Dundalk director John Moore - who has helmed such Hollywood action movies as 'A Good day to Die Hard' and 'Behind Enemy Lines' – will select the winner of a new annual award named in his honour by Dundalk Institute of Technology.
This award will be given to the best short film created by third or fourth year students on the Video & Film Production degree course, with a trophy and the possibility of an internship on one of Moore’s future movies.
The latter became a reality for DkIT student Blaine Rennicks, who won an internship on the set of ‘Die Hard 5’ in Budapest as IFTN reported here.
John Moore’s other directing credits include ‘Flight of the Phoenix’; the 2006 remake of ‘The Omen’; and computer game adaptation ‘Max Payne’.
He is currently in pre-production on ‘The Englishman’ about a special air service soldier who leads a mission to get civilians to safety during a military coup in Sierra Leone.
The Creative Media section in DkIT - which includes the Video & Film Production course - is housed within their state-of-the-art Carrolls building on campus in Dundalk.
Further information on DkIT courses is available by contacting Sarah McCann, Head of Section by email at: sarah.mccann@dkit.ie or by calling 042-9370285.
