Born and raised in
County Antrim, Northern Ireland, Lennox was inspired by cinema from an early age and began to make plans for a career as a filmmaker. In 2008, he made his first
short film, called
Rip and the Preacher. The film was shown at the Californian
Cinequest Film Festival, the
LA Shorts Fest and a lot of other film festivals around the world. In 2010 Lennox made his Television debut with a 30-minute drama, called
Eclipse, starring
Andrew Buchan.
Eclipse was an episode for the 8th season of the British TV series
Coming Up. Lennox gained a place on the
Master of Arts in
Fiction directing-course at the
National Film and Television School in
Beaconsfield. His work at the university included the short film
The Back of Beyond. It was screened as part of the
BAFTA NFTS Stars of Tomorrow event and won the
Royal Television Society Student Television Award in the
Post Graduate Section. The film also won the
Pianifica Award and the
Junior Jury Award at the
Locarno Film Festival in 2012 and was nominated for the
European Film Award. Furthermore, Lennox collaborated on the feature film
Hives, which was selected for the
San Sebastian Film Festival and was the result of a
co-production project between five European film academies. In 2014 Lennox returned to his home in Northern Ireland where he directed the short film
Boogaloo and Graham, which had its world premiere at the
Toronto International Film Festival. In 2015,
Boogaloo and Graham won a
BAFTA Award for
Best British Short Film and was nominated for the
Academy Award for
Best Short Film, Live Action. In 2017, 2018, and 2021 Lennox directed all three series of the
Channel 4 television sitcom
Derry Girls. ==Filmography==