Julie Ryan (born February 6, 1984) is an Irish film and TV producer from
Cork, Ireland, known for her work on ''
The Young Offenders'' (2016),
''I Never Cry'' (2020),
and ''
Finding You'' (2020).
Career
Production company
Ryan is the managing director of MK1Studios Productions,
which she founded to promote diversity, inclusion and innovation through storytelling.
MK1 is
Dublin, Ireland
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based,
with bases in
Cork, Ireland and
Los Angeles, California
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.
Early career
Ryan began her career in the media industry in the Irish TV company
TV3, where she trained in the sports department as a reporter. She also spend a period moonlighting as an autocue operator, continuity announcer, news librarian, and even spent a stint as a sports anchor in Dublin radio station
98FM
98FM is a local radio station in Dublin, Ireland, operated by Bauer Media Audio Ireland, under a sound broadcasting contract from the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. The station broadcasts on the 98.1 MHz FM frequency. 98FM's broadca ...
. Ryan then began her film career as a freelance producer of non-scripted television, working in the US in this area for 10 years.
In 2012, Ryan stepped up to the role of producer on ''The Fear'', an Irish hidden camera TV show in which members of the Irish public are pranked in various locations around the country.
Ryan made a name for herself in 2016, when her feature film ''
The Young Offenders'' was a breakout success both nationally and internationally, after winning Best Irish Feature Film at the 2016
Galway Film Fleadh
The Galway Film Fleadh (; Irish for "festival") is an international film festival founded in 1989 as part of the Galway Arts Festival. Describing itself as Ireland’s leading film festival, the event is held every July in Galway city in Ireland ...
, alongside ''
A Date for Mad Mary
''A Date for Mad Mary'' is a 2016 Irish drama film directed by Darren Thornton. It won two Irish Film & Television Awards, including Best Film. Thornton and his brother Colin adapted it from Yasmine Akram's one-woman play ''10 Dates with Mad Mar ...
''.
Present day
Following her success with ''The Young Offenders'', Ryan went on to produce several critically-acclaimed international co-productions, including Irish-Polish co-production ''I Never Cry'' (2020),
which won the Grand Prix and Cineuropa Award at Mons International Film Festival in 2021; indie feature
''A Bend in the River'' (2020)
(2020) for
Channel 5, and ''The Holiday'' (TV Series - 2021).
Filmography
Ryan's film and TV credits include:
* ''The Holiday'' (2021 – TV series)
* ''
Intruder'' (2020 – TV series)
* ''
A Bend in the River'' (2020 – feature film)
* ''
Finding You'' (2020 – feature film)
* ''I Never Cry'' (2020 – feature film)
* ''
Christmas Perfection'' (2018 – feature film)
* ''Beach Slap'' (2017 – TV series)
* ''
The Young Offenders'' (2016 – feature film)
* ''The Sin Bin'' (2015 – TV series)
* ''The Fear'' (2015 – TV series)
References
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Irish film directors
Irish women film directors
People from Cork (city)
1984 births
Living people