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dublin , ireland 300px '' of the pope 's children '' ` ifta '' ' 2006 '' in search irish ruan magan.jpg ruán magan
 ruán magan film director & producer
ruán magan

ruán magan is an award winning filmmaker based in ireland , working internationally .
born in dublin in 1968 , he was educated in gonzaga college and university college dublin before embarking on a career in feature films in 1989 including far and away -lrb- universal pictures -rrb- , devil 's own -lrb- columbia pictures -rrb- and michael collins -lrb- warner brothers -rrb- -lsb- http://movies.nytimes.com/person/395684/ruan-magan .
he directed and filmed his first documentary in 1996 featuring his brother , the writer , manchán magan -lrb- brandon books -lsb- http://www.brandonbooks.com/authors.php/authors_id/78] -rrb- , beginning of a long collaboration during which they made over 60 documentaries filmed across the planet , in india , north and south america , europe , the middle east , africa and china .
critically acclaimed , many of these documentaries have been transmitted internationally .
-lsb- http://www.travelchannel.co.uk/series/ourprogrammes/global_nomad.htm] in 2006 he won an ifta as producer of in search of the pope 's children -lsb- http://www.rte.ie/tv/insearchofthepopeschildren/ , featuring the economist , david mcwilliams .
`` the struggle '' -lsb- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haxdtqv_j-a , an examination of significant events in the irish civil war and the roles played by ernie o'malley and mangan 's grandmother sighle humphreys , was screened in the first irish reels festival in 2004 while the ghosts of duffy 's cut -lsb- http://www.smithsonianchannel.com/site/smithsonian/show_duffycut.do , co-directed with stephen rooke -lsb- http://www.tilefilms.ie/ghosts_of_duffyinfo.htm] , was nominated for an ifta in 2006 .
in 2008 he directed death or canada , an epic two-part project telling the story of the irish famine from a human perspective for the channels rtÉ one , the history channel uk and history television and the project has been selected for a special screening by the toronto film festival .
recent credits include : director of the men who built america -lrb- emmy winner , 2013 -rrb- ; editor of banaz a love story -lrb- emmy winner , 2013 -rrb- ; producer/director of the radharc squad -lrb- ifta winner 2013 -rrb- , director/cinematographer of lifers -lrb- signis winner 2014 -rrb- .
his short film angel -lsb- http://www.angelshortmovie.com] has won 7 international awards including the milan international film festival -lrb- 2013 -rrb- .
