Shimmy Marcus
[citation needed] After some years of traveling around the world, Marcus returned to Dublin in the early 1990s to work briefly as a recording and live sound engineer before turning to stage lighting and design.[citation needed] He developed stage lighting for several Irish indie bands at the time, including Engine Alley,[1] LiR, Peach, and The Unbelievable Children.[citation needed] He wrote his first speculative screenplay Headrush over Christmas 1994 and it was optioned shortly after by Ed Guiney of Element Films.[citation needed] Marcus also directed a documentary for RTÉ's U2 Night (25 June 2005), and a music videos for Fun Lovin' Criminals, Snow Patrol, Gavin Friday, Skin (Skunk Anansie),[10] Republic of Loose, and BP Fallon with Jack White.[citation needed] In 2014 he set up Bow Street Academy for Screen Acting in Smithfield, Dublin, where he is the artistic director.