Colm Bairéad

Colm Bairéad (born 1981) is an Irish film director and screenwriter. He wrote and directed the film The Quiet Girl (2022).

Career
Born in Dublin in 1981, Bairéad grew up speaking English and Irish at home.

The Quiet Girl (Irish: An Cailín Ciúin), Bairéad's first feature film, premiered at the 72nd Berlinale in 2022 and has received critical acclaim. He adapted the film's mostly Irish-language screenplay from the 2010 short story "Foster" by Claire Keegan. At the 18th Irish Film & Television Awards, The Quiet Girl won Best Film and Bairéad won Best Director, and it was nominated for Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards in the US.

Influences
Bairéad participated in the 2022 edition of the Sight & Sound film polls, which are held every 10 years to commemorate the greatest films of all time and rank them in order. Directors and critics both give their 10 favorite films of all time for the poll; Bairéad picked Ikiru (1952),  Citizen Kane  (1941), SAIKAKU ICHIDAI ONNA (1952), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), In the Mood for Love (2000), Ivanovo detstvo (1962), Salvatore Giuliano (1962), The Spirit of the Beehive (1973), GoodFellas (1990), and Camera Buff (1979).

Personal life
Bairéad is married to Cleona Ní Chrualaoí, who produced The Quiet Girl. They have two children.