Frank Mannion
Frank Mannion is an Irish film producer, based in London.
Since 2002, he has run the film production company, Swipe Films.[1]
He has produced or executive produced:[2]
- Mad Cows starring Joanna Lumley, Anna Friel, Mohamed Al Fayed, Jodie Kidd & Sophie Dahl
- Divorcing Jack starring David Thewlis, Rachel Griffiths & Jason Isaacs
- Grand Theft Parsons starring Johnny Knoxville & Christina Applegate[3]
- In Prison My Whole Life with Colin Firth, Mumia Abu Jamal, Mos Def, Noam Chomsky, Snoop Dogg & Steve Earle[4] (international sales agent)
- Reverb (film) starring Leo Gregory and Eva Birthistle
- Flourish (film) starring Jennifer Morrison and Leighton Meester
- Jackboots on Whitehall starring Ewan McGregor, Richard E. Grant, Rosamund Pike & Tom Wilkinson
He has an LL.B. from Trinity College Dublin and an LL.M. from Trinity Hall Cambridge. In 2023, Mannion was awarded a PhD from Birmingham City University in Film Distribution and is currently a Senior Lecturer in entrepreneurship and film.
References
[edit]- ^ Swipe Films website http://www.swipefilms.com
- ^ "Filmography: Frank Mannion". Allmovie. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
- ^ Los Angeles Times: A Crafty Filmmaker: Frank Mannion's charm and cunning helped bring the offbeat 'Grand Theft Parsons' to fruition and thus to Sundance https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-feb-15-ca-clark15-story.html
- ^ Screen International: http://www.screendaily.com/in-prison-my-whole-life/4035418.article