Simon Fitsmaurice

Simon Fitzmaurice has already lived a life more incredible than any movie. Back in 2008, Fitzmaurice, from Wicklow, was a promising filmmaker who’d had a short film screened at the Sundance Film Festival. But soon after he was diagnosed with what is known as A.L.S., or Lou Gehrig’s disease. The illness progressed to the point that Fitzmaurice lost all mobility and speech. Yet … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood:
Simon Fitzmaurice, Director with ALS, Makes U.S. Feature Film Debut