“There was a golden era in film-making in Hollywood back in the 1970s, and although there is some great independent film-making in America, it's actually very hard to get independent films made in the United States. It's much more feasible from Europe.”

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.