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Currently in Production/Post-Production:

'Learning from the Echoes of the Past' (working title) - a short documentary shot in the Flanders region of Belgium on the site of former World War I battlefields & Terezin Concentration Camp, Czech Republic.

Previous Productions:

Year: 2013
Title: One Ocean: No Limits (formerly Ocean Ambition)
Website: www.1oceannolimits.com
Role: Director, Producer, Co-Camera, Co- Editor
Funding & Source: Self-funded, acquired upon completion by RTE for broadcast (TX date TBC)
A 52min documentary following a young Irish rower on his attempt to become part of a world-record winning team rowing unassisted across the Atlantic Ocean from Morocco to Barbados. Screened at rough cut stage at the 2013 Adventure Travel Film Festival, Dorset, UK. Selected for the San Francisco International Ocean Film Festival (March 2014), the Irish Film Festival Boston (March 2014), the Newport Beach Film Festival, California (April 2014), the inaugural Skyroad Film Festival, Clifden (Sept 2014), the Fingal Film Festival, Dublin (Sept 2014), the Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival, Arizona (Oct 2014) and selected as a Finalist in the Surfing & Ocean Sports category in the BLUE Ocean Film Festival, Florida (Nov 2014). Signed for distribution by Network Ireland Television (March 2014).

Year: 2013
Title: Out of Adversity
Role: Camera, Editor
Funding & Source: The Peace Process: Layers of Meaning (Queen Mary University of London, Trinity College Dublin, Dundalk Institute of Technology)
A short documentary that reflects upon the lived experiences of teachers and students of the Northern Ireland school system during the Troubles. Part of a wider project that recorded 100 heritage interviews with key figures in peace and reconciliation in Northern Ireland. Launched in May 2013 in Trinity College Dublin with Ministers for Education North & South & subsequently redeveloped to become a teacher-training resource (see the Publications page for more information).

Year: 2013
Title: Leading the Way
Role: Director, Camera, Editor
Funding & Source: Peace III Programme
A short documentary shot in the Flanders region of Belgium, on the site of former World War I battlefields, while on a peace leadership and conflict resolution trip. Screened at Louth Peace Partnership Networking Event, July 2013.

Year: 2012
Title: Ocean Ambition (short version)
Role: Director/Camera/Editor
Funding & Source: Self-funded
Screened at the Wee Adventure Film Festival Film Festival, March 2012.

Year: 2011
Title: A Pedigree Performance (short documentary)
Role: Director/Camera/Editor
Funding & Source: Self-funded
Screened at the Fastnet Short Film Festival (Cork) May 2011, the Ballinamore Film Festival, August 2011, the Kerry Film Festival, October 2011, the Clones Film Festival, October 2011, the Chicago Irish Film Festival, March 2012, the Boston Irish Film Festival, March 2012, the Signal Film Festival, May 2012 and the Underground Film Festival , Cork, August 2012

Year: 2010
Title: Mollie (short documentary)
Role: Director/Camera/Editor
Funding & Source: Self-funded
Shortlisted for Best Documentary at the Fastnet Short Film Festival (Cork) May 2010, screened at the Clones Film Festival Oct 2010, the Boston Irish Film Festival, March 2011 and the Underground Film Festival , Cork, August 2012

Year: 2007
Title: Development Perspectives (30min documentary)
Role: Director/Camera/Editor
Title: Development Perspectives (documentary shot while on a development education programme in Tanzania)
Funding & Source: Irish Aid/Youth Work Ireland
Client: Exhibited in Drogheda Arts Centre (Oct 2007) &  Dundalk Institute of Technology @ ISEA conference (2009)

Year: 2003
Role: Production Manager: Documentary
Title: Frank Ned & Busy Lizzie  (Best Feature Documentary at the Celtic Film & Television Festival 2004)
Funding & Source: Irish Film Board/TG4
Client: Irish Film Board/TG4

Year: 2002
Role: Production & Post-Production Manager: Animation
Title: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (BAFTA award for ‘Best Children’s Animation’)
Funding & Source: Channel 4/S4C
Client: Channel 4/S4C

Year: 2002
Role: Production Co-Ordinator: Documentary
Title: The Making of ‘Sir Gawain and the Green Knight’
Funding & Source: Channel 4
Client: Channel 4

Year: 2002
Role: Production Co-Ordinator: Documentary
Title: Gods, Faeries & Misty Mountains
Funding & Resource: Irish Film Board/RTE
Client: Irish Film Board/RTE

Year: 2001
Role: Production Co-Ordinator: Documentary
Title: No Man’s Land
Funding & Resource: RTE
Client: RTE

Year: 2001
Role: Production Co-Ordinator: Short Film
Title: This Little Piggy
Funding & Resource: Irish Film Board/RTE
Client: Screened at the Galway Film Fleadh 2001

Year: 2000
Role: Producer: Short Film
Title: Hitch’d
Client: Screened at the Galway Film Fleadh 2001 & Irish Reels Chicago 2002

Year: 2000
Role: Location Manager: Short Film
Title: All in the Jeans
Client: Screened at the Galway Film Fleadh 2000 & Cork Film Festival 2000







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