| 词条 | Simon Fitzmaurice |
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| name = Simon Fitzmaurice | birth_date = {{Birth based on age as of date|43|2017|10|26|noage=1|df=yes}} | birth_place = |death_date = {{death date and given age|2017|10|26|43|df=yes}} | death_place = St Vincent's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland | nationality = Irish | notable_works = It's Not Yet Dark My Name Is Emily | parents = Damien and Florence Fitzmaurice | spouse = Ruth O'Neill | children = 5 }} Simon Fitzmaurice ({{circa}} 1973 – 26 October 2017) was an Irish filmmaker. A resident of Greystones, County Wicklow, Fitzmaurice published a memoir titled It's Not Yet Dark in 2014 about his experience with motor neurone disease. He directed My Name Is Emily while living with the condition in 2015. CareerFitzmaurice's second short film, The Sound of People, premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. Soon after, he was diagnosed with a motor neurone disease, leaving him completely paralyzed.[1] With the disease, he wrote and directed the feature film My Name Is Emily, which was released in 2015.[2][3] Starring Evanna Lynch, Michael Smiley, and George Webster, it tells the story of a teenager who leaves her foster home to free her father from a mental hospital.[4] My Name Is Emily was nominated for eight Irish Film & Television Academy Awards; Fitzmaurice received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2016 London Screenwriters' Festival for the work.[1] It's Not Yet Dark, a memoir, chronicles his experience living in a motorized wheelchair and communicating using an eye-tracking computer.[5] The memoir was followed by the documentary It's Not Yet Dark, directed by Frankie Fenton.[6]Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) conferred Simon Fitzmaurice with an Honorary Doctorate at a graduation ceremony at St Patrick's Cathedral in November 2016.[7]Personal lifeFitzmaurice was married to Ruth Fitzmaurice, with whom he had five children. He died of motor neurone disease at St Vincent's Hospital, Dublin, on 26 October 2017, aged 43. He was survived by his wife, children, and parents.[5] His funeral was held two days later at St Kilian's Roman Catholic Church in Greystones, attended by, among others, Lieut Cmdr Patricia Butler (aide-de-camp to President Michael D. Higgins), Fianna Fáil politician Stephen Donnelly, broadcaster Maia Dunphy, and James Vincent McMorrow, who performed one of Fitzmaurice’s favourite songs "We Don't Eat".[2] References1. ^1 {{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/movies/movie-news/his-dreams-were-bigger-than-his-illness-tributes-paid-to-filmmaker-simon-fitzmaurice-who-passed-away-at-43-36266434.html|title='His dreams were bigger than his illness' - Tributes paid to filmmaker Simon Fitzmaurice who passed away at 43|first=Sasha|last=Brady|date=27 October 2017|accessdate=31 October 2017|work=Irish Independent}} {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Fitzmaurice, Simon}}2. ^1 {{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/director-simon-fitzmaurice-s-funeral-told-of-love-of-life-family-1.3272963|title=Director Simon Fitzmaurice's funeral told of 'love of life, family'|first=Ciarán|last=D'Arcy|date=28 October 2017|accessdate=31 October 2017|work=The Irish Times}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://people.com/books/simon-fitzmaurice-talks-als-new-memoir|title=Irish Filmmaker Battling A.LS. Calls Poignant New Memoir 'A Letter to Each of My Children'|first=Sam|last=Gillette|work=People|date=2 August 2017|accessdate=31 October 2017}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/22/movies/simon-fitzmaurice-my-name-is-emily.html|title=In the Face of A.L.S., Simon Fitzmaurice Finds His Fire Inside|first=Kathryn|last=Shattuck|date=22 February 2017|accessdate=31 October 2017|work=The New York Times}} 5. ^1 {{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/greystones-based-film-maker-simon-fitzmaurice-dies-1.3271112|title=Greystones-based film-maker Simon Fitzmaurice dies|first=Tim|last=O'Brien|date=27 October 2017|accessdate=31 October 2017|work=The Irish Times}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/movies/simon-made-his-legacy-i-just-got-to-colour-it-up-a-little-director-of-its-not-yet-dark-documentary-about-irish-filmmaker-simon-fitzmaurice-who-has-mnd-36206940.html|title='Simon made his legacy - I just got to colour it up a little' - director of It's Not Yet Dark documentary about Irish filmmaker Simon Fitzmaurice who has MND|first=Aoife|last=Kelly|date=8 October 2017|accessdate=31 October 2017|work=Irish Independent}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://dit.ie/newsandevents/news/archive2017/latest/title,151736,en.html|title=Farewell to inspirational Simon Fitzmaurice|date=27 October 2017|accessdate=1 November 2017|publisher=Dublin Institute of Technology}} 11 : 1970s births|2017 deaths|Irish male writers|People from Greystones|Irish filmmakers|Irish film directors|Date of birth missing|Place of birth missing|Deaths from motor neuron disease|Disease-related deaths in the Republic of Ireland|English-language film directors |
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