Ed Guiney
略歴
Ed Guiney co-founded film and drama production company, Element Pictures with Andrew Lowe in 2001. Element has offices in Dublin, Belfast and London and works across production, distribution and exhibition.
As joint Managing Director, Ed oversees the development and production of Element’s film and television slate. Recent projects include Lenny Abrahamson’s Room, Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Favourite and the television series Normal People, also directed by Lenny Abrahamson.
Current film productions include Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things, starring Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo and Willem Dafoe (Film4/Searchlight Pictures); Stephen Williams historical biopic Chevalier, starring Kelvin Harrison Jr. (Searchlight Pictures) and Sebastián Lelio’s The Wonder, starring Florence Pugh (Netflix).
Current television productions include Shane Meadows’ period drama The Gallows Pole (BBC/A24); Nancy Harris’ The Dry (Britbox/ITV Studios) directed by Paddy Breathnach, and the adaptation of Sally Rooney’s debut novel, Conversations with Friends, directed by Lenny Abrahamson (BBC/HULU).
Current and upcoming film releases include Sean Durkin’s The Nest; Phyllida Lloyd’s Herself and two collaborations with Joanna Hogg - The Eternal Daughter (BBC/A24) and The Souvenir Part II (BBC/A24/Focus) which had its world premiere at Directors’ Fortnight in July 2021.
Ed has been nominated for two Oscars for Best Picture and has won two BAFTAs.
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Brought back to life by an unorthodox scientist, a young woman runs off with a debauched lawyer on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, she grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality and liberation.
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The illegitimate son of an African slave and a French plantation owner, Bologne rises to improbable heights in French society as a celebrated violinist-composer and fencer, complete with an ill-fated love affair and a falling out with Marie Antoinette and her court. Inspired by the incredible true story of composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges.
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An artist and her elderly mother confront long-buried secrets when they return to a former family home, now a hotel haunted by its mysterious past.
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時は大飢饉から13年後の1862年。ナイチンゲールの教育を受けたイギリス人看護師のリブ・ライト (フローレンス・ピュー) が、アイルランドはミッドランズ地方の敬虔なコミュニティに呼ばれ、15日間かけて同胞の一人を観察するよう依頼されます。その人物とは、4ヵ月もの間食べていないにもかかわらず、天の恵みにより奇跡的に生かされているという11歳の少女、アナ・オドネル (キーラ・ロード・キャシディ)。アナの健康状態が急激に悪化するなか、リブは真実を暴こうと決意しますが、信じることをやめようとしない村人たちの厚い信仰が立ちはだかります。
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In the aftermath of her tumultuous relationship with a charismatic and manipulative older man, Julie begins to untangle her fraught love for him in making her graduation film, sorting fact from his elaborately constructed fiction.
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Struggling to provide her daughters with a safe, happy home, Sandra decides to build one - from scratch. Using all her ingenuity to make her ambitious dream a reality, Sandra draws together a community to lend a helping hand to build her house and ultimately recover her own sense of self.
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Rory is an ambitious entrepreneur who brings his American wife and kids to his native country, England, to explore new business opportunities. After abandoning the sanctuary of their safe American suburban surroundings, the family is plunged into the despair of an archaic '80s Britain and their unaffordable new life in an English manor house threatens to destroy the family.
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In darkest rural Ireland, ex-boxer Douglas 'Arm' Armstrong has become the feared enforcer for the drug-dealing Devers family, whilst also trying to be a good father to his autistic five-year-old son, Jack. Torn between these two families, Arm's loyalties are truly tested when he is asked to kill for the first time.
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A mother strives to shield her young family from their new reality when their landlord sells the property and renders them homeless.
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ニューヨークで写真家として活躍するロニートのもとに父の死の知らせが届く。父は厳格なユダヤ教のラビで、信仰を捨て故郷を飛び出したロニートは、父から親子の縁を切られていた。久々にイギリスのユダヤ・コミュニティへ戻ってきたロニートだったが、故郷の人々から冷たい視線で迎えられる。そんな中、幼なじみのエスティと再会したロニートだったが…。
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18世紀初頭、フランスとの戦争状態にあるイングランド。 虚弱な女王、アン が王位にあり、彼女 の幼馴染、レディ・サラ が病身で気まぐれな女王を動かし、絶大な権力を振るっ ていた。 そんな中、没落したサラの従妹アビゲイル が召 使いとして参内し、その魅力がレディ・サラとアン女王を引きつけ る。 レディ・サラはアビゲイルを支配下に置くが、一方でアビゲイルは 再び貴族の地位に返り咲く機会を伺っていた。 戦争の継続をめぐる政治的駆け引きが続く中、急速に育まれるサラ との友情がアビゲイルにチャンスをもたらすが、 その行く手には数々の試練が待ち受けていた。
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1948年の夏、ファラデー医師は患者の往診に呼ばれ、エアーズ家が200年以上も住むハンドレッズ領主館を訪れる。その屋敷は今や荒廃の一途をたどっており、かつての地元の名家は死よりも不吉な何かに捕らわれている。ファラデーは往診に訪れた時、自分が一家の人生にこれほどまでに巻き込まれる運命にあるとは夢にも思っていなかった。
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美しい妻のアナ、そして娘のキム、息子のボブとともに郊外の豪邸で幸せな家庭生活を送る、心臓外科医のスティーヴン。その一方で彼は、自分の家族には内緒で親身に世話を焼く、マーティンというどこか謎めいた少年がいた。ある日スティーヴンは、マーティンを自分のかつての患者だといって自宅に招き、家族に紹介するが、やがてスティーヴンの子どもたちの身に異変が生じるようになり、マーティンの謎めいた正体が明らかになる。
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"Mad" Mary McArdle returns to Drogheda after a short spell in prison for something she'd rather forget. Back home, everything and everyone has changed. Her best friend, Charlene, is about to get married and Mary is maid of honor. When Charlene refuses Mary a 'plus one' on the grounds that she probably couldn't find a date, Mary becomes determined to prove her wrong.
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作家エマ・ドナヒューのベストセラー小説をブリー・ラーソン主演で映画化。監禁された女性とその部屋で生まれ育った息子が外界へと脱出。そこから始まるさまざまな葛藤や苦悩、感動を描き上げていく。
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独身者であれば身柄を確保され、とあるホテルへと送られる世界。そこでパートナーを45日以内に見つけなければ、自身が選んだ動物に姿を変えられて森に放たれてしまう。そのホテルにシングルになったデヴィッド（コリン・ファレル）が送られ、パートナー探しを強いられることに。期限となる45日目が迫る中、彼はホテルに充満する狂気に耐え切れず独身者たちが潜んでいる森へと逃げ込む。そこで心を奪われる相手に出会って恋に落ちるが、それは独身者たちが暮らす森ではタブーだった。
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The lives of urbanites intertwine in a world where anything can happen at any time.
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In a desperate attempt to reunite his broken family, a young taxi driver becomes entangled in the criminal underworld.
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Jimmy Gralton returns from New York and reopens his beloved community hall, only to meet opposition from the local parish.
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A young wannabe musician who discovers he has bitten off more than he can chew when he joins an eccentric pop band led by the mysterious and enigmatic Frank.
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Niamh is the lone survivor of a mysterious massacre in which the furniture and objects in her family’s isolated house took on a monstrous life of their own. The police ignore her wild stories, and the neighbours and social worker who take her into their care try to introduce her to a new life. But Niamh is unable to leave her violent past behind her, endangering everyone who crosses her path.
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5 teens try to discover what happens when you die.
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大学進学が近い18歳の少年リチャードは、同じ学校のラグビー部でチームメイトだった友人たちと楽しく夏休みを過ごす。やがてリチャードは同い年の少女ララと出会って意気投合し、彼女と恋に落ちる。ある晩、近所の家のパーティーでリチャードはささいなきっかけからララの元恋人コナーとけんかになり、リチャードは倒れたコナーを放置して帰宅する。翌日、コナーが遺体となって見つかったためリチャードは強くショックを受ける。
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Child bullfighters in Mexico, where kids as young as eight are trained to kill bulls ten times their weight. The film follows three children who are fighting not just the bull but their own demons every time they step into the ring. Michelito is ten and already a star. The adored son of a matador, Michelito has killed over two hundred bulls. 'Picasso was born to paint, Mozart to make music - and Michelito to be a matador,' says Dad. Can Michelito fulfill his own - and his father's - dream to become the youngest matador in history? Joel is nine. Abandoned by his real dad, neglected by his mum, Joel has found a surrogate father in Matador teacher Ismael. But Ismael's own career is vulnerable: if he has to move Spain to save his reputation, what will become of Joel? Andrea is twelve. She started bullfighting when her beloved father moved to America. Andrea has disowned her dad - who has a new woman - and is defying his orders that she give up bullfighting...
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Set in 1990s Belfast, a woman is forced to betray all she believes in for the sake of her son.
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A bored, retired rock star sets out to find his father's executioner, an ex-Nazi war criminal who is a refugee in the U.S.
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When a small-town Irish cop with a crass personality is partnered with a straight-laced FBI agent to bust an international drug-trafficking ring, they must settle their differences in order to take down a dangerous gang.
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After experiencing a tragedy, Irish brothers Dara and Eoin move to rural France, where they become friends with young Bella, whose beauty and charm bewitches the emotionally unstable Dara.
Co-Producer
アフガニスタンで米兵を殺害したアラブ人兵士ムハマンドは、ヘリの爆撃を受け、一時的に聴力を失う。米軍に捕まりどこかへ移送される途中、護送車のアクシデントにまぎれて脱走したムハマンドは、雪に閉ざされた深い森の中を逃走する。
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Zonad (Simon Delaney) is from space…probably. Or so the Cassidy family assume when they discover an apparent alien in a shiny red space suit and helmet passed out on the living room floor beside the drinks cabinet. The Cassidys and the people of Ballymoran make the intriguing visitor feel very welcome (and in the case of mother Mary, Donna Dent, and teenage minx Jenny, Janice Byrne, they make him feel very welcome indeed). At first, Zonad tries to evade the warm welcome of the villagers, although the procession of wanton women and free beer gets the better of him. Why give up on a good thing?
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The story of former UVF member Alistair Little. Twenty-five years after Little killed Joe Griffen's brother, the media arrange an auspicious meeting between the two.
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Follows the story of a luckless actor named Barry who has recently split from his girlfriend. He is seen wallowing at home in his pyjamas, where he becomes fixated on a children's television presenter who he sees on daytime television. The two accidentally collide at an awards ceremony and Barry sets out to impress the presenter. However, he inadvertently lies about his profession, ignoring his actorial status for a career in psychiatry.
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Due to a learning disability, Josie's life in a tiny town revolves around a menial job taking care of a garage that could close at any day. Things start to change, however, when David, the son of his boss' girlfriend, comes to work with him. Josie hangs out with David and his teenage friends, bringing them beer, and despite being a grown man himself, finds that the new company lifts his spirits. But his simple-mindedness blinds him to some potential legal dangers.
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A fictional investigative documentary looks back on the "assassination" of George W. Bush and attempts to answer the question of who committed the murder. Perhaps less morbid and disturbing to watch now than during Bush's presidency, the film doesn't address Bush's policies at all, instead focusing on the way a nation assigns blame in a time of crisis.
Executive Producer
In 1920s Ireland young doctor Damien O'Donovan prepares to depart for a new job in a London hospital. As he says his goodbyes at a friend's farm, British Black and Tans arrive, and a young man is killed. Damien joins his brother Teddy in the Irish Republican Army, but political events are soon set in motion that tear the brothers apart.
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エリック・ナイトの原作を豪華キャストで映画化した、少年と犬の友情ストーリー。9歳の少年ジョーとその親友のコリー犬・ラッシー。だが、生活に困った両親がラッシーを公爵に売ってしまう。ラッシーは何度もジョーのもとに戻ろうとするが……。
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On a remote Irish farm, five people become unwilling participants in an experiment that goes nightmarishly wrong.
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A boy declares his love for his girlfriend, only to die the same night. He is brought back to life by his mother as a flesh-craving zombie, who sires more teen undead while trying to control his, er, appetite for his beloved.
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The fictional world of Royston Vasey is facing apocalypse and the only way to avert disaster is for our nightmarish cast of characters to find a way into the real world and confront their creators. From present day Soho to the fictional film world of 17th Century Britain, the residents must overcome countless bizarre obstacles in their bid to return Royston Vasey to safety.
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The movie starts at the 1998 bomb attack by the Real IRA at Omagh, Northern Ireland. The attack killed 31 people. Michael Gallagher one of the relatives of the victims starts an examination to bring the people responsible to court.
Executive Producer
Adam and Paul are two young junkies living in Dublin and perpetually on the lookout for their next fix. During their search, they encounter various unsavoury characters and make some futile attempts at petty theft. As their day progresses, Adam and Paul get into a good share of trouble as they do whatever they can to score heroin, eventually running afoul of an imposing thug -- who only drags them into more shady activities.
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1964年、アイルランド、ダブリン。マグダレン修道院に、時を同じくして3人の少女が収容される。孤児バーナデットはその美しさで周囲の少年たちの目を惹きつけてしまうことが、マーガレットは従兄弟にレイプされたことが、そしてローズは未婚のまま赤ん坊を産んだことがそれぞれ“罪”とされたのだった。彼女たちは、修道院を管理する修道女たちに性悪女と決めつけられ、祈りと労働によって神に奉仕し“罪”を悔い改めるよう言われるのだった。しかしそこで彼女たちを待っていたのは、過酷な労働と自由の一切ない刑務所以上に非人間的な環境だった。
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Pig and Runt born on the same day, in the same hospital, moments apart. Twins, all but by bloodline. Inseparable from birth, they are almost telepathic. They are one, needing no one else, inhabiting a delicate, insular and dangerous world where they make their own rules and have their own language. But days before their 17th birthday the balance of their world begins to shift. Pig's sexual awakening and jealousy begins to threaten their private universe.
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On the Edge is about suicidal patients discovering their true selves while going through therapy in a treatment center.
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Sweety Barrett is a giant of a man with the mind of a child. An easy target in a corrupt world, Sweety becomes embroiled in a smuggling operation unleashing a spiral of dangerous and unexpected events.
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Army corporal Liam and his wife live on a housing estate at the edge of a small Irish town. Late one night Liam arrives home drunk, and the bitter arguments that develop between them result in a series of flashbacks from which life-changing secrets emerge.
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Miles Butler lives an uneventful life with his girlfriend until he discovers the body of his landlord in a neighbouring apartment. The tragedy of this moment makes a deep impression on Miles. His curiosity is aroused when a beautiful stranger moves in, and his fascination with the vacant apartment develops from obsession to psychosis.
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On a summer morning, three young men named Joe have a go at doing a bit of housework.
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Retell of the story of Billy the Kid.
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The story follows three rebellious governesses who upend the household they work in - inspiriting the minds of the boys in their care, igniting the imaginations of the bohemian couple who employ them and abandoning their charges for erotic adventures.
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A corrupt sheriff of a small town manipulates the people in his orbit in order to win the next election.
