About me

Stories allow us to transcend time and place, shape our perspective on what it means to be human. When you enter a story, something magical happens, and for me entering a story on screen is where the greatest magic of all happens.

I am a screenwriter and filmmaker with a lifelong passion for cinematic storytelling. I love reading books about film, eating croissant for breakfast and binge-watching world cinema.

I studied drama at Edge Hill University in England, and film directing at the Irish Film School in Dublin, with Oscar-nominated film director John Boorman. While at university, I directed several theatre productions, one of which went to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. I have over twenty years experience working as a cinematographer. I am a graduate of Falmouth University’s MA Writing for Script and Screen.

When I’m not losing myself in a project or tending to my vintage screenplay collection, I can be found travelling around Ireland with my lively sheepdog Sam.


Filmography

Emigrant Song (2018)
No. 11’s Last Voyage (2016)
Seamus Cashman: Poetry from the Wall (2015)
Look, No Cows! (2014)
Scenes from the Ballindoon Café (2013)

Education

Master of Arts in Screenwriting, Falmouth University, 2023
Film Directing, Irish Film School, Dublin, 2018

Professional Associations

IFTA – Irish Film & Television Academy
Writers Guild of Ireland
Writers Guild of Great Britain

Screenplays

Aileen’s Wave (feature)
Wildflower (short)
Night Shift (short)
Emigrant Song (short)

Awards

Kerry International Film Festival (Finalist, Wildflower) 2023
Anchorage International Film Festival (Award Winner, Wildflower) 2023
Immagina Florence International Film Festival (Award Winner, Wildflower) 2022
Jacques Tati Film Awards (Award Winner, Night Shift) 2022