FRANK is an offbeat comedy about a wannabe musician who finds himself out of his depth when he joins an avant-garde pop band led by the enigmatic Frank - a musical genius who hides himself inside a large fake head.

Direction: LENNY ABRAHAMSON

Script: JON RONSON, PETER STRAUGHAN

Production: ED GUINEY, DAVID BARRON, STEVIE LEE

Cinematography: JAMES MATHER

Editing: NATHAN NUGENT

Production Design: RICHARD BULLOCK

Costume Design: SUZIE HARMAN

Sound: NIALL O'SULLIVAN

Original Score: STEPHEN RENNICKS

Cast: DOMHNALL GLEESON, MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL, SCOOT MCNAIRY, MICHAEL FASSBENDER

Original Title: FRANK

Original Language: English

Film Production Countries: United Kingdom, Ireland

Biography of the Director/s
Lenny Abrahamson was born in Dublin in 1966. While studying physics and philosophy at Trinity College Dublin, he directed short videos with the Trinity Video Society, which he co-founded with Ed Guiney. He graduated in 1991 with first class honours.

His first short film, 3 Joes, won the Best European Short Film Award at the 1991 Cork Film Festival and the Organiser’s Award at the 1992 Oberhausen Short Film Festival. He directed numerous commercials for television in Ireland, the UK and worldwide before taking the helm on his first feature film, Adam & Paul, a stylized, downbeat comedy written by Mark O’Halloran and released in 2004. Adam & Paul won the Best First Feature award at the 2004 Galway Film Fleadh and the Grand Prix at the 2005 Sofia International Film Festival.

His second feature film, Garage, another collaboration with writer Mark O’ Halloran, was selected for Director’s Fortnight at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival and won the CICAE Art and Essai award. The film also won the awards for Best Film, Best Director, Best Script and Best Actor at the 2008 Irish Film and Television Awards (IFTAs).

Lenny has also directed for television: his four one-hour TV films for RTE, Prosperity, won the Best Director for TV award 2008 Irish Film and Television Awards.

What Richard Did, his third feature, was released in 2012 to critical acclaim. The film, written by Malcolm Campbell, presents a stark portrait of a privileged Dublin teen whose world unravels over one summer night. What Richard Did premiered at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival and was also selected for the 2012 BFI London Film Festival and the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival.

Lenny is developing a number of projects with Element Pictures including an adaptation of the critically and commercially acclaimed novel Room, written by author Emma Donoghue. He is also developing a film based on Sarah Waters’ novel The Little Stranger with Potboiler and Film4.

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