Martin Duffy, filmmaker and author was from Leighlin Road, Crumlin.
He left Irish national television in 1989 to become a freelance editor and in 1995 found funding for his first feature film, The Boy from Mercury, a film set in 1950s Dublin about a young boy whose life revolves around the escapism of Saturday afternoon Flash Gordon serials at his local cinema.
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Martins book about the making of the film, The Road to Mercury, is an insightful look into the mechanisms of the Irish film industry.
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His works include German features, TV films and series as well as Irish and American productions, such as the Science Fiction feature Summer of the Flying Saucer directed by Irish filmmaker Martin Duffy.
Lawrence, Martin Duffy and Gary Ainge had moved to Brighton from Birmingham in 1988; but as Marco Thomas had remained in the Midlands, Robert Young from Primal Scream was invited to play bass on the recording.
The Bumblebee Flies Anyway is a 1999 film starring Elijah Wood, directed by Martin Duffy.