Producer Patrick Collier names the inspiring, perceptive and – occasionally – annoying people who have guided his working life.
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David was one of my lecturers at University. He has directed shows on most of the main stages in Dublin. In my third year, he gave me my lowest ever mark for a piece that I’d directed. I was devastated. But it made me completely re-evaluate how I made work as a director.
David has a gentle manner but uncompromising artistic integrity. I’ll be forever grateful for his insistence that I could, and should, do better. However, when I spoke to him about it afterwards, he was almost dismissive of the mark. He called it a ‘single moment’ and insisted that I focus on the next piece, and the next piece, and never get too caught up on what people might think of one project.
