Shane Connaughton

Born 1941 · Irish actor and writer

Shane Connaughton is an Irish writer and actor, probably best known as co-writer of the Academy Award-nominated screenplay for My Left Foot. He also co-wrote the screenplays for the Academy Award-winning 1980 short film The Dollar Bottom and 1992 film The Playboys, as well as other screenplays and plays. He won the Hennessy Award in 1985.

Shane Connaughton, in order

1. 1979 My Left Foot: wrote · directed by Jim Sheridan · critics 98%, audiences 92% · streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla, MGM+
2. 1984 Four Days in July (TV movie): acted · directed by Mike Leigh
3. 1992 The Playboys: wrote · directed by Gillies MacKinnon
4. 1995 The Run of the Country: wrote · directed by Peter Yates · critics 50%, audiences 78%
5. 2004 The Blackwater Lightship: wrote · directed by John Erman
6. 2005 Tara Road: wrote · directed by Gillies MacKinnon