Biography
Shimmy Marcus is a multi award winning filmmaker working across a variety of formats and genres. In 1999 he won the Miramax Script Writing Award for his feature script 'Headrush' which he also directed. The film won a variety of International awards including Best Feature at festivals in Michigan,New York, and the Braunschweig Film Festival in Germany. His critically acclaimed feature documentary 'Aidan Walsh - Master of the Universe' became the first Irish documentary made on video to receive ...
Known For
Complete Filmography
The Secret Scripture
2017
as Doctor
The hidden memoir of an elderly woman confined to a mental hospital reveals the history of her passionate yet tortured life, and of the religious and ...
Life's a Breeze
2013
Editor
An unemployed slacker, his aged mother and his niece must overcome their many differences to find a lost fortune.
Hannah Cohen's Holy Communion
2012
Director
A spirited 7-year-old, growing up in Dublin in the 1970's, can't wait to make her Catholic Holy Communion. The only problem is - she's a Jew.
Rhinos
2012
Writer, Director, Producer
Ingrid and Thomas are thrown together by circumstance. Despite a language barrier, they learn more about each other than they thought possible.
SoulBoy
2010
as The Man
1974. Amidst power cuts, strikes and boot-boy aggro on the football terraces, Joe McCain is bored of a life that's going nowhere. Enter hair-dresser J...
SoulBoy
2010
Director
1974. Amidst power cuts, strikes and boot-boy aggro on the football terraces, Joe McCain is bored of a life that's going nowhere. Enter hair-dresser J...
Imagining Ulysses
2004
Director
This documentary film, with its innovative style and content, looks at the masterpiece that is Ulysses and like the original book takes the form of 18...
Headrush
2003
Scenario Writer, Director
Headrush is a crime comedy about two disillusioned youths, struggling through a haze of cannabis, who hope to solve all their problems by smuggling a ...
Ivor the Insomniac
2001
Director, Writer, Editor
Poor Ivor can't sleep. Masturbation is his last resort but it's not without its drawbacks.