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| birth_name = Ellen O'Mara |
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| birth_date = 6 June 1882 |
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| death_date = {{death-date and age|17 May 1919|6 June 1882}} |
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| known_for = directing [[Film Company of Ireland]] |
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| spouse = [[James Mark Sullivan]] |
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'''Ellen (Nell) |
'''Ellen''' ('''Nell''') '''O'Mara Sullivan''' (6 June 1882 – 17 May 1919) was an [[Ireland|Irish]] silent film screenwriter and film company director. The company her family funded and ran was said to be the most prolific Irish silent film company. |
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==Life== |
==Life== |
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She was born into the large family of [[Stephen O'Mara (senator)|Stephen O'Mara]] who was the Mayor of Limerick and an Irish nationalist. In 1910 she married [[James Mark Sullivan]] who was an |
She was born into the large family of [[Stephen O'Mara (senator)|Stephen O'Mara]] who was the Mayor of Limerick and an Irish nationalist. Her family were nationalists and her father had resigned as a Member of Parliament in 1907 in order to support [[Sinn Féin]].<ref name=screen/> |
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In 1910 she married [[James Mark Sullivan]] who was an Irish-born American coming back to Ireland to sort out family bequests.<ref name=screen>{{Cite web |title=The Making of an Irish Nationalist: James Mark Sullivan and the Film Company of Ireland in America |url=http://www.screeningthepast.com/issue-33-knocknagow/the-making-of-an-irish-nationalist/ |access-date=2022-04-16 |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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Using her family's money they started the [[Film Company of Ireland]] which created dozens of silent films.<ref name=col/> |
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[[File:Knocknagow.jpg|left|thumb|The silent film "Knocknagow" aka "The Homes of Tipperary"]] |
[[File:Knocknagow.jpg|left|thumb|The silent film "Knocknagow" aka "The Homes of Tipperary"]] |
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The business was registered in March 1916, by her husband,<ref name=col>{{Cite web |title=Ellen O'Mara Sullivan – Women Film Pioneers Project |url=https://wfpp.columbia.edu/pioneer/ellen-omara-sullivan/ |access-date=2022-04-15 |website=wfpp.columbia.edu}}</ref> they and Henry M. Fitzgibbon.<ref name=ci>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CSmvAgAAQBAJ&dq=james+sullivan&pg=PT28 |title = Cinema and Ireland|isbn = 9781317928577|last1 = Rockett|first1 = Kevin|last2 = Gibbons|first2 = Luke|last3 = Hill|first3 = John|date = 2014-01-21| publisher=Routledge }}</ref> During the [[Easter Rising]] in 1916, the FCOI's [[O'Connell Street|Sackville Street]] offices in Dublin were destroyed and the company moved to 34 Dame Street.<ref name="Felter">{{cite journal |last1=Felter |first1=Maryanne |last2=Schultz |first2=Daniel |title=James Mark Sullivan and the Film Company of Ireland |journal=New Hibernia Review / Iris Éireannach Nua |date=2004 |volume=8 |issue=2 |pages=24–40 |jstor=20557923 |issn=1092-3977}}</ref> |
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By 1917 she had written a screenplay<ref>{{Citation |title=Knocknagow |date=1918 |url=http://archive.org/details/Knocknagow |access-date=2022-04-16}}</ref> and the company was filming an ambitious film based on the book ''[[Knocknagow]]'' by [[Charles Kickham]]. The film supported her family's nationalist aspirations.<ref name="screen" /> ''Knocknagow'' was not completed until the following year and is one of the two works of the company which are still extant.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Early Irish Cinema: A New Industry: The Film Company of Ireland's First Season – Film Ireland Magazine |date=14 June 2017 |url=https://filmireland.net/2017/06/14/early-irish-cinema-a-new-industry-the-film-company-of-irelands-first-season/ |access-date=2022-04-16 |language=en-GB}}</ref> However they made many more and their film company is said to be the "most prolific indigenous film company" throughout the whole of the silent film era.<ref name="col" /> |
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In 1919 her son caught typhoid and |
In 1919 her son caught [[typhoid fever]] and Sullivan caught the disease and died. The film company ended the following year once the three films in production had been completed.<ref name=col/> |
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== References == |
== References == |
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[[Category:Irish screenwriters]] |
[[Category:Irish screenwriters]] |
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[[Category:Deaths from typhoid fever]] |
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[[Category:20th-century Irish women writers]] |
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Latest revision as of 00:10, 2 October 2024
Ellen O'Mara Sullivan | |
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| Born | Ellen O'Mara 6 June 1882 |
| Died | 17 May 1919 (aged 36) |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Known for | directing Film Company of Ireland |
| Spouse | James Mark Sullivan |
Ellen (Nell) O'Mara Sullivan (6 June 1882 – 17 May 1919) was an Irish silent film screenwriter and film company director. The company her family funded and ran was said to be the most prolific Irish silent film company.
Life
[edit]She was born into the large family of Stephen O'Mara who was the Mayor of Limerick and an Irish nationalist. Her family were nationalists and her father had resigned as a Member of Parliament in 1907 in order to support Sinn Féin.[1]
In 1910 she married James Mark Sullivan who was an Irish-born American coming back to Ireland to sort out family bequests.[1]
Using her family's money they started the Film Company of Ireland which created dozens of silent films.[2]
The business was registered in March 1916, by her husband,[2] they and Henry M. Fitzgibbon.[3] During the Easter Rising in 1916, the FCOI's Sackville Street offices in Dublin were destroyed and the company moved to 34 Dame Street.[4]
By 1917 she had written a screenplay[5] and the company was filming an ambitious film based on the book Knocknagow by Charles Kickham. The film supported her family's nationalist aspirations.[1] Knocknagow was not completed until the following year and is one of the two works of the company which are still extant.[6] However they made many more and their film company is said to be the "most prolific indigenous film company" throughout the whole of the silent film era.[2]
In 1919 her son caught typhoid fever and Sullivan caught the disease and died. The film company ended the following year once the three films in production had been completed.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "The Making of an Irish Nationalist: James Mark Sullivan and the Film Company of Ireland in America". Retrieved 2022-04-16.
- ^ a b c d "Ellen O'Mara Sullivan – Women Film Pioneers Project". wfpp.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
- ^ Rockett, Kevin; Gibbons, Luke; Hill, John (2014-01-21). Cinema and Ireland. Routledge. ISBN 9781317928577.
- ^ Felter, Maryanne; Schultz, Daniel (2004). "James Mark Sullivan and the Film Company of Ireland". New Hibernia Review / Iris Éireannach Nua. 8 (2): 24–40. ISSN 1092-3977. JSTOR 20557923.
- ^ Knocknagow, 1918, retrieved 2022-04-16
- ^ "Early Irish Cinema: A New Industry: The Film Company of Ireland's First Season – Film Ireland Magazine". 14 June 2017. Retrieved 2022-04-16.