Pleasantville HS Grad Wins Oscar for Short Film

graduate Oorlagh George and her father Terry George earned film's highest honor Sunday night—an Academy Award.

The pair produced The Shore, which won the Oscar for best live action short film at the 84th Academy Awards.

Oorlagh is credited as a producer of the film, while Terry is the writer and director.

Oorlagh graduated from the high school in 1998, according to Julie Schwartz, the district's director of communications.

According to the Academy Awards website, the film centers around "Two boyhood best friends from Northern Ireland" who "reunite after 25 years."

Indiewire.com transcribed Terry George's acceptance speech:

"Thanks, this is my daughter [Oorlagh], the producer. I want to thank the Academy. Now I don’t have to wait for her wedding to tell the world how brilliant she is. Our little film was inspired by the people of Northern Ireland, Protestant and Catholic, who after 30 years of war, sat down, negotiated a peace, and proved to the world that the Irish are great talkers. I want to dedicate this to them. And thank you again. Thank you very much."

While, this was Oorlagh George's first Oscar nomination, Terry George was formerly nominated for writing Hotel Rwanda (2004) and In the Name of the Father (1993).

Also nominated in the live action short film category were Pentecost, Raju, Time Freak and Tuba Atlantic.

Click on the attached YouTube video to see the trailer for "The Shore."