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Selection of articles written between 2005 and today.
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New Corporate Showreel
I’ve cut together a new showreel of my live event work from the past few years. It’s always hard to know what to emphasise with a showreel. On the one hand you want to put your best foot forward, showcasing a diversity of clients and approaches. On the other the industry watchword is specialisation. As… Read more
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‘Grotto’ – finalist in the Waterford Film Festival
Proud to say ‘Grotto’, a short script of mine was a finalist for ‘Best Short Screenplay’ in the Waterford International Film Festival. I headed down to the festival and caught some of the nominee screenings. For my money Portia A. Buckley’s moving ‘Clodagh‘, and Naomi Sheridan’s timely short ‘Kiki‘ stood out from the Irish entries.… Read more
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Film Showing NEXT WEEK
My experimental short film ‘What is lost can never be found’ will be shown next Tuesday 1st October at Visual Artists Ireland, 2 Curved St in Temple Bar. The film will be shown alongside Clodagh Emoe’s brilliant Parados (2009), which has previously been exhibited at IMMA (alongside Neil Jordan) in 2013. The event is free,… Read more
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New Short films
Distraction is the one good side effect of procrastination. When you have a big, impossible project, there’s nothing like a bunch of small attainable tasks to help avoid it. Right now, I’m beginning the slow process of animation production on The Babysitter, a mixed media short I directed last year with the help of Shoot… Read more
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Berlin May 2024
One of the most enjoyable aspects of being a filmmaker, is being able to capture my trips. I always regret the visits I didn’t document. In this case I glad I took the trouble, testing out the a new Blackmagic 6K Pro, and DaVinci’s revamped film emulation in the process. Read more
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My Life in Pieces – 2024 Bio
They say biographies should be succinct and to the point. The best thing apparently, is to write the story of your life so that it feels like everything lead up to where you are right now. My life though has been a meander. I have and continue to bounce all over the map – from… Read more
