Byrne was the first of six children, born in Dublin, Ireland. His father was a cooper and his mother a hospital worker. He was raised Catholic and educated by the Irish Christian Brothers. He spent five years of his childhood in a seminary training to be a Catholic priest. He later said, "I spent five years in the seminary and I suppose it was assumed that you had a vocation. I have realized subsequently that I didn't have one at all. I don't believe in God. But I did believe at the time in this notion that you were being called." He attended University College Dublin, where he studied archeology and linguistics, and became proficient in Irish. He played football (soccer) in Dublin with the Stella Maris Football Club. Byrne worked in archeology after he left UCD but maintained his love of his language, writing Draíocht (Magic), the first drama in Irish on Ireland's national Irish television station, TG4, in 1996. He discovered his acting ability as a young adult. Before that he worked at several occupations which included being an archaeologist, a cook, a bullfighter, and a Spanish schoolteacher. He begin acting when he was 29. He began on stage at the Focus Theatre and the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, later he joined the Royal Court Theatre and the Royal National Theatre in London. Byrne came to prominence on the final season of the Irish television show The Riordans, later starring in the spin-off series, Bracken. He made his film début in 1981 as Lord Uther Pendragon in John Boorman's King Arthur epic, Excalibur. Byrne is featured as therapist Dr. Paul Weston in the critically acclaimed HBO series In Treatment (2008). In his return to theater in 2008, he appeared as King Arthur in Lerner and Loewe's Camelot with the New York Philharmonic which was featured in a PBS broadcast in the Live From Lincoln Center series in May of 2008. Byrne did not visit America until he was 37. In 1988, Byrne married actress Ellen Barkin with whom he has two children. The couple separated amicably in 1993 and divorced in 1999. Byrne resides in Brooklyn, New York. In November 2004, Byrne was appointed a UNICEF Ireland Ambassador. In 2007 Byrne was presented with the first of the newly created Volta awards at the 5th Jameson Dublin International Film Festival. This was for lifetime achievement in acting. He also received the Honorary Patronage of the University Philosophical Society, of Trinity College, Dublin on February 20, 2007. He was awarded an honorary degree in late 2007 by the National University of Ireland, Galway, in recognition of Byrne's "outstanding contribution to Irish and international film".
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Gabriel Campisi is a Los Angeles-based filmmaker who shot his first movies on Super-8mm and 16mm as a teen, the more elaborate ones going on to win national competitions. Proficient in creating practical and optical special effects at a time when computer-generated imagery was not yet available, he was recognized early on by national film festivals and magazines for his stop-motion animation and split-beam cinematic techniques. Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, he spent many years working in the high-stakes world of motion picture finance, subsequently writing the bestselling The Independent Filmmaker's Guide to Writing a Business Plan for Investors (McFarland Publishers), presently in its second edition. His book contains interviews with independent as well as high-profile filmmakers, including Oscar-winner Gerald R. Molen (producer of such notable hits as Jurassic Park, Minority Report, Twister, Hook and Schindler's List). His newest book, The Independent Filmmaker's Guide to the New Hollywood - Success in the Era of Netflix and Streaming Video (McFarland Publishers), also contains interviews with industry executives and veteran filmmakers, including Val Hill (Blade Runner 2049, 12 Strong), Larry Kasanoff (Terminator series, True Lies, Mortal Kombat series), and Pen Densham (Harriet, The Last Full Measure). Campisi studied with UCLA's screenwriting professor Richard Walter, and has written for industry publications and genre magazines, including Hollywood Reporter, Variety, and Fangoria Magazine. He is a member of the Producers Guild of America (P.G.A.).
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Gabriel Canella was born on October 12, 1982 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is an actor, known for Anima Sola (2015), O Profeta (2006) and Noturno (2011).
Gabriel Carrer is a film director and screenwriter who helmed the 2010 underground horror success If a Tree Falls (Raven Banner Entertainment), which premiered at the Fantasia International Film Festival. He returned to Fantasia in 2015 with The Demolisher (Darksky Films), winning the Silver Audience Award, and gained acclaim at festivals worldwide (Vancouver International Film Festival, Sitges, Hardline, Toronto After Dark Film & Feratum). In 2021, he composed the score and co-directed the Shudder streaming exclusive film, For the Sake of Vicious (Epic Pictures). Carrer returned to Fantasia a third time for its world premiere and it continued to play a series of festivals such as Frightfest, Macabro, Hardline, Telluride Horror Show, Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival and Sitges. Other directing credits include In the House of Flies (2012), featuring punk rock icon Henry Rollins as "The Voice" and Death on Scenic Drive (2017).
Born and raised in the suburbs of Melbourne, Gabriel realised his passion for the arts from a young age when he took an interest in creative writing. Fast-forward to the tender age of 15, he knew that telling stories was going to be apart of his life after seeing the film Stand By Me in a year 9 English class. At the age of 17, Gabriel left school to pursue a career in acting at the Film & Television Studio International where he studied various acting techniques. After graduating from FTV, Gabriel landed his first guest role in the Sci-Fi, Netflix drama 'Glitch', playing the role of George. Two years later, Gabriel graduated from the arts school JMC Academy with a Bachelor in Film & Television Production. Since then, Gabriel has directed two short films and crewed on as well as starred in countless music videos, short films, feature films and TVC's. Today, he studies method acting at the Melbourne Actor's Lab, and has recently teamed up with Zane Borg at Pancake Originals where they aim to push untold Australian stories.
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