Profile | プロフィール

Born / 生年月日
November 17, 1952 | Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

Age / 年齢
72 years old (as of 2025)

Occupation / 職業
Film Director, Screenwriter, Producer

映画監督、脚本家、プロデューサー

Nationality / 国籍
Irish / Northern Irish / American (アイルランド／北アイルランド／アメリカ)

Biography | 経歴

[English] Terry George is the most formally accomplished and morally serious filmmaker working at the intersection of political history and personal tragedy. His artistry is profoundly rooted in his personal formation amidst the political violence and imprisonment in Belfast during the Troubles. Defined by a sustained engagement with themes of genocide and institutionalized injustice, George operates on the formal understanding that the largest historical claims are most powerfully rendered through the smallest human details. His career reached a political summit with his Oscar-nominated screenplay for In the Name of the Father (1993), a searing indictment of wrongful conviction. As a director, Hotel Rwanda (2004) stands as his moral masterpiece—earning three Academy Award nominations and enduring recognition as one of the most important political dramas in cinema history. From his autobiographical debut Some Mother’s Son (1996) to his global human rights advocacy, George remains a singular voice of moral courage in English-language cinema.

[日本語] テリー・ジョージは、政治史と個人的な悲劇の交差点において、最も形式的に達成され、かつ道徳的に真剣な問いを投げかけ続ける映画作家です。彼の作家性は、北アイルランド紛争下のベルファストにおける政治的暴力と投獄という、過酷な実体験に深く根ざしています。

「巨大な歴史の真実は、最も小さく具体的な人間的細部を通じてこそ力強く描かれる」という信念のもと、虐殺や制度化された不正義に立ち向かう個人の勇気を描き続けてきました。脚本を手がけた『父の名において』（1993年）では、英国司法の闇を告発しアカデミー賞候補に。監督としての頂点である『ホテル・ルワンダ』（2004年）は、オスカー3部門にノミネートされ、20年以上にわたり英語圏で最も重要な政治ドラマの一つとして数えられています。自伝的要素の強い監督デビュー作『サム・マザーズ・サン』***（1996年）から現在に至るまで、極限の歴史的圧力下で輝く「人間の尊厳」を、冷徹かつ慈愛に満ちた視線で見つめ続けています。

Filmography | 監督・脚本作品

Feature Films as Director (監督長編作品)

As Screenwriter — Selected (脚本家として — 主要作品)

Television — Selected (テレビ — 主要作品)

Awards & Recognition | 受賞歴

Academy Awards (アカデミー賞)

Nominated: 2 (across writing and directing career) 🌟

• Best Adapted Screenplay – In the Name of the Father (1994) 🌟 (with Jim Sheridan)
• Best Original Screenplay – Hotel Rwanda (2005) 🌟 (with Keir Pearson)

Films directed — acting nominations:

• Best Actor – Don Cheadle, Hotel Rwanda (2005) 🌟
• Best Supporting Actress – Sophie Okonedo, Hotel Rwanda (2005) 🌟

Golden Globe Awards

Nominated:

• Best Screenplay – In the Name of the Father (1994) 🌟
• Best Motion Picture — Drama – Hotel Rwanda (2005) 🌟 (as director/producer)
• Best Actor — Drama – Don Cheadle, Hotel Rwanda (2005) 🌟

Screen Actors Guild Awards

• Hotel Rwanda — Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role 🌟 (Don Cheadle, nominated)
• In the Name of the Father — Ensemble recognition

BAFTA Awards

• In the Name of the Father — Multiple nominations including Best Film, Best Actor (Day-Lewis)
• Hotel Rwanda — Nominated in multiple categories

Irish Film and Television Awards (IFTA)

Winner: Multiple 🏆

• Multiple IFTA Awards across his career recognizing his contribution to Irish and Northern Irish cinema

Other Honours

• Hotel Rwanda — Named to numerous critics’ year-end lists as one of the finest and most important films of 2004 and of its decade
• In the Name of the Father — Recognized as one of the most significant films about the Irish Troubles and about wrongful conviction in the history of British and Irish cinema
• Humanitarian recognition for the cultural contribution of Hotel Rwanda to public awareness of the Rwandan genocide

Box Office Achievements | 興行成績

Note: George’s films are not primarily evaluated by commercial performance; their significance lies in the sustained quality of critical recognition, the specific moral seriousness of their political engagement, and their contribution to public awareness of some of the most important political and human rights issues of the past half century.

External Links | 外部リンク

• Wikipedia (English)
• Wikipedia (日本語)