Mike Ahern & Enda Loughman have been writing and directing together for over ten years. They started as a graphic design & animation collaboration, but quickly moved on to direct award-winning short Films, music videos & TV commercials, in Ireland and internationally. Extra Ordinary is their debut feature Film.
Lisa Barros D'Sa & Glenn Leyburn are a Director partnership for Ordinary Love starring Liam Neeson & Lesley Manville. Lisa and Glen have also directed and produced award-winning films Good Vibrations, Cherrybomb, The 18th Electricity Plan among others.
Paddy Breathnach was born in Wicklow in 1964. He began directing career making natural history documentaries. He has directed eight films including, Ailsa, I Went Down, Man about Dog, Blow Dry, Viva and Rosie. His films have premiered at Telluride, Sundance and Toronto, San Sebastian and have won numerous awards.
Lee Cronin has written and directed a number of shorts including the award winning Ghost Train. His feature debut, The Hole in the Ground, premiered at Sundance 2019 to critical acclaim and was released by A24 in the US. He is currently developing numerous genre projects for film and television.
Lance Daly has been writing and directing for over twenty years - starting with music videos and documentaries before moving onto features and serialised television. Lance has directed six films. His favourites of these are KISSES and BLACK '47.
Tom Sullivan's first film Asal premiered at the Galway Film Festival and won the Tiernan McBride award for Best Short Drama, as did his second short Mechanic two years later. Tom's next film, Personal Development, had its North American premiere at Tribeca FF in 2015. Tom directed Fir Bolg, a 6 part comedy drama that won an IFTA TV award for best Irish production.
Nora Twomey co-directed Tomm Moore's Oscar nominated The Secret of Kells, having first directed shorts such as From Darkness and Cúilín Dualach. She is a Creative Producer on the preschool show Puffin Rock and Head of Story on Oscar nominated Song of the Sea. Nora is now working on My Father's Dragon feature film for Netflix