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David Merriman

David Merriman

Irish musician and filmmaker

David Merriman (born 4 September 1975) is a musician and filmmaker from Dublin, Ireland. He is known for Re-Creation (2024) and The State of Being Human (2015.)[1][2][3]

While making the concert film Rock Against Homelessness, Merriman met and befriended Irish film maker Jim Sheridan and the two began collaborating. Together they wrote and directed the feature Re-Creation, starring Vicky Krieps. Sheridan and Merriman continued their collaboration by writing the feature Kerry Babies (2025.) The film is based on the real-life events of Kerry woman Joanne Hayes who was falsely accused of murder in 1985.[4][5][6][7][8][9]

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    "Sidewalk Film Festival 2015: 'The State of Being Human' explores homophobia in Alabama, Ireland".
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    "David Merriman talks about Jim Sheridan and new film based on the Kerry babies scandal".
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    Hopewell, John (2024-02-16). "Jim Sheridan Inks With Latido on 'Re-creation,' Starring Vicky Krieps (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
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    "Irish 'Fame' academy unlikely to go for a song". Irish Independent. 2023-02-10. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
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    Editor, Online (2015-10-22). "The State of Being Human documentary to screen Thursday night". The Trussville Tribune. Retrieved 2024-04-04. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
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    "Watch Rock Against Homelessness now on Virgin Media Player and support Focus Ireland". Irish Independent. 2021-09-15. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
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    O'Connor, Siobhan (2021-06-17). "Christy Dignam says being homeless left his soul demoralised". Irish Mirror. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
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    Leffler2023-05-16T05:00:00+01:00, Rebecca. "Jim Sheridan to co-direct 'Re-creation' about the unsolved murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier (exclusive)". Screen. Retrieved 2024-04-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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    "Jim Sheridan to bring story of the Kerry Babies scandal to the big screen". www.independent.ie. 2024-03-10. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
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