Éamon Little is a filmmaker, screenwriter, and radio documentary maker based in County Galway in the west of Ireland. His screen adaptation of John McGahern’s final novel, That They May Face the Rising Sun (directed by Pat Collins), won the 2024 IFTA for Best Film and screened at festivals worldwide, earning numerous awards. His recent documentary Born That Way, about Camphill Movement figure Patrick Lydon, won the Dublin Film Critics Circle Award for Best Irish Documentary at the 2025 Dublin International Film Festival and was widely acclaimed upon its release across Ireland. His previous feature documentaries include Living Colour, Red Mist (IFTA-nominated), and An Domhnach in Éireann – Sundays in Ireland, alongside several short documentaries and fiction films. His radio documentary If the Stick Dances was runner-up at the New York Documentary Festival.
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BORN THAT WAY
What was your first experience with film and how did it influence your first project?
I was a stills photographer on a number of short film shoots, where I learned many of the ways one should not direct a film.
Who are your favorite Filmmakers?
The Dardenne Brothers, Kelly Reichardt, Paweł Pawlikowski, Ingmar Bergman, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Krzysztof Kieślowski, Michael Haneke, Jane Campion…
What are you working on that no one knows about?
I’m working on an international documentary feature about the violin bow, titled The Bow. I’m also developing a screen adaptation of another John McGahern novel.
Who would play you in a movie? What’s your go to movie snack? What’s the film title that best describes your life?
Play me in a movie: Clint Eastwood.
Go-to movie snack: I don’t eat while watching films—and I abhor it when others do.
Film title that best describes my life: My Life as a Dog.
