Aisling Walsh
Director

Aisling Walsh Net Worth

Aisling Walsh is an Irish director and writer born in 1958 in Dublin, Ireland. She studied Fine Art at the Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art Design and Technology and developed an interest in filmmaking through the film appreciation society there. She then went on to the National Film School in Beaconsfield and worked in England to further her career. Her films Joyriders and Sinners have been quite controversial and her latest film Song for a Raggy Boy is based on a true story and is set in the late 1930s. It follows a lay teacher (Aidan Quinn) who joins an Irish Reformatory school and has to find the courage to stand up against the tough regime.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Director, Writer
Birth Year 1958
Birth Place  Dublin, Ireland, Ireland
Age 65 YEARS OLD

💰 Net worth

Aisling Walsh is a highly talented and versatile director and writer from Ireland. Her exceptional skills and contributions to the film industry have made her a prominent figure in the field. As of 2024, her net worth is estimated to be around $100K to $1M, reflecting her successful career. Aisling Walsh's remarkable works and achievements have not only earned her financial success but also garnered immense respect and admiration from both her peers and audience. She continues to shine as a creative force in the entertainment industry, leaving a lasting impact on the world of filmmaking.

Biography/Timeline

1914

In 2014, she directed A Poet in New York, which explores how Welsh poet Dylan Thomas died in New York at the age of 39. The film was made to mark the centenary of Thomas' birth on 27 October 1914.

1968

Aisling Walsh (born 1968) is an Irish Screenwriter and Director. Her work has screened at festivals around the world and she has won several accolades, including a BAFTA Award for Room at the Top (2012) and a [[Canadian Screen Award and an Irish Academy Award for Maudie (2016). She is known for her "unflinching honest portrayals of a Catholic Irish society".

1985

In 1985, Walsh wrote and directed her first short film, titled Hostage. She followed this up with her first feature film, Joyriders (1989), before transitioning into television work throughout the 1990s. Her television work in this period includes episodes of The Bill (1991–1994), Doctor Finlay (1993), Roughnecks (1995), and Trial & Retribution (1997–2002). She also directed several television films, including the BBC One film Sinners.

2003

In 2003, Walsh wrote and directed her second feature film Song for a Raggy Boy]], which won multiple awards at international film festivals, including the Best Film award at the Copenhagen International Film Festival. Her third feature film, The Daisy Chain, a horror-thriller film, was released in 2008. Throughout the 2000s and early 2010s, Walsh also continued to work in television, directing series and television films, such as the BAFTA TV Award-nominated Fingersmith (2005), The Fifth Woman, a feature-length episode of the BBC series Wallander starring Kenneth Branagh (2010), and Room at the Top (2012), the latter of which earned her a BAFTA TV Award in 2013 for Best Mini-Series.

2016

Her fourth feature film, the biographical film Maudie (2016), about Canadian folk Artist Maud Lewis, premiered at the Telluride Film Festival. Walsh stated that, as someone who has studied painting herself, she was drawn to the simplicity and beauty in Lewis's work. Upon release, the film received positive reviews from critics. A critic writing for The Japan Times called the film "an unabashedly intimate portrait of a remarkable woman". The film was also a New York Times Critic's Pick; in her review, Manohla Dargis criticized the film's tone and score, but commended the performances and direction.

2018

For her work on Maudie, Walsh won a Canadian Screen Award for Best Director; the film won a total of seven awards at the 6th annual ceremony in 2018. She also won the award for Best Director at the 15th annual Irish Film and Television Awards in 2018.

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