'It was writing that saved me': how Simon Fitzmaurice seized his creativity after being diagnosed with ALS

Simon Fitzmaurice is an Irish filmmaker whose career was just taking off when he was diagnosed with ALS. The disease has confined him to a wheelchair.

It has taken away his ability to move, breath on his own — even talk, but it has not silenced his artistic voice or diminished his creative drive. Fitzmaurice is the first person with ALS ever to direct a feature film, the drama My Name is Emily.

Tom Power talks to Fitzmaurice and his wife, Ruth, whose first book, a memoir about living with her husband, is about to be released.

— Produced by Daemon Fairless