Aisling Connolly Byrne is an award-winning writer and director working in film, television and theatre. Her short film work—including Headspace, Misread, Turnaround and Mary Is Missing—has earned multiple Oscar®-qualifying honours, including two Academy-Qualifying Grand Prix awards at Cork International Film Festival, the Tiernan McBride Award at the Galway Film Fleadh and the Light in Motion Award at Foyle Film Festival. Her films have screened at multiple international festivals, with further recognition including IFTA and DIFF Discovery Award nominations.

She is currently developing her debut feature through Screen Ireland’s Perspectives initiative, collaborates regularly with Arcade Film, and has a TV comedy-drama in development with MK1 Productions. She is represented by Jethro Thompson at Curtis Brown.

With a background in socially engaged arts, she is the Founder and Artistic Director of Run of the Mill a leading organisation championing intellectually disabled artists and talent.