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John Carney net worth is
$700,000

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John Carney was born in 1972 in Dublin, Ireland. He is a director and writer, known for Once (2007), Begin Again (2013) and Sing Street (2016). 

Net Worth$700,000
Date Of Birth1972
Place Of BirthDublin, Ireland
Height6' 2" (1.88 m)
ProfessionDirector, Writer, Composer
#Quote
1[why he became a feature filmmaker] It was something that I developed around the time that I was in the band in my 20s when I was getting into movies and watching movies with a more critical eye and less as entertainment. Everyone else was off at Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) or E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) and I was watching Jean-Luc Godard movies or Ingmar Bergman movies or older American 1930s and 40s movies, so I think if I hadn't been a filmmaker I probably would have been a film critic. I bought a camcorder and took it from there. [2016]
2I had just come back from making this far bigger movie in America and I was a bit disenchanted with working with certain movie stars in that movie and I wanted a break. I didn't enjoy that experience of paparazzi and fabulous openings. The movie star world is not something that ever appealed to me. I like working with actors and I wanted to come back to what I knew and enjoy film-making again - not that I didn't enjoy Begin Again (2013) but Keira [Keira Knightley] has an entourage that follow her everywhere so it's very hard to get any real work done, and so I was very ready to come back to Ireland and make films that nobody cared about who was in it or any of that crap. I think the real problem was that Keira wasn't a singer and wasn't a guitar player and it's very hard to make music seem real if it's not with musicians. And I think the audience struggled a little bit with that in "Begin Again". And as much as I tried to make it work I think that she didn't quite come out as a guitar-playing singer-songwriter. So I really wanted to work with musicians and actors that could play their instruments properly and sing and stuff like that. (...) I learned that I'll never make a film with supermodels again. Mark Ruffalo is a fantastic actor and Adam Levine is a joy to work with and actually quite unpretentious and not a bit scared of exposing himself on camera and exploring who he is as an individual. I think that that's what you need as an actor; you need to not be afraid to find out who you really are when the camera's rolling. Keira's thing is to hide who you are and I don't think you can be an actor and do that. And working with the kids on this film and real instruments there was no hiding going on. It really was a bit of a journey of self-discovery for the actors in Sing Street (2016) and that appeals to me. So it's not like I hate the Hollywood thing but I like to work with curious, proper film actors as opposed to movie stars. I don't want to rubbish Keira, but you know it's hard being a film actor and it requires a certain level of honesty and self-analysis that I don't think she's ready for yet and I certainly don't think she was ready for on that film. [2016]
3[on _Sing Street (2016) as a musical] The big thing for me is I wanted to make a musical but I didn't want anyone to know it was a musical, and I didn't want to put the word musical on the poster. So it's a stealth musical; it creeps up on you - it doesn't seem like one, but it actually is. I felt that a really necessary part of making a modern musical is that it doesn't have any of the traditional recognisable tropes of the older musicals, which I love, many of them - Guys and Dolls (1955), Singin' in the Rain (1952), An American in Paris (1951), New York, New York (1977). Films where the music moves the drama along, it doesn't just break from the drama, but actually the music is as important as the dialogue and moves the characters and the plot along. [2016]
#Fact
1Former bassist and vocalist with Irish band, The Frames (1990-1993).
2Filmed his acclaimed Once (2007) with two digital camcorders over a period of three weeks on a budget of just 100,000 Euros.

Director

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Sing Street2016
Begin Again2013/II
The Rafters2012
Zonad2009
Once2007
Bachelors Walk Christmas Special2006TV Movie
Zonad2003Short
Bachelors Walk2001-2003TV Series 10 episodes
On the Edge2001
Park1999
November Afternoon1996

Writer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Sing Street2016screenplay
Begin Again2013/IIwritten by
The Rafters2012
Zonad2009writer
Once2007
Bachelors Walk Christmas Special2006TV Movie co-creator
Zonad2003Short writer
Bachelors Walk2001-2003TV Series writer - 10 episodes
On the Edge2001written by
Park1999writer
November Afternoon1996

Composer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Sensation2010
On the Edge2001
Park1999
November Afternoon1996
The Life of Reilly1995Short

Soundtrack

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Sing Street2016music: "Up", "Girls" / writer: "A Beautiful Sea", "The Riddle of the Model", "Brown Shoes", "Go Now"
Begin Again2013/IIwriter: "Step You Can't Take Back", "Like A Fool"
On the Edge2001performer: "The End of Nowhere" / writer: "A Month in Pyjamas", "The End of Nowhere"

Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Bachelors Walk Christmas Special2006TV MovieHandsome Man

Camera Department

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Once2007camera operator

Music Department

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Sing Street2016musician

Producer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Sing Street2016producer

Won Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
2016Southwest Airlines Audience AwardNashville Film FestivalSpecial PresentationsSing Street (2016)
2016Special Jury PrizeNashville Film FestivalBest Original SongSing Street (2016)
2008Evening Standard British Film AwardEvening Standard British Film AwardsMost Promising NewcomerOnce (2007)
2008Independent Spirit AwardIndependent Spirit AwardsBest Foreign FilmOnce (2007)
2008Grand PrizeMons International Festival of Love FilmsOnce (2007)
2007Russell Smith AwardDallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association AwardsOnce (2007)
2007Special MentionDinard British Film FestivalOnce (2007)
2007Audience AwardDublin International Film FestivalOnce (2007)
2007Youth Jury AwardGhent International Film FestivalOnce (2007)
2007Audience AwardSundance Film FestivalWorld Cinema - DramaticOnce (2007)
2001Audience AwardDinard British Film FestivalOn the Edge (2001)

Nominated Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
2016Grand Special PrizeDeauville Film FestivalSing Street (2016)
2016IFTA AwardIrish Film and Television AwardsBest Director - FilmSing Street (2016)
2016IFTA AwardIrish Film and Television AwardsBest Original MusicSing Street (2016)
2015IFTA AwardIrish Film and Television AwardsBest Director - FilmBegin Again (2013)
2010IFTA AwardIrish Film and Television AwardsBest Director for FilmZonad (2009)
2010IFTA AwardIrish Film and Television AwardsBest Script for FilmZonad (2009)
2009RobertRobert FestivalBest Non-American Film (Årets ikke-amerikanske film)Once (2007)
2008ALFS AwardLondon Critics Circle Film AwardsBritish Breakthrough - FilmmakingOnce (2007)
2008OFCS AwardOnline Film Critics Society AwardsBest Breakthrough FilmmakerOnce (2007)
2007CFCA AwardChicago Film Critics Association AwardsMost Promising FilmmakerOnce (2007)
2007Grand Jury PrizeSundance Film FestivalWorld Cinema - DramaticOnce (2007)
2003IFTA AwardIrish Film and Television AwardsBest Script (Film & Television)Bachelors Walk (2001)
2001Golden HitchcockDinard British Film FestivalOn the Edge (2001)

3rd Place Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
2007Breakthrough AwardDublin Film Critics Circle AwardsOnce (2007)

Known for movies

Director

Once (2007)
as Director

Director

Begin Again (2013)
as Director

Director

Sing Street (2016)
as Director

Director

On the Edge (2001)
as Director

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