About
Peter is a screenwriter and filmmaker with a lifelong passion for cinematic storytelling. His screenplays have been award winners at film festivals throughout Europe and around the world. He studied drama and education at Edge Hill University in England and film directing with Oscar-nominated film director John Boorman at the Irish Film School in Dublin. He’s a graduate of Falmouth University’s MA in Writing for Script and Screen, where he earned a distinction. He is also a podcast producer and an avid collector of film scripts. In previous lives, he worked as a drama teacher, a greengrocer’s assistant, and a cinematographer. He lives below the Dublin mountains with his wife. When he’s not immersed in a project you’ll find him out walking with his lively sheepdog Sam.
To get in touch, contact me.
Screenwriting Acknowledgements
2025 – Manchester Film Festival – Finalist – Wildflower
2024 – Roscommon International Film Festival – Finalist – Wildflower
2024 – Anchorage International Film Festival – Award Winner – Wildflower
2024 – Wildflower – Produced as audio drama for OutWrd Media
2023 – Kerry International Film Festival – Finalist – Wildflower
2023 – Voghera Film Festival – Official Selection – Wildflower
2023 – Austin Film Festival – Semi-finalist – Wildflower
2023 – Rising Sun Cinema Festival – Winner – Wildflower
2023 – Omaha Film Festival – Semi-finalist – Wildflower
2023 – Sedona International Film Festival – Semi-finalist – Wildflower
2022 – Immagina Florence Film Festival – Winner – Wildflower
2022 – Silk Road Film Awards, Cannes – Winner – Wildflower
2022 – Kerry International Film Festival – Finalist – Night Shift
2022 – Waterford International Film Festival – Semi-finalist – Wildflower
2022 – Love & Hope International Film Festival – Finalist – Night Shift
2022 – Jacques Tati Film Awards – Winner – Night Shift
2022 – San Franciso Arthouse Short Festival – Semi-finalist – Wildflower
2022 – Rome Prisma Film Awards – Winner – Night Shift
Education
Master of Arts in Screenwriting, Falmouth University, 2023
Film Directing, Irish Film School, Dublin, 2018
Filmography
Sebastian Barry: A Tribute (2020)
Emigrant Song (2018)
No. 11’s Last Voyage (2016)
The Man Who Papered His Wall With Poetry (2015)
Look, No Cows! (2014)
Ceannbhán (2013)
Scenes from the Ballindoon Café (2013)
Murmuration at Six O’Clock (2012)
An Angel’s Day Out (1999)
Publications
‘There’s no such thing as a final draft’. 2019. In Sue Booth-Forbes (ed.). Diving into the Mystery: Studies in the Creative Process. Eyeries: Anam Cara Publishing.
Professional Associations
IFTA – Irish Film & Television Academy
Writers Guild of Ireland
Writers Guild of Great Britain