Songs for While I'm Away - Production & Contact Info

Songs for While I'm Away (2020)
112 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

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Songs for While I'm Away (2020)

112 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

The story of how a young black boy from working class 1950's Dublin, became Ireland's Greatest Rock Star. As lead singer of Thin Lizzy, Phil Lynott was a songwriter, a poet, a dreamer, a wildman.

Director

Emer Reynolds

Writer

Emer Reynolds

Producers

Alan Maher (producer) | John Wallace (producer) | Peter Worsley (producer)

Composer

Ray Harman

Cinematographer

Kate McCullough

Editor

Tony Cranstoun

Production Designer

Joe Fallover (production design)

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Release date

Oct 27, 2020 (Netherlands)

Awards

1 nomination

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38 cast members

Name	Known for
Phil Lynott Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	A Knight's Tale (2001)
Sarah Lynott Self Self See fewer	Songs for While I'm Away (2020)
Cathleen Lynott Self Self See fewer	Songs for While I'm Away (2020)
Jerome Rimson Self Self See fewer	Lisdoonvarna
Huey Lewis Self Self See fewer	Back to the Future (1985)
James Hetfield Self Self See fewer	Metallica Through the Never (2013)
Midge Ure Self Self See fewer	Sing Street (2016)
Darren Wharton Self Self See fewer	Distorted (2015)
Caroline Crowther Self, Phil Lynott's wife (as Caroline Taraskevics) Self, Phil Lynott's wife (as Caroline Taraskevics) See fewer	This Is Your Life (1955)
Scott Gorham Self Self See fewer	Dogtown and Z-Boys (2001)
Adam Clayton Self Self See fewer	Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013)
Philomena Lynott Self, Phil Lynott's mother (archive footage) (voice) Self, Phil Lynott's mother (archive footage) (voice) See fewer	Phil Lynott: The Long Goodbye (2022)
Peter Lynott Self, Phil Lynott's uncle Self, Phil Lynott's uncle See fewer	Songs for While I'm Away (2020)
Niall Stokes Self - Journalist Self - Journalist See fewer	Hot Press: Uncovered (2014)
Hugh Feighery Self Self See fewer	Songs for While I'm Away (2020)
Brian Downey Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Rush (I) (2013)
Brush Shiels Self Self See fewer	The Peculiar Sensation of Being Pat Ingoldsby (2022)
Gary Moore Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Winter's Bone (2010)
Eric Bell Self Self See fewer	Rush (I) (2013)
Gus Curtis Self Self See fewer	Songs for While I'm Away (2020)
Jim Fitzpatrick Self - Artist (as Jim FitzPatrick) Self - Artist (as Jim FitzPatrick) See fewer	The 2nd Meteor Ireland Music Awards (2005)
Gale Claydon Self Self See fewer	KTV (1994)
Terry O'Neill Self, Thin Lizzy's first manager Self, Thin Lizzy's first manager See fewer	Songs for While I'm Away (2020)
Monica Lynott Self Self See fewer	Songs for While I'm Away (2020)
Thin Lizzy Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage) See fewer	A Knight's Tale (2001)
Suzi Quatro Self Self See fewer	Cruella (2021)
Slade Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage) See fewer	Rush (I) (2013)
The Dubliners Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage) See fewer	Sherlock Holmes (2009)
John Kelly Self Self See fewer	Lost in the Living (2015)
Kit Woolven Self Self See fewer	Songs for While I'm Away (2020)
Diane Wagg Self, Phil Lynott's personal assistant Self, Phil Lynott's personal assistant See fewer	Songs for While I'm Away (2020)
Kamayah Akinbile Self - Baby Phil Lynott double Self - Baby Phil Lynott double See fewer	Songs for While I'm Away (2020)
Fin Divily Self - Keyboardist Self - Keyboardist See fewer	Small Ribs, Music Video: Fin Divilly (2021)
Nathan Edo Self - Young Phil Lynott double Self - Young Phil Lynott double See fewer	Bonhoeffer (2024)
Rebecca Hickey Self Self See fewer	Urban Legends (2016)
Eoghan O'Brien Self - Drummer Self - Drummer See fewer	Citizen Vader (2014)
Carl Shaaban Self - Phil Lynott double Self - Phil Lynott double See fewer	Then You Run (2023)
James Walmsley Self - Guitarist Self - Guitarist See fewer	The Bill (1984)