Complex sentence: With fellow film-maker Tom Hall, Carney wrote and directed "November Afternoon", his first feature film, in 1996, and was awarded the Best Feature of 1997 by the "Irish Times".
Split into simpler sentences: With fellow film-maker Tom Hall, Carney wrote and directed "November Afternoon", his first feature film, in 1996. It was awarded the Best Feature of 1997 by the "Irish Times".