Say Nothing

Growing up in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Michael Lennox had a passion for cinema from an early age. In his twenties, he directed numerous short films. One of which was Boogaloo and Graham, which won the BAFTA for Best British Short Film and was nominated at the 2015 Academy Awards® for Best Short Film, Live Action. This led to Lennox’s breakthrough into the feature film and television world. He directed the feature film A Patch of Fog starring Stephen Graham, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. His television debut was directing a feature-length episode of the crime show Endeavour.Lennox directed all three seasons of the hit Channel 4 comedy Derry Girls, for which he took the Best Director - Comedy Drama Award at the 2018 Royal Television Society (RTS) Craft &amp; Design Awards. The show went on to win Best Comedy at the 2023 International Emmy® Awards, Best Scripted Comedy at the 2023 BAFTA TV Awards, Best Comedy at the 2019 and 2023 Broadcasting Press Guild Awards and Best Scripted Comedy at the 2023 RTS Awards.Derry Girls is Channel 4’s biggest comedy launch in 15 years and the biggest series ever in Northern Ireland.Up next, Lennox is a director and executive producer on FX’s true crime thriller Say Nothing, based on Patrick Radden Keefe’s best-selling book.Lennox is currently in pre-production on Lisa McGee’s new show How to Get to Heaven From Belfast for Netflix, which he is lead directing and executive producing.

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Growing up in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Michael Lennox had a passion for cinema from an early age. 

Headshot of Michael Lennox wearing a burgundy shirt and a black hat.

Michael Lennox | Executive Producer | FX’s Say Nothing

Say Nothing

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