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Eamon O’Rourke is a seasoned actor, writer, and director with more than 15 years of experience in the industry. Eamon has worked in theater, on music videos, on short films, and released his first feature film that he wrote and directed, “Asking For It,” in 2022.
Oct 6, 2022 · Eamon O’Rourke is an up-and-coming director and activist best known for his debut film, Asking for It. Based in Brooklyn, New York, O’Rourke has previously worked as a ghostwriter ...
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Eamon O’Rourke. Brooklyn-based Filmmaker. Award. Winning DIRECTOR. Eamon’s road to becoming a feature director has been dotted with a diverse set of perspectives which have informed how he works now.
- Eamon O’Rourke: Demme’s Influence Remains A Constant
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“I was very lucky to get to know him a little bit,” Eamon O’Rourke says. “I was friends with a couple of his children and I got to meet him and he was actually the original producer, or he was going to be the producer of Asking for It.” O’Rourke is talking about his 2021 film, which was his big-screen directorial debut. He wrote and directedthe mov...
Eamon O’Rourke says he liked how Demme would find smaller, interesting ways to utilize his skills. In Demme’s downtime, he would use his lens for good, filming documentaries that shined a light on subjects ranging from the atrocities of apartheid to post-Katrina rebuilding efforts in New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward. “[He] always wanted to try to use ...
The director points out Demme’s sets were typically a much larger version of a classroom with equal parts playroom added to the mix. He says that, in the wake of Demme’s 2017 death, he’ll always remember his humanist slant. That knack for discovering something that someone had love and joy for, and helping them amp up that passion. “He was always d...
Jun 18, 2021 · One of the many films to world premiere at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival was writer-director Eamon O'Rourke’s Asking for It. Loaded with an awesome cast that includes Kiersey Clemons ...
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With over 10 years of experience in television and film, Eamon O’Rourke is an up-and-coming director and activist who’s best known. Read More. Eamon O’Rourke Discusses Why Diversity Matters. Before Eamon O'Rourke ever took his seat in the director's chair, he spent the earlier part of his career toiling behind the scenes on film sets - and he.
Mar 3, 2022 · Asking for It, the debut feature from writer-director Eamon O’Rourke, is yet the latest in a line of female-led actioners wherein a group of badass women seek vengeance on the toxic males who seek to rob them of their agency.
