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Dr. Justin Mac Gregor
John Sherlock Assistant Professor, Film Studies

Publications and Further Research Outputs

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Justin MacGregor, 'Cooking on the Outer Hebrides', Ireland and Finland, 2023, - Script, 2023

Justin MacGregor, 'Vaclav's Prague Spring Blues', Prague UNESCO City of Literature, Prague and Dublin, Prague City of Literature, 2023, - Script, 2023

Justin MacGregor, 'Vaclav's Prague Spring Blues', Prague UNESCO City of Literature, Prague and Dublin, Vaclav Havel Library / Prague City of Literature, 2023, - Theatre Production, 2023

Justin MacGregor, 'When Havel Met Lear (and Beckett too)', 2023, - Film production, 2023

Justin MacGregor, 'Cooking in the Outer Hebrides with Angus McTiernan - a live theatrical podcast', Prague and Dublin, Prague City of Literature, 2022, - Script, 2022

Justin MacGregor, 'A Terrible and Awful Silence', Mother Tongues Festival, 2021, Dublin, Mother Tongues Festival / Zoom, 2021, - Theatre Production, 2021 URL URL

Justin MacGregor et al., 'Is There Anybody Out There? Young Voices from Inside a Pandemic', Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival, Ireland, come as you arts eire., 2021, - Film production, 2021

Justin MacGregor, 'The Tears That Fall Not', Scene + Heard Festival 2020, Rehearsed Reading Draft 1, Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin, Scene + Heard Festival 2020, 2020, - Theatre Production, 2020

Justin MacGregor, 'The obituary of Robert Gabrial Mugabe - A true store', Smashing Times & Front Line Defenders Festival of Arts & Human Rights, 2020, Dublin, Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality, 2020, - Theatre Production, 2020 URL URL

Justin MacGregor, 'The Gyre', Dublin, 2019, - Script, 2019

Justin MacGregor, Songs From the Second Floor: A Comedy Without Much Laughter., Irish Film Institute, Dublin, 31 October, 2017, Irish Film Institute Invited Talk, 2017

Justin MacGregor, 'How I Helped End Communism (And Save Democracy for Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin).', Trinity Week, Trinity College Dublin, 2017, - Theatre Production, 2017

Justin MacGregor, 'Monologues from A Slow Dance With Death', Victoria, Canada, The Canadian Centre for the Performing Arts, 2016, - Theatre Production, 2016

Justin MacGregor, 'The Lonely Clouds of Guernica', University of Huddersfield, University of Huddersfield, 2016, - Theatre Production, 2016

Justin MacGregor, 'Uhta! The last part of the night', Smock Alley Theatre, come as you arts eire, 2016, - Theatre Production, 2016

Justin MacGregor, 'To Russia, With Pride', Waterford Diversity Festival, New Line Theatre, 2015, - Theatre Production, 2015

Justin MacGregor, 'Monologues from A Slow Dance With Death', Victoria, Canada, The Canadian Centre for the Performing Arts, 2015, - Theatre Production, 2015

Justin MacGregor, 'For What It's Worth: Images from Putin's Russia', Nyet! Nyet! Soviet, 2014, - Film production, 2014

Justin MacGregor, 'Fyodor: a portrait', The Brothers Karamazov, Samuel Beckett Theatre, Dublin, Painted Filly Theatre/Sugarglass Theatre, 2014, - Film production, 2014 URL

Justin MacGregor, 'Dmitri: a portrait', The Brothers Karamazov, Samuel Beckett Theatre, Dublin, Painted Filly Theatre/Sugarglass Theatre, 2014, - Film production, 2014 URL

Justin MacGregor, 'Alyosha: a portrait', The Brothers Karamazov, Samuel Beckett Theatre, Dublin, Painted Filly Theatre/Sugarglass Theatre, 2014, - Film production, 2014 URL

Justin MacGregor, 'Nyet! Nyet! Soviet: An Evening in Support of LGBT People in Russia', Samuel Beckett Theatre, 2014, - Music Production, 2014

Justin MacGregor, 'Ivan: a portrait', The Brothers Karamazov, Samuel Beckett Theatre, Dublin, Painted Filly Theatre/Sugarglass Theatre, 2014, - Film production, 2014 URL

Justin MacGregor, 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps: Images for Putin's Russia', Nyet! Nyet! Soviet, Samuel Beckett Theatre, 2014, - Film production, 2014

Justin MacGregor, 'The Ballad of Brian Burke', Nyet! Nyet! Soviet!, Samuel Beckett Theatre / Youtube, 2014, - Theatre Production, 2014

Justin MacGregor, 'It Shall Be Illegal', Nyet! Nyet! Soviet, Samuel Beckett Theatre, 2014, - Theatre Production, 2014

Justin MacGregor, 'The Spy Who Ate Ice Cream', Milk and Cookies Storytelling Festival, 2013, - Theatre Production, 2013

Justin MacGregor, 'Mugabeland!', Manchester, UK, The Lowry, 2013, - Theatre Production, 2013 URL

Justin MacGregor, 'The Seventh Day', One Play One Day Festival, Studio Salford and Future Artists Studio, Salford, Studio Salford and Future Artists Studio, Salford, 2013, - Theatre Production, 2013

Justin MacGregor, 'In For A Penny', One Play, One Day Festival, Studio Salford and Future Artists Studio, Salford, Studio Salford and Future Artists Studio, Salford, 2012, - Theatre Production, 2012 URL

Justin MacGregor, 'How I Helped End Communism (And Save Democracy for George W. Bush and Vladimir Putin)', Manchester, UK, The Lowry, 2012, - Theatre Production, 2012

Justin MacGregor, 'St Prex Classics', St Prex, Switzerland, St Prex Festival, 2011, - Film production, 2011 URL URL

Justin MacGregor, 'Pas de Trois: Nigel Kennedy Live in St. Prex', St Prex Festival, 2011, - Film production, 2011

Justin MacGregor, 'God Wept and the Devil Laughed', Manchester, UK, The Lowry, 2011, - Theatre Production, 2011 URL

Justin MacGregor, 'Death Towered Over Us', God Wept and the Devil Laughed, 2011, - Film production, 2011 URL

Justin MacGregor, 'What Do We Hear In The Quiet Places?', God Wept and the Devil Laughed, 2011, - Film production, 2011 URL

Justin MacGregor, 'Thirty Missions', God Wept and the Devil Laughed, 2011, - Film production, 2011 URL

Justin MacGregor, 'The Lonely Clouds of Guernica', Manchester, UK, Birmingham, UK, The Lowry, The Old Joint Stock Theatre, 2011, - Theatre Production, 2011 URL

Justin MacGregor, 'We Drove Through Orchards', God Wept and the Devil Laughed, The Lowry / University of Bolton / come as you arts ltd., 2011, - Film production, 2011 URL

Justin MacGregor, 'He'll Meet You In A French Film', Huddersfield Literature Festival, 2011, - Film production, 2011

Justin MacGregor, et al., 'Life in a Day (Cambodia)', Life in a Day, 1, California, Scott Free Productions and YouTube, 2011, - Film production, 2011

Justin MacGregor, '2012: The Games Are Coming! The End is Nigh!', London, UK, Lost Theatre / London Fringe, 2010, - Theatre Production, 2010

Justin MacGregor, 'The Play That Killed Me', Manchester, UK, Birmingham, UK, Cheshire, The Lowry, The Old Joint Stock Theatre, Cheshire Rural Touring Scheme, 2010, - Theatre Production, 2010

Justin MacGregor, 'Memories: A Writer's Confession', 2006, - Film production, 2006

Justin MacGregor, 'Boxing Shakespeare', 2005, - Theatre Production, 2005

Justin MacGregor, 'League of Lefties', 2003, - Film production, 2003

Justin MacGregor, 'The Vigil', 2001, - Film production, 2001

Justin MacGregor, 'The Big Screen', 2001, - Film production, 2001

Justin MacGregor, Cineworks 2000: Twenty Years of Independent Filmmaking in British Columbia, First, Vancouver, Canada, Government of British Columbia / BC 2000, 2000, 1 - 128pp Book, 2000

Malcolm Gladwell & Jeff Bleckner, 'Runaway Virus', Vancouver, Canada, ABC Television, 2000, - Film production, 2000

Brandon Tartikoff & Peter Lefcourt, 'Beggars and Choosers', Vancouver, Canada, 2000, - Film production, 2000

Justin MacGregor, 'The Lost Verses', 1992, 23 - 27 Fiction and creative prose, 1992

Justin MacGregor, 'The Cat', 1986, 26 - 28 Fiction and creative prose, 1986

Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications

Justin MacGregor, 'Irish Cities on Film', Drivetime, Dublin, RTE, 2022, - Broadcast, 2022

Justin MacGregor, 'Film Reviews of " C'Mon, C'Mon," "The Hand of God," and "Final Account."', Arena, Dublin, RTE, 2021, - Broadcast, 2021

Justin MacGregor, 'Film Reviews of "He Dreams of Giants," "Minari," and "The Mauritanian."', Arena, Dublin, RTE, 2021, - Broadcast, 2021

Justin MacGregor, 'Film Reviews of "The Eternals," "Spencer," "The Card Counter," and "Love Yourself Today."', Arena, Dublin, RTE, 2021, - Broadcast, 2021

Justin MacGregor, 'Film Reviews of "Cowboys," "Apples," and "End of Sentence."', Arena, Dublin, RTE, 2021, - Broadcast, 2021

Justin MacGregor, 'Film Reviews of "It Must be Heaven," "In the Earth," "In The Heights," and "The Reason I Jump."', Arena, Dublin, RTE, 2021, - Broadcast, 2021

Justin MacGregor, 'Film Reviews of "The Green Knight," "The Many Saints of Newark," and "The Alpinist."', Arena, Dublin, RTE, 2021, - Broadcast, 2021

Justin MacGregor, 'Film Reviews of "Music," "News of the World," and "PVT Chat."', Arena, Dublin, RTE, 2021, - Broadcast, 2021

Justin MacGregor, 'Film Reviews of "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote" and "The Personal History of David Copperfield." ', Arena, Dublin, RTE, 2020, - Broadcast, 2020

Justin MacGregor, 'Film Reviews of "Possessor" and "Patrick."', Arena, Dublin, RTE, 2020, - Broadcast, 2020

Justin MacGregor, 'Film Reviews of "Once," "Garage," and "Iona."', Arena, Dublin, RTE, 2020, - Broadcast, 2020

Justin MacGregor, 'Election Films', Arena, Dublin, RTE, 2020, - Broadcast, 2020

Justin MacGregor, 'Film Review of "The Frontrunner," "Stan & Ollie," and "Colette."', Arena, Dublin, RTE, 2019, - Broadcast, 2019

Justin MacGregor, 'Film Reviews of "Don't Let Go," "Hotel Mumbai," and "The Goldfinch."', Arena, RTE, 2019, - Broadcast, 2019

Justin MacGregor, 'Film Reviews of "Never Grow Old," "Angel Has Fallen," "Pain and Glory," and "Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark."', Arena, RTE, 2019, - Broadcast, 2019

Justin MacGregor, 'Film Reviews of "Tolkien," "The Long Shot," and "Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile."', Arena, Dublin, RTE, 2019, - Broadcast, 2019

Justin MacGregor, 'Review of "True Detective - Season 3."', Arena, Dublin, RTE, 2019, - Broadcast, 2019

Justin MacGregor, 'Film Reviews of "Rampage," "Western," and "Making the Grade."', Arena, Dublin, Ireland, RTE, 2018, - Broadcast, 2018

Justin MacGregor, 'Film Reviews of "I, Tonya" and "Finding Your Feet."', Arena, Dublin, RTE Radio, 2018, - Broadcast, 2018

Justin MacGregor, 'Film Review of "First Man," "Rosie," and "Bad Times at the El Royale."', Arena, Dublin, RTE, 2018, - Broadcast, 2018

Justin MacGregor, 'Film Review of "Yardie," "Searching," and "Cold War."', Arena, Dublin, RTE, 2018, - Broadcast, 2018

Justin MacGregor, 'Film Reviews of "Hostiles," "Brad's Status," and "All The Money In The World."', Arena, Dublin, RTE Radio, 2018, - Broadcast, 2018

Justin MacGregor, The current state of Irish film and television., The Film Network, Wynn's Hotel, Dublin, 19 January, 2018, DU Film Society Invited Talk, 2018

Justin MacGregor, 'Film Reviews of "Kong: Skull Island" and "Elle."', Arena, Dublin, RTE, 2017, - Broadcast, 2017

Justin MacGregor, 'Film Reviews of "Professor Marston and the Wonder Women," "Only the Brave," and "The Florida Project."', Arena, Dublin, RTE Radio, 2017, - Broadcast, 2017

Justin MacGregor, 'Film reviews of "Kingsmen: The Golden Circle," "Maze," and "Borg McEnroe."', Arena, Dublin, RTE, 2017, - Broadcast, 2017

Justin MacGregor, 'Film reviews of "Handsome Devil," "Their Finest," and "Rules Don't Apply."', Arena, Dublin, RTE, 2017, - Broadcast, 2017

Justin MacGregor, 'Film Reviews of "Loving," "Gold," and "Rings."', Arena, Dublin, RTE, 2017, - Broadcast, 2017

Justin MacGregor, 'Film reviews of "The Mummy," "Norman," and "My Cousin Rachel."', Arena, Dublin, RTE, 2017, - Broadcast, 2017

Justin MacGregor, Friday Panel: The current state of Irish Film and Television Production., The Film Netwrok, Samuel Beckett Theatre, 20 January, 2017, DU Film Society Invited Talk, 2017

Justin MacGregor, 'Film Reviews of "Tale of Tales," "The Conjuring 2," and "Gods of Egypt."', Arena, Dublin, RTE, 2016, - Broadcast, 2016

Justin MacGregor, 'Film Reviews of "The Magnificent Seven," "Siege of Jadotville," and "Little Men."', Arena, Dublin, RTE, 2016, - Broadcast, 2016

Justin MacGregor, 'Film Review of "The Shallows," "Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates," and "Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words."', Arena, Dublin, RTE, 2016, - Broadcast, 2016

Justin MacGregor, 'Film Reviews of "Knight of Cups," and "Bad Neighbours 2."', Arena, Dublin, RTE, 2016, - Broadcast, 2016

Justin MacGregor, 'Film Reviews of "Chi-Raq," "Sully: Miracle on the Hudson," and "Bleed for This."', Arena, Dublin, RTE, 2016, - Broadcast, 2016

Justin MacGregor, 'Television Review: "True Detective: Season 2."', Arena, Dublin, RTE, 2015, - Broadcast, 2015

Justin MacGregor, 'Film Reviews of "The Good Lie," "Avengers: Age of Ultron," and "The Emperor's New Clothes."', Arena, Dublin, RTE, 2015, - Broadcast, 2015

Justin MacGregor, 'Film Reviews of "Straight Outta Compton," "Miss Julie," and "45 Years."', Arena, Dublin, RTE, 2015, - Broadcast, 2015

Justin MacGregor, 'Film Reviews for "The Program," "The Lobster," and "Pan."', Arena, Dublin, RTE, 2015, - Broadcast, 2015

Justin MacGregor, 'Film Reviews of "Sunset Song, "Christmas with the Coopers," and "Victor Frankenstein."', Arena, Dublin, RTE, 2015, - Broadcast, 2015

Justin MacGregor, 'The Business of Animation', The Business, Dublin, RTE, 2015, - Broadcast, 2015

Nicholas Johnson, 'The Brothers Karamazov', Samuel Beckett Theatre, Dublin, Painted Filly Theatre/Sugarglass Theatre, 2014, - Theatre Production, 2014 URL URL

Research Expertise

Projects

  • Title
    • Mugabeland!
  • Summary
    • An adaptation of the Manchester Theatre Award nominated "Mugabeland!" into a feature film.
  • Funding Agency
    • Arts Council England, The Peggy Ramsay Foundation, Newgrange Pictures, KwaZulu Natal Film Commission
  • Date From
    • 1 January 2016
  • Date To
    • 1 November 2022
  • Title
    • Quantum Haze: The true story of a rock and roll loving, draft dodging, time travelling, quantum mechanic.
  • Summary
    • Dr. Jason Brent has spent decades pursing a theory that would combine supersymmetry and the multiverse into one grand unifying theory of everything. But first he needs to find part of a guitar Jimi Hendrix threw into the audience at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1968. With that he will reconcile Einstein with the quantum theories he hated and accidentally created.
  • Funding Agency
    • Canada Council for the Arts - Exploration Programme
  • Date From
    • 1994
  • Date To
    • 2023
  • Title
    • When Vaclav Met Lear
  • Summary
    • A poetic documentary using found footage and conducted interviews to tell the story of Vaclav Havel's 1964 meeting with Irish and British actors of the Royal Shakespeare Company touring the greatest performance of the 20th Century on the other side of the Iron Curtain.
  • Funding Agency
    • AHSS Benefaction Fund
  • Date From
    • 2022
  • Date To
    • 2024

Keywords

Arts Education; Arts in Education; ARTS/HUMANITIES/CULTURAL ACTIVITIES; Creative Arts; DOCUMENTARY THEATRE; Dramatic/Theatre Arts; FILM; Film Music; Film Studies; Film Theory; Film Theory and Philosophy; Filmmaking; Irish Theatre, Film and Cultural Performance; Media Arts; MULTIPLATFORM STUDIES; Performance Arts; Performing Arts; THEATRE OF THE REAL; TRANSMEDIA CREATION; Visual Arts

Recognition

Representations

Chair and Co-founder, Good Hero Internship @ Trinity College Dublin 01-Sep-2022

Big Foot Script Challenge @ Trinity College Dublin 01-Jul-2022

International Author and Invited Guest, Maison Des Scénaristes, Cannes Film Festival May-2016

International Author and Invited Guest, Maison Des Scénaristes, Cannes Film Festival May-2015

International Author and Invited Guest, Maison Des Scénaristes, Claremont Ferrand Film Festival Feb-2015

Advisor, First Frame, Dublin International Film Festival 05-12-2019

External Examiner, NUI Galway, MA in Production & Direction 01-Sep-2016

Juror, British Columbia Arts Council 2008

Chair, Meet the Filmmakers, Cineworks Independent Filmmakers Society 2000

Guest Speaker, Cinematic Salon, CIneworks Independent Filmmakers Society 2000

Chair, Meet the Filmmakers, Cineworks Independent Filmmakers Society 1999

Keynote Speaker, Vancouver International Film Festival Trade Forum 1998

Keynote Speaker, Vancouver International Film Festival Trade Forum 1997

Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award 1983

Awards and Honours

Award of Merit, IndieFEST Film Awards, USA, Editing 2022

Award of Merit, IndieFEST Film Awards, USA, Concept 2022

Award of Merit, IndieFEST Film Awards, USA, Documentary Feature 2022

Award of Excellence, Accolade Global Film Competition, USA, Editing 2022

Award of Merit, Accolade Global Film Competition, USA, Concept 2022

Award of Merit, Accolade Global Film Competition, USA, Documentary Feature 2022

Excellence in Editing Award, Documentaries Without Borders Film Festival, USA 2022

Award for Excellence in Category, Human Spirit, Documentaries Without Borders Film Festival, USA 2022

Official Selection, Documentaries Without Borders Film Festival, USA 2022

AHSS Benefaction Fund Recipiant 2022

In Consideration, Prague Film Awards 2022

In consideration, Arctic Film Festival, Norway 2022

In Consideration, Rome Independent Cinema Festival 2022

In Consideration, Stockholm Independent Film Festival 2022

Official Selection, Disappear Here Film Festival, Ireland 2021

Official Selection, Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival 2021

Writer in Residence, Prague UNESCO City of Literature, 2019 2019

Finalist, Best Short Film Script, "The Gyre," Waterford Film Festival December 2018

Theatre Project Award, Arts Council Ireland 2016

Peggy Ramsay Writing Award, UK 2015

Project Award, Visual and Performing Arts Fund 2015

Manchester Theatre Award Nominee January 2014

Professional Membership, Writer's Guild of Ireland 2013

Professional Membership, Screen Director's Guild of Ireland 2013

Peter Brooks/Mobius Award (Part of Submission), UK January 2013

Artist Project Award, Arts Council England 2013

Peggy Ramsay Writing Award, UK 2013

Artist Project Award, Arts Council England 2012

Peggy Ramsay Writing Award, UK 2012

Best Experimental Film Nominee, Royal Television Society, UK 2012

Manchester Theatre Award January 2012

BBC Achievement Award 2011

Artist Project Award, Arts Council England 2011

Peggy Ramsay Writing Award, UK 2011

Artist Project Award, Arts Council England 2011

Peggy Ramsay Writing Award, UK 2011

First Place, Huddersfield Literature Festival Poetry Challenge May 2011

Directing Bursary Award, Director's Guild of Great Britain 2010

Artist Project Award, Arts Council England 2010

Directing Bursary Award, Director's Guild of Great Britain 2009

Professional Membership, Writer's Guild of Great Britain 2009

Professional Membership, Director's Guild of Great Britain 2009

Audience Award, Reel Film Festival 2006

Artist Award, Ontario Arts Council 2002

Development Award, Telefilm Canada 2002

Best Ensemble Award, Reel Fast Film Festival 2001

Winner, CBC and DOC Script Competition 2001

Best Emerging Director Nominee, Shavick Awards, Canada 1999

Artist Award, British Columbia Arts Council 1998

Artist Award, British Columbia Arts Council 1997

Writing Award, Explorations, Canada Council for the Arts 1996

Memberships

Screen Directors Guild of Ireland 1 September 2013 – present

Writer's Guild of Ireland 1 September 2013 – present

Higher Education Academy 14 June 2011 – Ongoing

Director's Guild of Great Britain 1 June 2009 – 31 December 2014

Writer's Guild of Great Britain 1 June 2009 – 31 December 2014

Director's Guild of Canada 15 March 1999 – present

Full Member, Documentary Organisation of Canada 2001 – ongoing

Associate Member, Canadian Society of Cinematographers 1996 – ongoing

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