Bob Quinn: podcast appearances and interviews

Bob Quinn is the Executive Director of the Science and Community Research Alliance. He is an Irish filmmaker, writer, and photographer born in Dublin in 1935. Quinn is known for directing Poitín in 1978, which was the first feature film entirely in the Irish language. His documentary work includes Atlantean, a series of four documentaries exploring the origins of the Irish people. Throughout his career, Quinn has been an advocate against the commercialization of television; he resigned from RTÉ in 1969 due to concerns over this issue and also resigned from the RTÉ Authority in 1999 to protest toy advertising. In recognition of his contributions to film, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Irish Film Institute in 2001. Quinn is a member of Aosdána, an association of Irish artists.