Irish woman collaborated with Angelina Jolie on new animated film

East Cork-born animator Nora Twomey didn’t hesitate to fly to America when Angelina Jolie wanted to collaborate on her latest film, writes Esther McCarthy.

What’s an Irish filmmaker to do when one of the world’s most famous women takes an interest in your fledgling project?

For Nora Twomey, the answer was simple — to hightail it on a flight across the Atlantic, and let on that you happened to be in town anyway.