Bob Quinn
Artist Biography:
Bob Quinn has been variously a writer, film maker, photographer, forester, and wood sculptor for the past fifty years. Born in Dublin, he began as a producer-director in RTÉ and has lived in the Gaeltacht of Connemara, Co. Galway since 1970. He is a member of Aosdána, the Irish parliament of artists, and this November will be awarded an honorary doctorate by NUIG.
His drama and documentary films include ‘The Atlantean Quartet’; ‘Poitín’; ‘Budawanny’, ‘Cloch’; ‘Graceville’, ‘Bog Graffiti’. His books include ‘Smokey Hollow, ‘An Tír Aneol' (photography); ‘Maverick - a dissident view of broadcasting’; ‘The Atlantean Irish’ and ‘The Accompanist’ (a novel). Work in progress is a memoir about his meetings with Muammar Ghadaffi.
