Scriptwriters Enda Walsh and Frank Deasy were amongst the recipients of the 2009 ZeBBies – which were announced last night (Thursday, 26th November) in Dublin.
IFTA Nominee Enda Walsh was selected in the Film Script category for ‘Hunger’. Lance Daly’s ‘Kisses’ and Mark Doherty’s ‘A Film With Me In It’ were also shortlisted.
Emmy winner and BAFTA nominee Frank Deasy’s script for the first episode of ‘Father and Son’ received the honours in the category of TV Script. Deasy’s script had been up against Lisa McGee for her work on the second episode of ‘Raw’ and Peter McKenna‘s script for first episode of the sixth series of ‘The Clinic’.
Organised by the Irish Playwrights and Sceenwriters Guild, the ZeBBies were created by and named in honour of ‘Grapes of Wrath’ actor O. Z. Whitehead, the accolade acknowledges script(s) written by Irish playwrights and screenwriters during the previous year.