Irish Director Benjamin Cleary Scoops Oscar For Best Live-Action Short Film

Irish director Benjamin Cleary has scooped an Oscar for Best Live-Action Short Film at last night’s Academy Awards. The 32-year old from Rathmines wrote and directed the film Stutterer, which focuses on a lonely typographer suffering from a speech impediment. The Dubliner accepted the award with producers Serena Armitage and Shan Christopher Ogilvie, and director of photography Michael Paleodimos.

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Amongst his colleagues and the Academy, Cleary thanked the people back home for their huge support. You can check out the full acceptance speech here: Video: Oscars 2016