Ellen Sullivan
Ellen O’Mara Sullivan | |
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| Born | Ellen O'Mara June 6, 1882 |
| Died | May 17, 1919 |
| Nationality | Ireland |
| Known for | directing Film Company of Ireland |
| Spouse | James Mark Sullivan |
Ellen (Nell) O’Mara Sullivan (June 6, 1882 – May 17, 1919) was an Irish silent film screenwriter and film company co-director.
Life
She was born into the large family of Stephen O'Mara who was the Mayor of Limerick and an Irish nationalist. In 1910 she married James Mark Sullivan who was an Irishman coming back to Ireland to sort out family bequests.[1] Together they started the Film Company of Ireland which created dozens of silent films.[2]
In March 1916, along with her husband,[3] they and sleeping partner Henry M. Fitzgibbon founded the Film Company of Ireland.[4] By 1917 she had written a screenplay[5] and the company was filming an ambitious film based on the book Knocknagow. The film was not completed until the following year. it is one of two of the films they made was still extant.[6]
In 1919 her son caught typhoid and Ellen caught the disease and died. The film company ended the following year once the three films in production had been completed.[3]
References
- ^ "The Making of an Irish Nationalist: James Mark Sullivan and the Film Company of Ireland in America". Retrieved 2022-04-16.
- ^ "Ellen O'Mara Sullivan – Women Film Pioneers Project". wfpp.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
- ^ a b "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. ISBN 9781317928577.
- ^ Knocknagow, 1918, retrieved 2022-04-16
- ^ "Early Irish Cinema: A New Industry: The Film Company of Ireland's First Season – Film Ireland Magazine". Retrieved 2022-04-16.
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