- Ken Wardrop
- www.venom.ie
- wardrop@venom.ie
- +353 (0)87 2925669
- 2 Chelmsford Lane, Ranelagh Dublin 6
- LinkedIn • Twitter • Vimeo
Documentary + TV Director
DIRECTORS
Contact
Agent
- Charlotte Kelly
- charlotte@casarotto.co.uk
- +44 (0)20 7287 4450
- Casarotto Ramsay & Associates
3rd Floor, 7 Savoy Court
Strand
London WC2R 0EX
Filmography
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Cocooned
2021 — Documentary — 52 mins -
Making the Grade
2017 — Documentary — 85 mins -
Mom & Me
2015 — Documentary — 77 mins -
Return to Roscoff
2010 — Short Film — 15 mins -
His & Hers
2009 — Documentary — 80 mins -
The Herd
2008 — Documentary Short — 5 mins -
Contagious
2007 — Short Film — 3 mins -
Farewell Packets of Ten
2007 — Short Film — 3 mins -
Tongue Tied
2007 — Short Film — 3 mins -
Scoring
2007 — Short Film — 3 mins -
Bongo Bong
2006 — TV Short -
Undressing my Mother
2004 — Short Film — 6 mins -
Useless Dog
2004 — Documentary Short — 5 mins -
Ouch!
2004 — Short Film — 9 mins -
Love Is Like A Butterfly
2004 — Short Film — 3 mins
Awards
- 2016 — Winner
Cleveland International Film Festival — Best Documentary. Mom & Me - 2016 — Winner
IFTA — Best Feature Documentary. Mom & Me - 2010 — Winner
Directors Finders Series, Ireland — Directors Finders Award . His & Hers - 2010 — Winner
Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards — Breakthrough Artist - Irish. His & Hers - 2010 — Winner
Dublin International Film Festival — Audience Award, Dublin Film Critics Award. His & Hers - 2010 — Nominee
IFTA — Rising Star Award. - 2010 — Nominee
Sundance Film Festival — Grand Jury Prize. His & Hers - 2009 — Nominee
European Film Awards — European Short Film. The Herd - 2009 — Winner
Expresion en Corto International Film Festival — Best Documentary Short Film. The Herd - 2009 — Winner
Galway Film Fleadh — Feature Film Award. His & Hers - 2009 — Winner
IndieLisboa International Independent Film Festival — Onda Curta Award . The Herd - 2009 — Winner
Sarajevo Film Festival — Best Short Film. The Herd - 2009 — Winner
Seattle International Film Festival — Best Documentary Short Film. The Herd - 2008 — Winner
Dallas International Film Festival — Special Jury Prize. Bongo Bong - 2007 — Nominee
Locarno International Film Festival — International Competition. Tongue Tied - 2007 — Special Jury Prize
RiverRun International Film Festival — Short Documentary. Useless Dog - 2007 — Winner
Worldwide Short Festival Toronto — Best Short Documentary. Farewell Packets of Ten - 2006 — Winner
Ashland Independent Film Festival — Best Documentary: Short Subject. Undressing my Mother - 2006 — Winner
FEST Youth Video and Film Festival — Best Documentary. Undressing my Mother - 2006 — Winner
IFTA — Best Short Film. Undressing my Mother - 2006 — Nominee
IFTA — Best Short Film. Bongo Bong - 2006 — Special Jury Award
Seattle International Film Festival — Short Film Competition. Undressing my Mother - 2006 — Honorable Mention
Sundance Film Festival — Short Filmmaking Award. Undressing my Mother - 2005 — Winner
DaKINO International Film Festival — Short Documentary. Undressing my Mother - 2005 — Winner
European Film Academy Award — European Short Film. Undressing my Mother - 2005 — Nominee
IFTA — Best Short Film. Ouch! - 2005 — Winner
Imago - International Young Film and Video Festival — Best Documentary Short Film. Undressing my Mother - 2005 — Winner
IndieLisboa International Independent Film Festival — Short Film Grand Prize, Onda Curta Award. Undressing my Mother - 2005 — Winner
Los Angeles Film Festival — Best Documentary Short. Undressing my Mother - 2005 — Winner
Regensburg Short Film Week — Best International Short Film. Undressing my Mother - 2005 — Winner
Rio de Janeiro Curta Cinema — Audience Award, Jury Prize. Undressing my Mother - 2005 — Winner
Tampere Film Festival — Best Documentary, Prix UIP Tampere (European Short Film). Undressing my Mother - 2005 — Nominee
ZagrebDox — Big Stamp. Useless Dog - 2005 — Nominee
ZagrebDox — Big Stamp . Undressing my Mother - 2004 — Winner
Cork International Film Festival — Audience Award, Jameson Short Film Award. Undressing my Mother - 2004 — Winner
Galway Film Fleadh — Short Documentary Award. Undressing my Mother - 2004 — Nominee
Galway Film Fleadh — Short Documentary Award. Useless Dog
Ken studied filmmaking at the National Film School, IADT. His short films have screened at many of the worlds most prestigious festivals including Sundance and Cannes. He has presented retrospective programmes at the Cork International Film Festival, and at festivals in the UK, Croatia, The Netherlands and in Scandinavia. In 2008, his work received the Grand Prix Award at Sapporo International Film Festival in Japan.
HIS & HERS is a creative documentary that combines observation and imagination to illustrate a universal love story. The film explores woman’s relationship with man by visiting moments from the lives of 70 female characters. Shot in the hallways, living rooms and kitchens across the Irish Midlands, the story moves sequentially from young to old to deliver a unique insight into sharing life’s journey.