Podcast: Director Gavin Fitzgerald on Lomu
Gavin FitzGerald joins the Film Ireland Podcast to discuss LOMU, his powerful new documentary about the life and legacy of a sporting legend.
Tom is an Ivor Novello Award-winning composer. His score for Aoife Kelleher’s Testimony won Best Original Film Score at the Ivors. He collaborates with Kevin Macdonald on The Mauritanian, High & Low: John Galliano and The Runner. His credits include The Last First: Winter K2, Rise of the Nazis, McMafia, The Ipcress File, Cleaner, Name Me Lawand and additional music on Extraction 2. A virtuoso pianist and clarinettist, he pushes experimental neoclassical music across film, TV & ads.
Gavin FitzGerald joins the Film Ireland Podcast to discuss LOMU, his powerful new documentary about the life and legacy of a sporting legend.
For Tom Hodge, composing for film is about finding the emotional language beneath the images. As he discusses his Ivor-winning score for Testimony, he reflects on the responsibility of shaping music around stories of trauma, resilience and the ongoing search for justice.
Will Penn takes to the stand in his review of Testimony.
In this episode of The DocArena Podcast, we are grateful to Dublin International Film Festival and Volta Pictures for sharing this masterclass from Kevin Macdonald on directing in conversation with Ross Whitaker.