{{short description|Irish film director and screenwriter}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}} {{Infobox person | image = | name = '''Joel Conroy''' | imagesize = | caption = | birth_date = | birth_place = Dublin, Ireland | birth_name = | other_names = | years_active = | occupation = Filmmaker/Screenwriter | spouse = | website = }}

'''Joel Conroy''' is an Irish filmmaker.

==Film career== Joel previously worked with MTV in America and Australia. He made his first surfing documentary ''Eye of the Storm'', which was first screened on RTÉ television in 2002 <ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.surfersvillage.com/surfing/7439/news.htm |title=Bundoran in the 'Eye of the storm |first=Declan |last=Browne |newspaper=Donegal Democrat |date=27 March 2003 |via=www.surfersvillage.com |access-date=26 September 2010 |archive-date=23 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323090803/http://www.surfersvillage.com/surfing/7439/news.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> and in 2009 he wrote and directed his first featured documentary, ''Waveriders''. He began planning the film in 2005 when he read about George Freeth in a newspaper. He researched Freeth's background, tracking down his friends and relatives. The film was in development for 3 years; filming was over 2 years. It was shot on 35 mm film to give it a vintage feel. <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/red-bulletin/riding-green-giants-waveriders-the-irish-surf-film-1810176.html |title=Riding green giants: Waveriders, the Irish surf film |date=7 July 2009 |newspaper=Irish Independent |location=Dublin |issn=0021-1222 |language=en |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120803024621/http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/red-bulletin/riding-green-giants-waveriders-the-irish-surf-film-1810176.html |archive-date=3 August 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Awards == ''Waveriders'' won the 2008 Audience Choice Award from the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.surfersvillage.com/surfing/33025/news.htm |title=Waveriders wins Audience Award at Dublin Film Festival |date=3 March 2008 |website=www.surfersvillage.com |access-date=21 August 2011 |archive-date=17 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717004710/http://www.surfersvillage.com/surfing/33025/news.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> the 2009 Irish Film and Television Awards inaugural George Morrison Feature Documentary Award<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iftn.ie/?act1=record&aid=73&rid=4281900&sr=1&only=1&hl=waveriders&tpl=archnews|title = Irish Film & Television Awards Winners Announced &#124; the Irish Film & Television Network}}</ref> and the Best Documentary Award at the 2009 SURFER Poll & Video Awards.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.surfersvillage.com/surfing/43000/news.htm |title='Waveriders' wins at the {{sic|prest|igeous|nolink=y}} Surfer Poll Awards |date=17 September 2009 |website=www.surfersvillage.com |access-date=21 August 2011 |archive-date=17 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717005138/http://www.surfersvillage.com/surfing/43000/news.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Margo Harkin (Producer) and Joel Conroy (Director) were awarded Outstanding Achievement in film making for ''Waveriders'' at the 2009 Newport Beach Film Festival.<ref>https://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Newport_Beach_Film_Festival/2009 {{Dead link|date=December 2021}} {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|2953497}} *[http://www.waveridersthefilm.com/cast-crew/joel-conroy-waveriders-bio/ waveriders profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110222040747/http://www.waveridersthefilm.com/cast-crew/joel-conroy-waveriders-bio/ |date=22 February 2011 }}

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