Experience

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  Film ireland

  Jul 2010 - Jan 2013

  Journalist

  I wrote articles and reviews for the online and magazine versions. Here are links to two such articles.

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  Latchicko productions

  Mar 2013 - Mar 2013

  Writer and director of stuama

  Writer and director of Irish language short film - Stuama. Winner of the 2012 Dingle International FilmFestival Físín Pitching award and winner of Best National Film at The Underground Film Festival, Cork in August 2013.

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  Element pictures

  May 2013 - Nov 2013

  Production assistant

  I worked across many productions on the company’s slate at various stages, from development to production, exhibition and distribution. These productions included Ripper Street (BBC,) Charlie (RTE,) Glassland (Gerrard Barrett,) Jimmy’s Hall (Ken Loach,) and Frank (Lenny Abrahamson.)

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  Rte

  Feb 2014 - Feb 2015

  Assistant script editor

  I worked with writers, producers and directors in final stages of drafting, preparing the scripts for shooting.

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  Paul webster

  Jan 2015 - May 2015

  Director of let those blues in

  Director of short documentary, about Paddy Smith, an Irish blues musician who used his love of music to conquer his demons. Winner of Best Short Documentary in association with RTE at The Sky Road Film Festival, Clifden, Co. Galway - October 2015.

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  Rté

  Apr 2015 - Jul 2015

  Freelance storyline writer for fair city

  I work as freelance storyline writer for Fair City, Ireland's most popular TV soap.

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  Paul webster films

  May 2015 - Jan 2021

  Freelance director/videographer

  Currently working as a Shooting Director/Videographer, producing, directing, shooting, and editing promotional videos for various businesses, festivals and organisations. Clients include: Culture Night Dublin 2015, Leinster Rugby, Marsh’s Library - Dublin, Rush Harbour Festival 2015, Flex T-Shirt Print and Design. Skills: Project and logistical management, very experienced in taking projects from start to finish. Liaising and networking with companies and assessing needs. Handling budgets and contracts. Comfortable working to tight deadlines and I have experience shooting a wide variety of topics both fiction and non-fiction. I bring a lot of creativity to every job and aim to surpass the expectations of my clients, I have so far been successful in this endeavour. Technical skills: Very experienced working with many cameras, most recent: Canon 5D Mark II, Canon C300, Sony A7, Sony PXW. Editing programmes: Adobe Premier Pro CC 2015, Final Cut Pro. Show less

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  Borderland

  Mar 2016 - Mar 2016

  Co-director, co-producer

  Co-Producer and Co-Director of 26 minute documentary exploring the refugee crisis on Europe's borders, the result of the greatest mass migration since World War II. The film features interviews with refugees, volunteers, Colm O'Gorman of Amnesty International, Sue Conlan of The Irish Refugee Council and Eva Schloss, holocaust survivor and step-sister of Anne Frank. It premiered at this year’s Galway Film Fleadh and has gone on to screen and numerous festivals and special screenings around the country, including the Dublin Premiere which took place at Science Gallery in Trinity College as part of their Design and Violence exhibition which was Co-Curated with The Museum of Modern Art in New York (MOMA.) Show less

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  Science foundation ireland/galway film centre - science on screen programme

  Jun 2016 - Jun 2016

  Director

  Selected to direct 26 minute television programme that explores the connection between Science and Sport using the case study of the world's first 3D assembled tendon prototype at the Cúram Research Centre, Galway. This documentary was funded by Science Foundation Ireland & Tg4, it had a budget €35,000 and broadcast in September 2017 to an audience of 200,000.

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  Rte

  Aug 2016 - Jan 2021

  Fair city script writer

  Script Writer for Fair City. My First episode aired on the 7th of December 2016.

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  Film network ireland

  Sept 2017 - Jun 2020

  Fni wrap chat - podcast about the irish film industry

  I'm the co-host of a new podcast in which we interview different filmmakers working in Film and Tv in Ireland.

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  The vasectomy doctor (short film)

  Nov 2018 - Nov 2018

  Director

  Writer/Director of this 10 minute short docu­drama which received funding from Screen Ireland in October 2017 with a fund of €20,000 as part of the Real Shorts scheme. The film tells the story of Dr. Andrew Rynne, Ireland’s first vasectomy doctor who in 1990 survived being shot by aformer patient.The film premiered at The Cork Film Festival in November 2018 and won the Audience Award for Best Short at the Dingle International Film Festival 2019. It was also nominated for Best Irish Short and Best Editing at the Fastnet Film Festival 2019. Jarlath Regan did a feature episode on the short for his extremely popular podcast An Irishman Abroad. Show less

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  Freelance

  Jun 2020 - Jan 2021

  Finné - andrew rynne

  I directed one episode of the third season of the TG4 documentary series, Finné. This award-winning series offers a gripping and rare insight into high-profile stories, told through the eyes of those still bearing the scars and living with the consequences. My one-hour episode on Dr. Andrew Rynne aired in January 2021. I am currently directing a new episode for Series 4.

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  Tg4

  Aug 2020 - Oct 2021

  Director of an cuan - 4 part nature doc series

  Working with Owen McArdle of Oddboy Media, I received funding for a 4 X 1 hour nature documentary series about the Dublin Bay Biosphere which I wrote and directed over the course of one full year. The series explores the relationship between man and nature in the Unesco designated biosphere area of Dublin Bay and will air in late 2021. https://bit.ly/3qtBFXs

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  Paul webster films

  Apr 2021 - May 2024

  Canine

  Producer/Director of short film following the life of one dog from his training in rural Cork to his deployment to work with anti-poaching rangers in Africa. We filmed in Namibia in March 2022 and it premiered at the Galway Film Fleadh in July 2023

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  100 years of ulysses

  Aug 2021 - Dec 2021

  Line producer

  Line Producer on this one-hour documentary directed by Ruán Magan for RTE and Arte France celebrating the 100 year anniversary of James Joyce’s masterpiece Ulysses. Premiered on RTE in February 2022.

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  Tg4

  Mar 2022 - Jan 2023

  Misneach s4 ep 1 - director

  Producer/Director of this one-hour documentary following various members of the Traveling Community around the country embarking on their journeys through third-level education. Currently in production. TX: January 2023.

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  Midas productions, ltd. & tg4

  Sept 2022 - Oct 2023

  100 years of housing - crisis without end (director)

  Director of this 70 min feature-length TV documentary for TG4 which traces the history of housing in Ireland going back to the inception of the state. TX: 25th October 2023.

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  Deadpan pictures

  Jul 2024 - Nov 2024

  Producer

  Producer along with Nathan Griffin for Deadpan Pictures for this 25-minute rom-com episode filming in September and launching in Autumn 2024. Written by Diandra Xavier and directed by Laura O’Shea