Aisling Walsh

Academy Member

Aisling Walsh is an Irish screenwriter and director. Her work has screened at festivals around the world and she has won several accolades, including a BAFTA TV Award for Room at the Top (2012) as well as an Irish Film and Television Award and a Canadian Screen Award for her direction of Maudie (2016). She is known for her "unflinching honest portrayals of a Catholic Irish society”. Walsh won the IFTA Award for Best Director - Film for Maudie in 2018.

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Awards & Recognition

Elizabeth Is Missing

IFTA Nominee, Best Director - Drama (2020)
BAFTA Nominee, Single Drama (2020)

Maudie

IFTA Winner, Best Director - Film (2018)

Room at the Top

BAFTA Winner, Best Mini-Series (2013)

Key Credits

Elizabeth is Missing (2019)
Maudie (2016)
An Inspector Calls (2015)
Room at the Top (2012)
Wallander (2010)
The Daisy Chain (2008)
Fingersmith (2005)
Song for a Raggy Boy (2003)