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Alan Gilsenan

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Biography

Alan Gilsenan is an Irish writer, filmmaker and theatre director. His documentaries, which range from robust investigation to essayistic reverie to sensitive observation, are distinguished by intellectual rigour and creative innovation, allied to a seemingly unquenchable curiosity about history, literature, culture and society – both in Ireland but also in the wider world. His highly eclectic oeuvre of over 40 films for cinema and television also provides an invaluable compendium of reflection on Irish minds and Irish matters over four decades.

Known for

Timbuktu poster

The Ghost of Roger Casement poster

The Ghost of Roger Casement

Zulu 9 poster

All Souls' Day poster

Career timeline

2026

The Journey of Weather-Exposed Bones

We Only Want the Earth

2024

The Days of Trees

The Irish Question

2023

The United Irishmen

An Buachaill Geal Gáireach/The Laughing Boy

The Seven Ages of Noël Browne

2022

Ghosts of Baggotonia

Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is Lirici

2020

The Great Book of Ireland

2018

2017

Meetings with Ivor

2016

2014

A Century of Irish Aviation: Pioneers and Aviators

2013

Eliza Lynch: Queen of Paraguay

2004

Timbuktu Notable

2002

The Ghost of Roger Casement Notable

2001

1997

All Souls' Day Notable

1988

The Road to God Knows Where Notable

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Full filmography

The Journey of Weather-Exposed Bones poster

The Journey of Weather-Exposed Bones

We Only Want the Earth poster

We Only Want the Earth

The Days of Trees poster

The Days of Trees

The Irish Question poster

The Irish Question

The United Irishmen poster

The United Irishmen

An Buachaill Geal Gáireach/The Laughing Boy poster

An Buachaill Geal Gáireach/The Laughing Boy

The Seven Ages of Noël Browne poster

The Seven Ages of Noël Browne

Ghosts of Baggotonia poster

Ghosts of Baggotonia

Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is Lirici poster

Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is Lirici

The Great Book of Ireland poster

The Great Book of Ireland

The Meeting poster

Meetings with Ivor poster

Meetings with Ivor

Unless poster

A Century of Irish Aviation: Pioneers and Aviators poster

A Century of Irish Aviation: Pioneers and Aviators

Eliza Lynch: Queen of Paraguay poster

Eliza Lynch: Queen of Paraguay

Timbuktu poster

The Ghost of Roger Casement poster

The Ghost of Roger Casement

Zulu 9 poster

All Souls' Day poster

The Road to God Knows Where poster

The Road to God Knows Where

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The Ghost of Roger CasementView movie page