectual young man with a perfect profile and no profession. Obviously, realizing his own shortcomings he made the natural and seamless transition into directing. After a much deserved divorce, and with no qualifications, Declan returned to education at the tender age of 26 by going to drama school. However, this only convinced him the world wasn't yet ready for his unique anti-acting styl