Alan Hopkins

Alan Hopkins is a Dublin-based screenwriter, director, and founder of HAL Pictures. His work focuses on telling stories from the margins of society, often exploring themes of social justice, identity, and the lived experiences of those outside the mainstream. In 2024, Alan wrote and directed Ogham, a short film produced through Screen Ireland’s Focus Shorts…

Alan Dunne

Alan Dunne is a Shooting Director/Producer and Cinematographer from Dublin with a particular interest in unusual stories and characters. Alan has a strong interest in social media, science, crime, comedy and is always up to date with current events worldwide, experience he brought to Newstalk as a creative videographer, organizing and shooting short documentaries on…

Ingrid Serban

Ingrid Serban is a Romanian/American musician and filmmaker who began her film journey with an iPhone 4, a few friends and an idea. Four years later, her work is featured in The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Hollywood Reporter, and Egyptian Streets. She has spent the past decade as President of Goat Lips…

Adam Mann

Adam graduated from DBS College in 2016 with a BA in Film and Media Studies. His final-year film earned him the Spotlight Award for Best Student Director in 2016. Adam spent a year working on various projects in Ireland, notably as a focus puller and 1st Assistant Camera (A.C.) on the feature film Be Good…

Adam Rael

Adam Rael is a commercial and narrative film director, who co-founded Irish film production company Cassette Vision. Starting out making videos in rural Ireland, Adam Rael refined his craft at the National Film School, IADT, specialising in directing drama under Rebecca Roper. After building his skills as a freelance creative, he co-founded Cassette Vision, where…

Darragh Carey

Darragh is a writer and director based in Dublin. His first feature film, A Brixton Tale (2021) premiered at Slamdance in the US and had its Irish premiere at the Galway Film Fleadh. After a festival run and a theatrical release across the UK, it is now streaming on Amazon Prime in the UK and…

Jack Armstrong

I began my career working in the sound department and travelled the world working on major Hollywood movies and also local Irish movies. I then transitioned into production and worked as a line producer before I began producing my own movies and TV Commercials.  I have received awards for producing, directing and more recently writing. …

Gar O’Rourke

Gar is an award-winning Irish director. His work spans across documentaries, branded films, commercials, & art films. He has directed projects for clients such as Netflix, Paramount+,  Visa, Patagonia, Tesco, Sony, Dyson, CBS and Irish Museum of Modern Art. His film work has won awards and competed in some of the world’s top film festivals, along with having been acquired…

Lochlainn McKenna

Lochlainn McKenna started his filmmaking journey studying acting in his native Cork City before swiftly moving through a variety of roles from assistant directing and editing to casting and producing (one personal life-highlight was producing two episodes of The Real Housewives of Orange County) before he eventually stumbled upon directing in 2017. Adventurous and tumultuous…

Tomek Ciezki

Tomek is a Galway based documentary director with no official training. His adventure with filmmaking started in the early 2000s when he discovered the magic of editing while producing skate videos.  Learning from the best people from the industry, while working on film sets in Ireland and getting hands on experience, paved his way to establishing…

Ian Hunt-Duffy

Ian Hunt-Duffy is an award-winning and IFTA nominated director. His first love is genre cinema and he strives to make movies that will grip an audience and keep them guessing. Having graduated from the National Film School in Ireland, Ian established Failsafe Films in Dublin. His Oscar long-listed short film ‘Gridlock’ won 60 awards at…

Garry Keane

GARRY KEANE – DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/WRITER Garry Keane embarked on his career by studying Journalism and Photography at the esteemed London College of Communication. He then honed his skills further by delving into the world of Film and TV at the Irish National Film School at IADT. Graduating in 1990, Garry moved between New York and London,…

Colm Sexton

Colm Sexton is an award winning film and TV director and producer based in Dublin. He works across TV, drama and music video in a variety of formats. He has recently joined the multicamera directing team at RTE Fair City soap opera. Coming from a background in the music business, over the last few years…

Patrick McDermott

Patrick McDermott is a writer / director from Sheriff Street, Dublin, Ireland. He is the founder of Headc8se Films, established in 2020. Headc8se Films is an Independent, Irish owned production company, specialising in original, edgy content that breaks the status quo of storytelling and film-making convention. “I have directed short films, music videos, documentaries, adverts and…

John Kelly

John Kelly is an Irish director and producer with 5+ years of experience in the Irish film industry. John has worked as a writer, director and producer on a variety of projects ranging from short films to feature films. John established his production company Clap ‘n Load Studios in 2019, and has to-date produced 4…

Jaro Waldeck

Jaro Waldeck is an award winning cinematographer, director and stills photographer. She earned a Bachelors Degree in Film and Video from Columbia College Chicago and a Masters Degree in Cinematography from FAMU Prague. She’s a member of Czech Society of Cinematographers since 2012. Jaro has shadowed Phedon Papamichael, ASC (on “W.” directed by Oliver Stone),…

Paudie Baggott

Paudie Baggott is an award-winning filmmaker from Co. Limerick. Graduate of the National Film School at IADT (BA Hons in Film & Television Production and Direction).   Dublin International Film Festival 2025 Discovery Award Nominee. To date, he’s directed several comedy shorts all of which have screened or won at global Oscar and Bafta-affiliated film…

Pauric Brennan

Pauric Brennan is an accomplished director with experience in both stage and screen and is a proud member of the Screen Directors Guild of Ireland (SDGI). Over the past several years, he has directed two feature-length films. His debut feature, Don’t Sell Me A Dog, written by Mark Hampton, is currently available on multiple VOD…

Bob Gallagher

Bob Gallagher is a multi award winning director, writer and cinematographer, described as a ‘good soldier of cinema’ by Werner Herzog, and as ‘one of the nation’s premiere creative forces in the visual arts’ by Totally Dublin. He has directed drama and documentary short films, award-winning commercials and has created some of the most iconoclastic…

Brian Lally

Brian has been working in the Irish film and television industry for over 25 years, initially as a screenwriter, but then as a director and producer when he set up his own production company Instigator Films in 2004. Most recently, he directed the critically acclaimed feature documentary “The Curious Works of Roger Doyle” which got…

Eamonn Murphy

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Eamonn Norris

Eamonn Norris is a television and film director. He recently directed the first season of the teen comedy drama, SAOL ELLA (TG4)  and the young peoples entertainment show, SIAR LINN (TG4). He has also directed the ongoing TV dramas, FAIR CITY (RTÉ) and ROS NA RÚN (TG4). Eamonn directed and co-wrote , the comedy feature film…

Garret Daly

Garret Daly is an award winning director/producer. In 2001 he established the film and television company Mixed Bag Media. His extensive documentary and television career includes the award winning film ‘Who is Dervla Murphy?’ which focused on the unique Irish travel writer. Released in Irish cinemas in 2016 the filmhas also screened internationally at numerous…

Hannah Quinn

Hannah started out as an assistant director in the early 90’s working on everything from indie films to blockbusters. She made the move to directing in 2014 with her first short film My Bonnie and soon after got to direct Red Rock, Eastenders and family thriller Blood. This led to directing three worldwide no.1 Netflix…

John Hayes

John Hayes is an IFTA nominated director based in Dublin, Ireland. He has recently completed the exciting new  BBC crime thriller This City Is Ours. John’s other recent work includes the action thriller Nightsleeper, which was the highest rated new drama on the BBC last year as well as being the lead director on the award…

Simon Gibney

Simon is an award-winning director known for his work across the drama, comedy and multi-camera productions in the US, UK & Ireland. With over twenty five years experience, Simon works on an ongoing basis for many international productions. Currently, Simon is creative producer on comedy animation projects in the US with Bento Box / Fox…

Paula Kehoe

Paula Kehoe is an award-winning filmmaker and writer whose work is informed by an interest in social justice, the environment, language and culture.  ‘An Dubh in Gheal: Assimilation’ won the Radharc Award in 2014. ‘Deargdhúil: Anatomy of Passion’ is a critically acclaimed creative portrait of the revolutionary Irish poet Máire Mhac an tSaoi. Paula created…

Lorna Fitzsimons

Lorna is a photographer and filmmaker with a passion for capturing the human condition through both film and still images. She is known for her dynamic image-making, open and inclusive collaboration, quirky sense of humour and her creative problem-solving. Lorna partners with brands, designers, production companies, creatives, agencies and actors to create impactful work that…

Lorcan Fox

Lorcan graduated from the National Film School in 2004 and has worked on a diverse amount of productions in a multitude of roles. He has worked between London and Ireland since 2009 making promos for the Electric Picnic festival, reality shows for MTV and many comedy shorts.

Tom Hopkins

Tom Hopkins is an award-winning director, working in film, TV, commercials, theatre, video and animation. Tom is the founding director of One Productions, which produces screen and interactive content across all channels. Tom is a narrative, documentary film and TV director producing media for international audiences. Tom’s output includes a 12-part lifestyle Series ’Teach Glas’…

Laura Robinson

An experienced Director and Creative Producer of animated 2D and CG content. I have worked on productions for broadcasters such as RTE jr, Netflix, CBeebies, CBBC, BBC, Universal Kids, and HBO Europe, as well as YouTube.

Ken Wardrop

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…

Ian Power

Ian Power is an award winning writer / director of features, short films, and commercials from Dublin, Ireland. Graduating with a first from the Masters in Film at DIT, Ian began directing short films with Buskers, which won Best Short Film awards at the Galway Film Fleadh, the Cork Film Festival, and the Foyle Film Festival.…

Hugh O’Conor

A prolific, award-winning actor since childhood, Hugh has gone on to write and direct a striking Series of projects in a variety of mediums—live action, animation, opera—as well as experiencing great success as a still photographer. Hugh appeared in his first feature opposite Liam Neeson in ‘Lamb’ in 1985. He went on to play the…

Finn van Gelderen

Finn van Gelderen is a Documentary Director, Director of Photography and Photographer.  He is based in Dublin.  He has worked on drama, documentaries , commercials, music videos and nature television over the last 30 years. He also teaches recovery in mental health and advocates nationally for both cinematography and mental health. He was the Programme…

Dylan Dreher

Dylan Dreher is an independent stop motion animation filmmaker from county Kerry. I have made festival selected work including ‘Subconscious Voyage’, ‘Fate’s Game’ and ‘Blossom’ to name a few. Festivals that my films have been selected in include Kerry International Film festival, 12th Underground Cinema, IndieCork and Galway Film Fleadh for which my graduation film…

Dave Thomas

Dave Thomas works as a Film Director, Film Producer, Screenplay Writer, Radio Producer, Presenter, and Journalist. His production company Bella Vision Ltd., trades as Dave Thomas Films, is located in Arklow, County Wicklow. Often working for Ireland’s biggest media companies—RTE Radio & TV, Newstalk 106-108FM Radio, The Irish Times, Sunday Times, Irish Independent, RTE Guide,…

Claire Frances Byrne

Claire Frances Byrne, a Dublin native and award-winning Irish filmmaker, is set to premiere her feature directorial debut at this year’s Dublin International Film Festival 5 years on from winning the festival’s prestigious Discovery award in 2020. READY OR NOT, written by Lynn Ruane is produced by Ruth Coady for Gaze Pictures. The film is…

Brian Durnin

Alan Bradley

Alan Bradley is an award winning Irish director working primarily in documentary as well as commercials and television drama. Alan won the Young Director Award for Documentary at Cannes 2024 and is the youngest director to hold a prime time RTÉ One documentary slot. He has been selected as ‘One To Watch’ 2024 by the…

A.W. Stevenson

I wrote and directed my debut short film ‘Not with a Bang But a Whimper’ in 2014, while studying for a Masters. The film played at the Fastnet Film Festival and the experience caused me to change my career path towards professional filmmaking. My second independent short film ‘Man to Man’ premiered at the Galway…

Nick Kelly

Nick Kelly’s first short Delphine (2003) was hailed as “one of the best Irish movies of the past decade” (Evening Herald). His second, Why The Irish Dance That Way (2006) was selected by New York’s Museum of Modern Art for Shortfest: Outstanding Shorts from The International Festivals. In 2009, his script Shoe won First Prize…