Tributes paid to ‘inspirational’ Irish filmmaker Simon…

Tributes paid to ‘inspirational’ Irish filmmaker Simon Fitzmaurice

The Co Wicklow native has passed a decade off later being diagnosed with motor neurone disease

Simon Fitzmaurice and ‘My Name is Emily’ cast. Picture by: Artur Widak/SIPA USA/PA Pictures

Stephen McNeice

Irish filmmaker Simon Fitzmaurice has passed off.

The Greystones native, who had been in his early 40s, was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 2008.

Regardless of the diagnosis, he was able to successfully guide the feature film   My Name Is Emily, starring Harry Potter actress   Evanna Lynch.

The film premiered in 2015, and marked his first feature.

The making of the film was recorded from the documentary film It is Not Nevertheless Dark – a film according to Simon’s personal memoirs.    

His wife Ruth Fitzmaurice recently released the best selling book, I Discovered My Tribe, about how their loved ones attempted to cope with the diagnosis.

The couple have five children.

Tributes to Simon Fitzmaurice happen to be compensated across social media this morning, with It is Not Nevertheless Dark director Frankie Fenton saying Simon represented “everything that is good and lovely”:

We’re just crushed. Simon represents. Our thoughts are with his kids Ruth and the clan.

— Frankie Fenton (@FrankieFenton) October 27, 2017

Simon Fitzmaurice has been a beautiful, talented, gorgeous, funny, joyful man who loved life and never gave up ❤️https://t.co/ETcrxDoxRg

— Roisin Ingle (@roisiningle) October 27, 2017

— Jarlath Regan (@Jarlath) October 27, 2017

IFTA is saddened by the news the Simon Fitzmaurice has passed off. Our thoughts are with their children, Ruth & loved ones. pic.twitter.com/xPu7heQFp8

— Irish FilmTV Academy (@IFTA) October 27, 2017

Stephen McNeice

source http://grieftoinspiration.com/tributes-paid-to-inspirational-irish-filmmaker-simon/