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Daniel O’Hara

Film + TV Director
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Filmography
  • Stay Close
    2021 — Netflix Series 5 × — 50 mins
  • The Stranger
    2020 — Netflix Series 5 × — 43 mins
  • Brassic
    2019 — Sky Series 3 × — 30 mins
  • Safe
    2018 — Netflix Series 3 × — 45 mins
  • Victoria
    2017 — ITV Series 2 × — 46 mins
  • Stan Lee’s Lucky Man
    2017 — Sky Series 2 × — 44 mins
  • Hooten and the Lady
    2016 — Sky Series 2 × — 43 mins
  • Houdini & Doyle
    2016 — Fox/ITV Series 2 × — 43 mins
  • Doctor Who
    2015 — TV Series 2 × — 45 mins
  • The Game
    2015 — TV Series 3 × — 60 mins
  • Silent Witness
    2014/2015 — TV Series 4 × — 60 mins
  • Wizards vs Aliens
    2012 — TV Series 4 × — 30 mins
  • Beaver Falls
    2011 — TV Series 3 × — 60 mins
  • Being Human
    2011-2013 — TV Series 8 × — 60 mins
  • Skins
    2010 — TV Series 2 × — 60 mins
  • Inspector George Gently
    2009/2010 — TV Series 4 × — 90 mins
  • Zig and Zag: Best Bitz from Back Den
    2008 — TV Film — 30 mins
  • Paddywhackery
    2007 — TV Series 6 × — 30 mins
  • The Clinic
    2006 — TV Series 2 × — 60 mins
  • Fluent Dysphasia
    2004 — Short Film — 16 mins
  • Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom
    2003 — Short Film — 13 mins
Awards
  • 2004 — Winner
    IFTA — Best Irish Language Production. Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom
  • 2003 — Winner
    Galway Film Fleadh — Best Irish Short and Best First Irish Short. Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom
  • 2004 — Winner
    Celtic Film and TV Festival — Best First Time Director. Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom
  • 2004 — Winner
    Aspen Shortsfest — Best Comedy. Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom
  • 2004 — Winner
    Broadcast Young Talent Awards — Best Young Director. Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom
  • 2004 — Winner
    Cork Film Festival — Audience Award for Best Irish Short. Fluent Dysphasia
  • 2005 — Winner
    Belfast Film Festival — Best Short Film. Fluent Dysphasia
  • 2007 — Winner
    IFTA — Best TV Drama Series. The Clinic
  • 2003 — Winner
    Cork Film Festival — Best Irish Short. Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom
  • 2012 — Nominee
    IFTA — Best Director Television Drama. Being Human
  • 2005 — Nominee
    IFTA — Breakthrough Talent. Fluent Dysphasia
  • 2020 — Nominee
    Venice TV Award — Best Comedy. Brassic

Daniel O’Hara graduated from DIT’s Postgraduate Diploma in Film Production and began work with Double Z Enterprises on ‘A Scare at Bedtime’ with Podge & Rodge. He subsequently directed factual television, before writing and directing two award-winning short films. This success led to television drama directing on ‘The Clinic’ and ‘Paddywhackery’, which he co-wrote. Two ‘Inspector George Gently’ films for BBC1 helped Daniel break into the UK industry, where he gained attention for work on cult hits ‘Skins’ and ‘Being Human’, before opening Channel 4’s ‘Beaver Falls’ and BBC’s ‘Wizards vs Aliens’. Recent credits include two-part films for the long-running forensic pathology drama ‘Silent Witness’, BBC Cold War miniseries ‘The Game’ and ‘Doctor Who’.