question: Who directed a 2016 musical filmed in Howth?
answer: John Carney
context: Title: Kristin Chenoweth: My Love Letter to Broadway
  Passage: Kristin Chenoweth: My Love Letter to Broadway is a 2016 musical revue / concert, written for and starring American singer and actress Kristin Chenoweth.  The show was directed by Richard Jay-Alexander, with musical direction by Mary Mitchell Campbell, and produced by James L. Nederlander.  The show was a limited engagement of 12 performances at Broadway's Lunt-Fontanne Theatre from November 2 through 13, 2016.
  Title: Can I Get a Witness? The Gospel of James Baldwin
  Passage: Creating Can I Get a Witness?  The Gospel of James Baldwin is a 2016 musical theatrical tribute to writer James Baldwin created by musician Meshell Ndegeocello, it debuted in December 2016 at the Harlem Stage in Harlem, New York.
  Title: Sing Street
  Passage: Sing Street is a 2016 musical coming-of-age comedy-drama film co-written, co-produced and directed by John Carney.  Starring Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Lucy Boynton, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Aiden Gillen, Jack Reynor, and Kelly Thornton, the story revolves around a boy starting a band to impress a girl in 1980s Ireland.  It is an international co-production from Ireland, the United States, and United Kingdom.
  Title: Fred Berger (producer)
  Passage: Fred Berger (born May 10, 1981) is an American film producer who was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture for the 2016 musical "La La Land", for which he also won the 2016 Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture.
  Title: Chervona Ruta (film)
  Passage: Chervona Ruta is a 1971 Soviet Ukrainian musical film written by Miroslav Skochilyas and directed by Roman Oleksiv, starring Sofia Rotaru and Vasyl Zinkevych alongside popular Soviet Ukrainian ensembles.  One of the first modern Soviet musical films, and the first modern Ukrainian musical filmed in Bukovina and the Carpathian mountains in the Ukrainian SSR, Chervona Ruta features short dialogues combined with legendary pop-folk songs in the Ukrainian language and characteristic Western Ukraine dances in modern pop choreography.  The film was released in both a Ukrainian and a Russian language version, though in both versions all but one of the songs are in Ukrainian.
  Title: The Wind in the Willows (musical)
  Passage: The Wind in the Willows is a 2016 musical written by Julian Fellowes, with music and lyrics by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe, based on the novel of the same name, written by Kenneth Grahame.
  Title: Another Day of Sun
  Passage: "Another Day of Sun" is the opening number from the 2016 musical film "La La Land".  The ensemble number portrays an ensemble of drivers in a Los Angeles traffic jam on a highway ramp singing and dancing about their aspirations to succeed in Hollywood.  The song was filmed on location on a 130-foot-high express ramp of the Judge Harry Pregerson Interchange in three shots, edited with hidden cuts to give the illusion of a single six-minute take.  The song was composed by Justin Hurwitz with lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, and choreography by Mandy Moore.
  Title: Saigon Love Story
  Passage: Saigon Love Story is Vietnam's first movie musical filmed entirely on location in Vietnam including Saigon and Phan Thiet.  One of the first films independently produced outside of the Communist controlled film industry, overseas Vietnamese director Ringo Le decided to return to his birthplace to shoot his first feature film project.  "Saigon Love Story" had a highly acclaimed sold out screening at VC FilmFest 2006.  The film was an official selection into the Panorama selection at the Shanghai International Film Festival 2006 and was nominated for the "Winds of Asia-Best New Film Award" at the Tokyo International Film Festival 2006.  Currently, the film has been traveling throughout the United States in sold-out roadshow tours to help bring attention to Vietnamese films and artists.  It was released on Valentine's Day in 2008 across Vietnam.
  Title: And You Were Wonderful, On Stage
  Passage: And You Were Wonderful, On Stage is a 2016 musical film written and directed by Cally Spooner and starring Rhiannon Drake, Jenny Minton, Piya Malik, Rebecca Thorn and Chloë Turpin.  The film is based on the performance artwork of the same name, which toured internationally from 2013-15.  It premiered at the Stedelijk Museum on 15 January 2016.  The piece is delivered by a chorus line of women, who gossip about celebrities and the media, with text based on notes from a meeting of an advertising agency.
  Title: Howth
  Passage: Howth has been a filming location for movies such as "The Last of the High Kings", "Boy Eats Girl" and "Sing Street".
citations: Howth Sing Street