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Lenny Abrahamson Leonard Ian Abrahamson (born 30 November 1966) is an Irish film and television director. He is known for directing such praised independent films as ''Adam & Paul'' (2004), ''Garage'' (2007), '' What Richard Did'' (2012), and ''Frank'' (2014), a ...

* Meiert Avis

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Steve Barron Steven Barron (born 4 May 1956) is an Irish-British filmmaker. He is best known for directing the music videos for the songs "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson, "Summer of '69" and " Run to You" by Bryan Adams, " Money for Nothing" by Dire Stra ...

John Boorman Sir John Boorman (; born 18 January 1933) is a British film director, best known for feature films such as ''Point Blank'' (1967), ''Hell in the Pacific'' (1968), ''Deliverance'' (1972), ''Zardoz'' (1974), '' Exorcist II: The Heretic'' (1977), ...

David Noel Bourke David Noel Bourke (born December 20, 1970) is a Denmark-based, Irish-born award-winning independent filmmaker. A writer, director, and editor, has made FOUR independent feature films: LAST EXIT, NO RIGHT TURN, BAKERMAN and VINCENT. These films ...

* Stephen Bradley *

Kenneth Branagh Sir Kenneth Charles Branagh (; born 10 December 1960) is a British actor and filmmaker. Branagh trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and has served as its president since 2015. He has won an Academy Award, four BAFTAs (plus t ...

Paddy Breathnach Paddy Breathnach (born 1964) is an Irish film director and producer. He directed ''Man About Dog'', ''Blow Dry'' and ''Shrooms (film), Shrooms''. He was also involved in the production of ''The Mighty Celt'' and ''Ape (2012 film), Ape''. Filmog ...

Herbert Brenon Herbert Brenon (born Alexander Herbert Reginald St. John Brenon; 13 January 1880 – 21 June 1958) was an Irish-born U.S. film director, actor and screenwriter during the era of silent films through the 1930s. Brenon was among the early film ...

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David Caffrey David Caffrey is an Irish film director. His most recent film is ''Grand Theft Parsons'' starring Johnny Knoxville and Christina Applegate. The film is an account of an urban myth about the death of country rock legend, Gram Parsons. Filmography ...

Michael Feeney Callan Michael Feeney Callan is an Irish novelist and poet. An award winner for his short fiction and also for non-fiction, he joined BBC television drama as a story editor, and wrote screenplays for '' The Professionals'', and for American television. ...

Graham Cantwell Graham Cantwell (born 25 March 1974) is an Irish film and television director. He is best known for directing feature film Anton which achieved a three-week domestic cinema release and was nominated for three Irish Film and Television Awards ...

* John Carney *

Declan Cassidy Declan Cassidy is a director and producer in Irish film and television. Career A founding member of the Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA Awards), he began his film career in the documentary genre where his work includes ''War on Waste'' (2 ...

Norman Cohen Norman Cohen (11 June 1936 in Dublin – 26 October 1983 in Van Nuys, California) was an Irish film director and producer, best known for directing two feature films based on television comedy programmes, ''Till Death Us Do Part'' (1969) and ...

Tom Collins The Tom Collins is a Collins cocktail made from gin, lemon juice, sugar, and carbonated water. First memorialized in writing in 1876 by Jerry Thomas, "the father of American mixology", this "gin and sparkling lemonade" drink is typically serv ...

Joe Comerford Joe Comerford (born 1947) is an Irish film director. His film '' Reefer and the Model'' (1988) earned three nominations at the European Film Awards, winning none. Career Comerford was born in 1947 in Dublin, Ireland, graduating from the National ...

Fintan Connolly Fintan Connolly is an Irish film director, screenwriter and producer living in Dublin. Much of his earlier work was in television documentaries which explored social issues in Ireland. He has also made films, including ''Flick'' (2000), '' Trou ...

Joel Conroy Joel Conroy is an Irish filmmaker. Film career Joel previously worked with MTV in America and Australia. He made his first surfing documentary ''Eye of the Storm (2002 film), Eye of the Storm'', which was first screened on RTÉ television in 20 ...

* John Crowley * Lee Cronin

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* Éamon de Buitléar * Barry Dignam *

Ciaran Donnelly Ciaran Donnelly (born 2 April 1984) is an English former professional footballer. He now the Academy Director at Blackpool.Paul Duane Paul Duane is an Irish-born writer and director of television and film. Career Duane has directed television programmes including: Ballykissangel, Casualty, The Royal, Small Potatoes and Footballer's Wives. He has also made several short fi ...

Eoin Duffy Eoin Duffy (1983, Tullow Ireland) is an Irish director of animation now living and working in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Eoin has created a body of independent work that has gone on to secure multiple accolades including three Oscar a ...

Martin Duffy Martin Bernard Duffy (18 May 1967 – 18 December 2022) was an English musician who originally played keyboards with Felt and most famously with Primal Scream. Career Duffy was born in Birmingham and grew up in Rednal in the south of the city ...

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* Jason Figgis * Jonathan Figgis *

Ian Fitzgibbon Ian Fitzgibbon (born 1962 in Dublin) is an Irish film and television actor/director. He is perhaps best known for directing ''Spin the Bottle'', ''A Film with Me in It'' and the Comedy Central UK show Threesome, and for the role of Fr. Jessup in ...

* Ciaran Foy

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Terry George Terence George (born 20 December 1952) is an Irish screenwriter and director. Much of his film work (e.g. ''The Boxer'', ''Some Mother's Son'', and ''In the Name of the Father'') involves "The Troubles" in Northern Ireland. He was nominated fo ...

Douglas Gerrard Douglas Gerrard (12 August 1891 – 5 June 1950) was an Irish-American actor and film director of the silent and early sound era. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1913 and 1949. He also directed 23 films between 1916 and 1920. H ...

Simon Gibney Shinawil (stylised as ShinAwiL) Productions is an Irish television production company. It was founded by producer Larry Bass and director Simon Gibney in 1999. It was acquired by Screentime (branded as Screentime ShinAwiL) as part of a deal to p ...

Alan Gilsenan Alan Gilsenan is an Irish writer, filmmaker and theatre director. His most recent work include the cinema documentary ''Meetings with Ivor'', the feature film ''Unless'', based on a novel by Carol Shields and ''The Meeting,'' which he wrote and ...

Benjamin Glazer Benjamin Glazer (May 7, 1887 – March 18, 1956) was a screenwriter, producer, foley artist, and director of American films from the 1920s through the 1950s. He made the first translation of Ferenc Molnár's play ''Liliom'' into English in 1921 ...

David Gleeson David Gleeson (born in Limerick) is an Irish film director and writer. Personal life A native of Cappamore, Co. Limerick, Gleeson is the third generation of his family to enter the film business. His grandfather opened up the Regal Cinema, C ...

Domhnall Gleeson Domhnall Gleeson (; born 12 May 1983) is an Irish actor and screenwriter. He is the son of actor Brendan Gleeson, with whom he has appeared in a number of films and theatre projects. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Media Arts from Dublin Inst ...

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Neasa Hardiman Neasa Hardiman is an Irish director of both fiction and nonfiction, predominantly known for her television work. Hardiman began her career producing a number of shows for the RTÉ network in Ireland and has since worked on both British and Ame ...

* Margo Harkin *

Richard Harris Richard St John Francis Harris (1 October 1930 – 25 October 2002) was an Irish actor and singer. He appeared on stage and in many films, notably as Corrado Zeller in Michelangelo Antonioni's '' Red Desert'', Frank Machin in ''This Sporting ...

* Thomas Hefferon * Conor Horgan *

Brian Desmond Hurst Brian Desmond Hurst (12 February 1895 – 26 September 1986) was a Belfast-born film director. With over thirty films in his filmography, Hurst has been hailed as Northern Ireland's best film director.Screening will honour 'NI's best film ...

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* Rex Ingram

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* Graham Jones *

Neil Jordan Neil Patrick Jordan (born 25 February 1950) is an Irish film director, screenwriter, novelist and short-story writer. His first book, '' Night in Tunisia'', won a Somerset Maugham Award and the Guardian Fiction Prize in 1979. He won an Academy ...

Maurice Joyce Maurice Joyce (born March 13, 1969) is an Irish director, animator, and storyboard artist. Joyce was born in Dublin, Ireland, and was formerly based in New York City. He has worked on television series and films including ''Teenage Mutant Ninja T ...

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Ivan Kavanagh Ivan Kavanagh is an Irish filmmaker who has written, directed and edited five features and ten short films. His second feature film "The Solution" won Best Drama at the Portobello Film Festival 2007 in London. His third feature Tin Can Man won Bou ...

Elaine Kinsella Elaine Kinsella (born 24 November 1981) is an Irish broadcaster. She was born in Wexford but grew up in Listowel, County Kerry. Together with Andrew Morrissey, Elaine presents the breakfast show ''Kerry's Full Breakfast'' on weekday mornings be ...

Eilis Kirwan Eilis Kirwan is an Irish film director and screenwriter who was nominated for the Genie Award for Best Original Screenplay for the 2010 film ''The Whistleblower'' along with Larysa Kondracki. Born in Dublin, in 1972, Kirwan also won an Ardmo ...

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* David Lawless * Maximilian Le Cain *

Peter Lennon Peter Gerard Lennon (28 February 1930 – 18 March 2011) was an Irish journalist and film director, probably best known as director of the social history documentary film ''Rocky Road to Dublin''. He worked for ''The Guardian'' newspaper for ...

* Louis Lentin * Gerard Lough *

Declan Lowney Declan Lowney (born 23 April 1960) is an Irish television and film director. Known initially for directing musical events such as the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest, Lowney is perhaps best known for his work on Irish and British television comed ...

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* Donald Macardle * Darach Mac Con Iomaire *

Eoin Macken Eoin Christopher Macken (born 21 February 1983) is an Irish actor, director, and model. Macken has modelled for Abercrombie and Fitch, Ralph Lauren, and GQ, and has appeared in films such as ''Resident Evil'', ''Close, Killing Jesus'', and '' ...

Ruán Magan Ruán Magan (born 1968) is an Irish director, producer, writer and creator whose work in drama, documentary, theatre and major stadium events has been recognised with over 40 international industry awards and has reached audiences of millions ar ...

* Mark Mahon *

Enda McCallion Enda McCallion (born 22 June 1967 in County Donegal) is an Irish film director. He studied at the Dún Laoghaire College of Art and Design and the Royal College of Art in London, England. He directed the 2000/2001 Metz alcopop advert " Forre ...

* Daragh McCarthy *

Kevin McClory Kevin O'Donovan McClory (8 June 1924 – 20 November 2006) was an Irish screenwriter, film producer, and film director. McClory was best known for producing the James Bond film '' Thunderball'' and for his legal battles with the character's cre ...

John Michael McDonagh John Michael McDonagh (born 7 November 1967) is a screenwriter and film director with Irish and British nationality. He wrote and directed ''The Guard'' (2011) and '' Calvary'' (2014), both films starring Brendan Gleeson, receiving a BAFTA Awar ...

Martin McDonagh Martin Faranan McDonagh (; born 26 March 1970) is a British-Irish playwright, screenwriter, producer, and director. Born and brought up in London, he is the son of Irish parents. He is known as one of the most acclaimed modern playwrights whose ...

John McDonnell John Martin McDonnell (born 8 September 1951) is a British politician who served as Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2015 to 2020. A member of the Labour Party, he has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Hayes and Harlington since 1997. ...

Mary McGuckian Mary McGuckian (born 27 May 1963) is a film director, producer and screenwriter from Northern Ireland. Early life Born and brought up in Northern Ireland during The Troubles, McGuckian completed her formal education in the Republic of Ireland ...

Conor McPherson Conor McPherson (born 6 August 1971) is an Irish playwright, screenwriter and director of stage and film. In recognition of his contribution to world theatre, McPherson was awarded a doctorate of Literature, Honoris Causa, in June 2013 by the Un ...

* Sophie Merry * John Moore *

Tomm Moore Thomas "Tomm" Moore (born 7 January 1977) is an Irish filmmaker, animator, illustrator and comics artist. He co-founded Cartoon Saloon with Nora Twomey and Paul Young, an animation studio and production company based in Kilkenny, Ireland. His ...

* Redmond Morris * George Morrisson *

Brendan Muldowney Brendan Muldowney is a graduate of Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Ireland (The National Film School). Career Brendan Muldowney is an Irish writer/director. After graduating from the National Film School he wrote and di ...

Maeve Murphy Maeve Murphy is a Northern Irish screenwriter and film director. Her 2002 film ''Silent Grace'' was selected to represent the UK for Cannes. In 2011 her short film Sushi, won the Sub-ti short film competition, co judged by Venice Days, Venice F ...

* Nick Vincent Murphy

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Roy William Neill Roy William Neill (4 September 1887 – 14 December 1946) was an Irish-born American film director best known for directing the last eleven of the fourteen Sherlock Holmes films starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, made between 1943 and 19 ...

* Neasa Ní Chianáin

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Ciarán Ó Cofaigh Ciarán Ó Cofaigh is an Irish film director and producer. Biography A native of Ráth Cairn, County Meath, but now resident in Indreabhán, County Galway, Ó Cofaigh has worked in the Irish film and broadcast industry for almost thirty ye ...

* Pat O'Connor *

Damien O'Donnell Damien O'Donnell (born 1967 in Dublin) is an Irish film director and writer. He has directed '' East is East'' (1999), '' Heartlands'' (2002) and '' Inside I'm Dancing'' (2004), amongst others. He is from Coolock, Dublin. He has also directed ...

Michael O'Herlihy Michael O'Herlihy (1 April 1929 – 16 June 1997) was an Irish television producer and director who directed shows like ''Gunsmoke'' (1955), ''Maverick'' (1957), ''Star Trek'' (1965), '' Hawaii Five-O'' (1968), ''M*A*S*H'' (1972) and ''The A- ...

* David OReilly *

Thaddeus O'Sullivan Thaddeus O'Sullivan (born 2 May 1947) is an Irish director, cinematographer, and screenwriter. Early career In the early eighties O'Sullivan was among a group of filmmakers who co-founded 'Spectre' a collective that included John Ellis (media a ...

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Dermott Petty Dermott Petty is an independent filmmaker from Lisdoonvarna, County Clare in Ireland. Film career In 1998 Petty won a Dramalogue Award for his stage direction of ''The Midnight Court''. He produced a television pilot detailing his early experienc ...

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Mary Raftery Mary Frances Thérèse Raftery (21 December 1957 – 10 January 2012) was an Irish investigative journalist, filmmaker and writer. Raftery was born in Dublin. She started her investigative journalism career with '' In Dublin'' magazine in t ...

Rouzbeh Rashidi Rouzbeh Rashidi ( fa, روزبه رشیدی; born 23 December 1980, Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian-Irish avant-garde filmmaker and founder of Experimental Film Society. Since 2000, Rashidi produced experimental feature films and numerous volumes ...

Ruairí Robinson Ruairí Robinson is an Irish film director and writer. Biography He is known mainly for his science-fiction short films and animations, one of which, ''Fifty Percent Grey'', was nominated for an Academy Award. ''Fifty Percent Grey'' was also ...

* Nick Ryan *

Frank Rynne Frank Rynne is an Irish-born singer, record producer, art curator, film-maker, writer, and historian. He has played in three bands Those Handsome Devils in 1984, The Baby Snakes (1985-1994) and Islamic Diggers (1996- ). He has produced three CD ...

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Jim Sheridan Jim Sheridan (born 6 February 1949) is an Irish playwright and filmmaker. Between 1989 and 1993, Sheridan directed two critically acclaimed films set in Ireland, ''My Left Foot'' and ''In the Name of the Father'', and later directed the film ...

Kirsten Sheridan Kirsten Sheridan (born 14 July 1976) is an Irish film director and screenwriter. She is best known for co-writing the semi-autobiographical film '' In America'' with her father, director Jim Sheridan, and her sister, Naomi Sheridan, for which sh ...

Gary Shore Gary Shore is an Irish people, Irish film director, producer and screenwriter, best known for his directorial debut film ''Dracula Untold''. He has also directed commercials for a number of well-known brands including Gatorade, Adidas, and UGG A ...

Jimmy Smallhorne Jimmy Smallhorne is an Irish filmmaker who wrote, directed and acted in his debut feature film ''2by4''. The drama about a closeted gay construction worker in New York City was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival ...

* Gerard Stembridge

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William Desmond Taylor William Desmond Taylor (born William Cunningham Deane-Tanner, 26 April 1872 – 1 February 1922) was an Anglo-Irish-American film director and actor. A popular figure in the growing Hollywood motion picture colony of the 1910s and early 1920s, ...

Stuart Townsend Stuart Townsend (born 15 December 1972) is an Irish actor. He portrayed Lestat de Lioncourt in the film adaptation of Anne Rice's ''Queen of the Damned'' (2002), and Dorian Gray in Alan Moore's ''The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen'' (2003). ...

Montgomery Tully Montgomery Tully (6 May 190410 October 1988) was an Irish film director and writer. Film career Born in Dublin, Tully studied at the University of London, and originally entered the film industry as a director of documentaries. Later, Tully wo ...

Nora Twomey Nora Twomey (born 31 October 1971) is an Irish animator, director, screenwriter, producer and voice actress. She is best known as the co-founder of Cartoon Saloon, alongside Tomm Moore and Paul Young, an animation studio and production company, ...

* Dave Tynan

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* Aisling Walsh *

Dearbhla Walsh Dearbhla Walsh is an Irish film and television director who has worked on drama series for several television channels in Ireland and the United Kingdom, including episodes of '' EastEnders'', '' Shameless'' and ''The Tudors''. She won the 2009 ...

Rick Whelan WLR FM, or more commonly WLR (Waterford Local Radio) is the local radio station covering Waterford City and County, Ireland. It is Ireland's Local Station of the Year 2019, 2020, 2021 & 2022. In addition to the official franchise area, the stat ...

Juanita Wilson Juanita Wilson is an Irish director and writer from Dublin. Her short film ''The Door'' received an Irish Film and Television Award (IFTA) in 2009 and an Academy Award nomination in 2010. Her debut feature film ''As If I Am Not There'' received ...

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