Film

Over the past few years I've become interested in writing and directing movies, and have been lucky enough to get to make a couple of well-received shorts.

Made under the Irish Film Board's Short Shorts scheme, my first short Delphine (2003) was accepted for a host of Irish and international festivals, and has been broadcast on TV in 13 countries including France, Spain, Canada, and Japan.

My second short, Why The Irish Dance That Way (2006), was made for the RTE/Arts Council Dance On The Box series (choreography by brilliant sean-n—s dancer and teacher Ronan Regan). It was accepted by many prestigious film festivals, including Montreal, Sydney, Berlin, and Clermont-Ferrand. In June 2007 it was one of 9 shorts selected by New York's Museum of Modern Art for Shortfest: Outstanding Shorts from The International Festivals, and in March 2008 it won First Prize in the Chicago Irish Film Festival Jury Awards.

In April 2009, my script Shoe won First Prize in the Short Screenplay Competition at the Vail Film Festival in Colorado. (I'm hoping to get this script shot in the coming months.)

I'm currently working on a number of new film projects, including a major feature-length screenplay for which I've recently been awarded a writer loan by the Irish Film Board.

Delphine
Why the Irish Dance That Way