Declan Recks is an

IFTA Award The Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) is an all-Ireland organisation focused on film and television. It has about 1000 members, and is based in Dublin, with branches in London and Los Angeles. The IFTA now holds separate ceremonies for the ...

-winning

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and

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

from

Clara, County Offaly Clara () is a town on the River Brosna in County Offaly and is the 10th largest town in the midlands of Ireland. The town had a population of 3,336 as of the 2016 census. Clara's local services include churches, banks, credit union, schools, ...

. He directed the

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film ''Tarrac'' in 2023.

Education

Recks graduated from the Dun Laoghaire College of Art and Design in

Dublin, Ireland Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 cen ...

Career

In 1990, Recks founded Paradox Productions with Liam O'Niell. He sits the board of the Screen Directors Guild of Ireland (SDGI) and is a member of the

European Film Academy The European Film Academy is an initiative of a group of European filmmakers who came together in Berlin on the occasion of the first presentation of the European Film Awards in November 1988. The Academy—under the name of European Cinema Soci ...

Filmography

*Director **''Big Swinger'', 1991 for ScreenPlay Firsts **''Quando'', 1997 **''

Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog ''Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog'' is a fantasy-adventure television series set in a fantasy version of ancient Ireland, created by Saban Entertainment. It was loosely based on actual Irish mythology. The name is derived from Tír na nÓg, one of ...

'', 1999 **'' Pure Mule'', 2005 ( IFTA Award for Best Director - Television) **''Eden'', 2008https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/379969/ **'' Three Wise Women'', 2010 (Hallmark movie) **''

Scúp ''Scúp'' (; "Scoop (news), Scoop") is a Northern Ireland, Northern Irish Dramatic programming, drama television series which was broadcast on TG4 and BBC Northern Ireland in 2013–14. The series was nominated to the ''Special Irish Language Aw ...

'', 2014 **''

6Degrees ''6Degrees'' (or ''Six Degrees'') is a Northern Irish dramatic television series about a group of university students living in Belfast. It premiered on 21 February 2012 on BBC2 NI. In July 2013 it also began airing on the Irish channel RTÉ 2 ...

'', 2015 **''The Truth Commissioner'', 2016 **'' The Flag, 2017 **''Counsel'', 2019 **''The South Westerlies'', 2020 **''

Red Election ''Red Election'' is an international spy drama television series. The story follows a British intelligence agent ( Lydia Leonard) and a Danish secret service agent (Victoria Carmen Sonne) who team up to stop a Russian terrorist attack in Britain ...

'', 2021 **''

Nova Jones ''Nova Jones'' is a British musical science-fiction television series which airs on CBBC, created by Helen Serafinowicz. It focuses on the adventures of the titular galactic pop singer, portrayed by Molly Rainford. It began broadcast on 22 Septe ...

'', 2022 **''Tarrac'', 2023

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Recks, Declan Irish television directors Irish film directors People from Clara, County Offaly Living people Date of birth missing (living people)