- Ruán Magan
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Filmography
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Patrick - A Slave to Ireland
2025 — Documentary 1 × — 90 mins -
Báite
2024 — Feature Films 1 × — 90 mins -
Our Blue World
2024 — Documentary 1 × — 86 mins -
The Cable that Changed the World
2024 — Documentary 1 × — 90 mins -
The Irish Civil War (in post-production)
2022 — Documentary -
100 Years of Ulysses
2022 — Documentary -
Steps of Freedom
2021 — Documentary -
Dunhuang - Edge of the World
2021 — TV Mini-Series 5 × — 30 mins -
Dunhuang
2020 — TV Series — 50 mins -
The Hunger
2020 — Documentary — 90 mins -
The Irish Revolution
2019 — TV Movie Documentary — 99 mins -
The Irish Revolution
2019 — TV Series Documentary 3 × — 52 mins -
Election 18
2018 — TV Movie -
1916: The Irish Rebellion
2016 — TV Mini-Series Documentary 1 × — 52 mins -
Pearl Harbor: The Heroes Who Fought Back
2016 — TV Movie Documentary -
Éirí Amach Amú
2016 — TV Mini-Series 3 × — 52 mins -
1916 (co-director)
2016 — TV Mini-Series Documentary 3 × — 52 mins -
Scéal
2014 — TV Series 1 × — 30 mins -
Lifers
2013 — TV Movie Documentary -
Redrum
2013 — Feature Film -
The Radharc Squad
2012 — Feature Film -
Angel
2012 — Short Film — 9 mins -
The Men Who Built America
2012 — TV Mini-Series Documentary 4 × — 45 mins -
The End of Ageing
2010 — Documentary — 52 mins -
Death or Canada
2008 — TV Movie Documentary -
The Ghosts of Duffy's Cut
2007 — Documentary — 52 mins -
Who's Afraid of Islam
2007 — Feature Film -
Europe: The New Frontier
2004 — TV Series Documentary -
Europe: The New Frontier
2004 — TV Movie Documentary -
Riverdance in China
2004 — TV Movie Documentary — 52 mins -
Global Nomad: China
2003 — TV Series Documentary 6 × — 28 mins -
The Struggle
2003 — TV Movie — 52 mins -
The Changing Face of Dublin
2002 — TV Series Documentary -
Nasc
2002 — TV Series Documentary -
Global Nomad: Middle East
2000 — TV Series Documentary
Awards
- 2025 — Selected
DIFF — Gala Screening. Our Blue World - 2024 — Winner
Kuala Lumper Eco Film Festival — Best Feature. Our Blue World - 2024 — Winner
New York International Film Awards — Best Feature. Our Blue World - 2023 — Winner
Celtic Media Festival — Best Factual. Steps of Freedom - 2023 — Winner
Toronto International Nollywood FF — Film Festival. Steps of Freedom - 2022 — Winner
San Francisco Dance Festival — Best of Festival. Steps of Freedom - 2022 — Winner
International Black and Diversity Film Festival — Best of festival. Steps of Freedom - 2022 — Nomination
Rose D'Or — Best Factual. Steps of Freedom - 2022 — Winner
Culture Cinema — Best of Festival. Steps of Freedom - 2021 — Winner
Impact Award — Film Festival. The Hunger - 2021 — Winner
Accolade Competition — Best in Show. The Hunger - 2021 — Winner
DOC LA — Best International Documentary. The Hunger - 2019 — Winner
Accolade Competition — Award of Excellence. The Irish Revolution - 2024 — Winner
Golden Gate International Film Festival — Best International. Our Blue World - 2019 — Nominee
Lift-Off Film Festival, New York — Festival Award. The Irish Revolution - 2018 — Nominee
Irish Film and Television Awards — Best Documentary Television. Pearl Harbor: The Heroes Who Fought Back - 2016 — Winner
Irish Film and Television Awards — Best Documentary Series. 1916: The Irish Rebellion - 2013 — Winner
Milan International Film Festival Awards (MIFF Awards) — Best International Short. Angel - 2012 — Winner
Best Shorts Competition — Award of Merit. Angel - 2021 — Winner
I Will Tell Award — Best International . The Hunger
Ruán Magan is an award-winning writer and filmmaker whose work has reached audiences of millions across the world.
His work has won many awards including the Milan International Film Festival, the New York International Film Festival, the Celtic Media Festival, the International Black and Diversity Film Festival, and Doc LA.
Recent projects include the feature film, Báite and the documentaries, Our Blue World narrated by Liam Neeson, The Cable that Changed the World, narrated by Jessie Buckley, Steps of Freedom, 100 Years of Ulysses, The Irish Civil War narrated by Brendan Gleeson and The Hunger, narrated by Liam Neeson.