Image from A Song for Ireland

Born in Weehawken, New Jersey in 1948, Arthur MacCaig directed and produced documentary films starting in 1978.

He produced numerous reports for the television service of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris, and was the founder of DATHANNA, independent production company of documentary films.

MacCaig received a degree in anthropology from the University of Hawaii in 1971, and a degree from France's National School of Cinema in 1977.

He passed away in Belfast in 2008.

Icarus Films distributes ten films by MacCaig, including the 2005 release A SONG FOR IRELAND.

• A Song for Ireland - Traces the history of Ireland through her music, and Ireland's music through her history.

• States of Terror -Investigates the role played by the Spanish and French governments in a campaign of terrorist acts designed to suppress ETA and the Basque Separatist movement.

• War and Peace in Ireland - Retraces the conflict in Northern Ireland from 1968 up until the present day peace process.

• I Am Become Death: They Made the Bomb - Illuminating stories told by scientists who actually worked on the Manhattan Project.

• Irish Voices - Examines an unusual loophole in Britain's attempt to quell media access in the Irish conflict.