Louis Lentin

Louis Lentin
Born(1933-12-11)11 December 1933
Limerick, Ireland
Died22 July 2014(2014-07-22) (aged 80)
Alma materTrinity College Dublin
Occupation(s)Film and theatre director, television director, screenwriter, film and television producer
SpouseRonit Lentin
ChildrenAlana and Miki https://ifiplayer.ie/louis-lentin/

Louis Lentin (11 December 1933 – 22 July 2014) was a theatre, film and television director. He was born in Limerick, Ireland, in 1933 and worked for over forty years in the arts in Ireland. He graduated from Trinity College, Dublin, in 1956 with a Bachelor of Arts.[1][2]

He founded Art Theatre Productions in 1959 and was responsible for the first Irish productions of Krapp's Last Tape and Endgame.[1] RTÉ head of drama Hilton Edwards asked him to work in RTÉ.[1][2] In 1975, he received a Jacob's Award for his direction of three television plays broadcast on RTÉ in the previous year: Aleksei Arbuzov's The Promise, Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage, and Jean Anouilh's The Rehearsal ("La Répétition ou l'Amour puni").[3] Lentin was a member of Aosdána.

Louis Lentin was also involved in founding Israeli television.[1][2]

He died, aged 80, on 22 July 2014.[4]

  1. ^ a b c d Louis Lentin, Cnuas members, Aosdána
  2. ^ a b c Louis Lentin Elected To Aosdána, Irish Film and Television Network
  3. ^ The Irish Times, "Jacob award marks return of Peggy Dell", 24 February 1975
  4. ^ Maguire, Erin (23 July 2014). "'Dear Daughter' producer Louis Lentin dies". The Irish Times. Retrieved 23 July 2014.