Ellen O'Mara Sullivan

Ellen (Nell) O'Mara Sullivan (6 June 1882 – 17 May 1919) was an Irish silent film screenwriter and film company director. The company her family funded and ran was said to be the most prolific Irish silent film company. Life She was born into the large family of Stephen O'Mara who was the Mayor of Limerick and an Irish nationalist. Her family were nationalists and her father had resigned as a Member of Parliament in 1907 in order to support Sinn Féin. In 1910 she married James Mark Sullivan who was an Irish-born American coming back to Ireland to sort out family bequests. Using her family's money they started the Film Company of Ireland which created dozens of silent films.