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Oonagh Kearney

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Filmography
  • NEVER KILL A FEMBOY ON THE FIRST DATE
    2024 — Short Film — 16 mins
  • OBITUARY
    2023 — TV Series — 3 x 60 mins
  • VARDY v ROONEY: A COURTROOM DRAMA
    2022 — TV Drama — 2 x 60 mins
  • FIVE LETTER TO THE STRANGER WHO WILL DISSECT MY BRAIN
    2018 — Short Film — 25 mins
  • ON THE HEMLINE
    2017 — TV Pilot — 30 mins
  • WOMENS' CHRISTMAS NIGHT
    2016 — Short Film — 5 mins
  • THE WAKE
    2015 — Short Film — 18 mins
  • THERE'S A TIN CUP ROLLING
    2013 — Short Film — 13 mins
  • WONDER HOUSE
    2012 — Documentary — 73 mins
  • THE CHRISTENING
    2010 — Short Film — 13 mins
  • HER MOTHERS' DAUGHTERS
    2010 — Short Film — 5 mins
Awards
  • 2023 — Nominated
    UK New Voices Awards — Best Debut Director. VARDY V ROONEY: A COURTROOM DRAMA
  • 2023 — Nominated
    British Press Guild Awards — Best Drama Mini Series. VARDY V ROONEY: A COURTROOM DRAMA
  • 2021 — Nominated
    Irish Film & Television Awards — Best Live Action Short. FIVE LETTERS TO THE STRANGER WHO WILL DISSECT MY BRAIN
  • 2019 — Winner
    Irish Writers Guild Zebbie Awards — Best Short Screenplay. FIVE LETTERS TO THE STRANGER WHO WILL DISSECT MY BRAIN
  • 2019 — Winner
    Dublin International Film Festival — Best Irish Short Film. FIVE LETTERS TO THE STRANGER WHO WILL DISSECT MY BRAIN
  • 2019 — Winner
    Dublin International Film Festival — Discovery Award: Oonagh Kearney. FIVE LETTERS TO THE STRANGER WHO WILL DISSECT MY BRAIN
  • 2019 — Nominated
    Underwire Film Festival — Best Director: Oonagh Kearney. FIVE LETTERS TO THE STRANGER WHO WILL DISSECT MY BRAIN
  • 2019 — Nominated
    Salute Your Shorts Film Festival — Best Experimental Film. WOMENS' CHRISTMAS NIGHT
  • 2018 — Winner
    Cork International Film Festival — Best Director of an Irish Short Film: Oonagh Kearney. FIVE LETTERS TO THE STRANGER WHO WILL DISSECT MY BRAIN
  • 2017 — Winner
    Fastnet Film Festival — Best Experimental Film. WOMENS' CHRISTMAS NIGHT
  • 2017 — Winner
    Fastnet Film Festival — Best Cork Film. WOMENS' CHRISTMAS NIGHT
  • 2017 — Winner
    Fiver Screendance International Film Festival — Best Video Dance. WOMENS' CHRISTMAS NIGHT
  • 2016 — Winner
    Bucharest International Dance Film Festival — Best Film. WOMENS' CHRISTMAS NIGHT
  • 2016 — Winner
    St Louis International Film Festival — Best Short-Short Film. WOMENS' CHRISTMAS NIGHT
  • 2016 — Winner
    Cork International Film Festival — Best Made in Cork Short Film. WOMENS' CHRISTMAS NIGHT
  • 2016 — Winner
    OFFline Film Festival — Best Irish Short Film. WOMENS' CHRISTMAS NIGHT
  • 2016 — Winner
    OFFline Film Festival — Audience Award. WOMENS' CHRISTMAS NIGHT
  • 2016 — Nominated
    Underwire Film Festival — Best Producer: Oonagh Kearney. WOMENS' CHRISTMAS NIGHT
  • 2016 — Winner
    Leben International Film Festival — Best International Film. THE WAKE
  • 2016 — Winner
    FRAME London Dance Film Festival — Best Dance Film over 15 Minutes. THE WAKE
  • 2016 — Winner
    Montecatini International Film Festival — Best Experimental Film. THE WAKE
  • 2016 — Winner
    Women Over 50 Film Festival — Best Experimental Film. THE WAKE
  • 2016 — Winner
    Vancouver International women in Film Festival — Best Editing: Carmela Iandoli. THE WAKE
  • 2016 — Nominated
    Underwire Film Festival — Best Director: Oonagh Kearney. THE WAKE
  • 2016 — Nominated
    Kerry International Film Festival — Best Score: Linda Buckley. THE WAKE
  • 2016 — Nominated
    Underwire Film Festival — Best Director: Oonagh Kearney, Best Prod Designers: Barbara Knezevic & Tara Lewis, Best Sound Designer: Maiken Hansun. THE WAKE
  • 2013 — Special Mention
    London Open City Documentary Film Festival — Best Emerging International Filmmaker. WONDER HOUSE
  • 2013 — Nominated
    Underwire Film Festival — Best Producer: Oonagh Kearney. THERE'S A TIN CUP ROLLING
  • 2012 — Winner
    ÉCU: VII European Independent Film Festival — Best Editing: Josh Levisnky. HER MOTHERS' DAUGHTERS
  • 2011 — Winner
    In The Palace International Film Festival — Best Experimental Film. HER MOTHERS' DAUGHTERS
  • 2011 — Winner
    Capalbio International Film Festival — Best Acting Ensemble. HER MOTHERS' DAUGHTERS
  • 2011 — Special Mention
    Acquedolci Short Film Festival — Best Choreography. HER MOTHERS' DAUGHTERS
  • 2011 — 2nd Place
    Acquedolci Short Film Festival — Best International Film. HER MOTHERS' DAUGHTERS
  • 2011 — Nominated
    Acquedolci Short Film Festival — Best Cinematography: PJ Dillon. HER MOTHERS' DAUGHTERS
  • 2011 — Nominated
    Underwire Film Festival — Best Representation. HER MOTHERS' DAUGHTERS
  • 2010 — Winner
    Fastnet Film Festival — Best Cork Film. HER MOTHERS' DAUGHTERS
  • 2010 — Winner
    Fastnet Film Festival — Best Experimental Film. HER MOTHERS' DAUGHTERS
  • 2010 — Nominated
    Fastnet Film Festival — Best Drama. THE CHRISTENING
  • 2010 — Nominated
    Underwire Film Festival — Best Short Screenplay: Oonagh Kearney. LOVE AT THE END OF THE WORLD

An alumna of University College Cork, Trinity College Dublin and the National Film and Television School in London, Oonagh is an IFTA-nominated writer and director who has made ten short films, a feature documentary and a TV pilot with the support of Screen Ireland, RTE, TG4, BRITDOC, the Arts Council of Ireland and Wellcome Trust.

For television, Oonagh directed Block B (episodes 4-6) of OBITUARY (Tua Films, APC, RTE, Hulu and Screen Ireland), VARDY V ROONEY: A COURTROOM DRAMA (Chalkboard TV, MK1 Studios, Channel 4) and 2nd Unit on BAD SISTERS (Merman, Apple TV).

As writer-director, Oonagh is currently developing her TV drama series NOTIONS with RTE and Keeper Pictures. With the support of Screen Ireland, her feature film VIRTUOSO is also in development with Keeper Pictures.

Oonagh’s feature screenplay SNOW ON BEARA won her a place on the Athena IRIS Screenwriting Lab in NYC, the BBC Drama Writers Room in London, and the EWA Screenwriting residency in Berlin. It is in currently development with EZ Films and Creative Europe.

Through her company Tyrella Pictures, Oonagh has directed award-winning short works such as  FIVE LETTERS TO THE STRANGER WHO WILL DISSECT MY BRAIN and OÍCHE NOLLAIG NA MBAN (funded by the Arts Council of Ireland) and ON THE HEMLINE (RTE Storyland).

As director, her most recent short film NEVER KILL A FEMBOY ON THE FIRST DATE, funded by Virgin Media, written by Lee-Loi Chieng and produced by Aoibhín Murphy for Newgrange Pictures, will premier at Dublin International Film Festival in 2024.

www.oonaghkearney.com