“I was interested in the narrative of how we nurture our elite in this society: all that stuff about believing in yourself and not accepting second best. Our inner world is at odds with that.”

Irish film and television director

Lenny Abrahamson, born Leonard Ian Abrahamson, is an Irish film and television director. He is known for a run of independent films that made his name, including Adam & Paul, Garage, What Richard Did, Frank, and Room. His work is closely associated with character-driven stories and small-scale drama, and those films brought him six Irish Film and Television Awards. He has built a reputation through directing for both cinema and television, with the listed films standing as the clearest markers of his career.