Industry Sectors Corporate/Promo Directors - Screen Directors Guild of Ireland

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…

Skye Mann

Skye Mann is an honorary graduate of the University of Wolverhampton, where she earned a 1:1 Distinction B.A. (Hons) in Video and Film Production. She graduated with the highest academic achievement award, officially recognized by the Transatlantic Academic Board. Her graduate film, La Doulour Exquise, was featured at the Kerry International Film Festival in 2017.…

Ingrid Serban

Ingrid Serban is a 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. Ingrid has been a filmmaker in residence at San Francisco FilmhouseX, served…

Steven McKenna

Steven McKenna is an award-winning filmmaker based in Dublin, Ireland. He has been writing, producing, and directing his own films since graduating college which have gone on to win awards in Irish festivals across the country. His most recent two films Rum & Raisin and The Work Party have won Best Irish Short, and Best…

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),…

Patricia Kelly

Patricia Kelly is a Dublin-based, award-winning writer/director/producer and she founded MnáMná Films in 2019. Her debut feature film, Verdigris, was nominated for five IFTAS, has won twelve festival awards and has just finished its Irish theatrical release. She currently has two feature films in funded script development supported by Screen Ireland. She won the 2024…

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 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…

Geraldine Creed

Creed is a writer and filmmaker from Dublin, Ireland. She has written six screenplays and directed two of them. The Sun, Moon & Stars (1996) and Chaos/Deathgames (2001). Her experience in television production spans history and observational documentaries, current affairs, arts, social justice, entertainment and drama. Her most recent documentary Mercury 13 was commissioned by…

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…

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.

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…

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…