Martin McDonagh

LOS ANGELES – FEB 03: McDonagh arrives for the 2018 Directors Guild Awards on February 3, 2018 in Beverly Hills, CA, DFree/bigstock.com

Birth Name: Martin Faranan McDonagh

Place of Birth: Lambeth, London, England, U.K.

Date of Birth: 26 March, 1970

Ethnicity: Irish

Martin McDonagh is a British-Irish playwright, writer, director, producer, and filmmaker. He has written and directed the films In Bruges, Seven Psychopaths, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, and The Banshees of Inisherin.

He was born in London, to Irish parents. His father is from Leitir Mealláin, Connemara, County Galway. His mother is from Killeenduff, Easky, County Sligo. His brother is writer and director John Michael McDonagh. His parents returned to Ireland when he was 22. He has both Irish and U.K. citizenship.

Martin’s maternal grandfather’s surname was Harte.