Roddy Doyle
Irish author · Ireland · On the map · Writers · Born 1958 · age 68
Roderick Doyle is an Irish novelist, dramatist and screenwriter. He is the author of eleven novels for adults, eight books for children, seven plays and screenplays, and dozens of short stories. Several of his books have been made into films, beginning with The Commitments in 1991.
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Stephen Frears Directed The Snapper and The Van
Colm Meaney Roddy wrote The Snapper and The Van- Rynagh O'Grady Also in The Commitments and The Snapper
Alan Parker Directed The Commitments (1991)
Michael Winterbottom Directed Family (1994)
Enzo D’Alò Directed A Greyhound of a Girl (2023)
Paddy Breathnach Directed Rosie (2019)
Tom Rosenberg Produced The Commitments (1991)
Stanley Townsend Also in The Snapper and The Van
Andrew Eaton Produced Family (1994)
Steph Green Directed New Boy (2007)
Fionnuala Murphy Also in The Snapper and The Van
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Doyle's work is set primarily in Ireland, especially working-class Dublin, and is notable for its heavy use of dialogue written in slang and Irish English dialect. Doyle was awarded the Booker Prize in 1993 for his novel Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha.
