Early Work

Showreel

Short Films Showreel

1988–2004

Short Film

Recoil

2004

Developed from a story that circulated on the landing in Portlaoise — told by two different men, word for word, always opening with the phrase "a man on the landing." The impossibility of reconciling soldier and father. An IRA assassination in Dublin. Starring Keith McErlean and Bosco Hogan. Best Irish Short, Galway Film Fleadh · Best International Short, Courmayeur · Best Short, Boston Irish Film Festival.

Short Film

That's All Right

1989

A man works a small farm as storm clouds gather. A young girl arrives with news that stops everything. Starring Mick Lally and Selina Gunnery. 35mm · Dublin, Cork, Galway, Clermont-Ferrand, Sydney, Telluride.

Short Drama

There's A Hole In The Ozone Layer Just Above Clonboo

1990

Padraig is hitchhiking to Westport. The man who gives him a lift warns him not to stop at Clonboo. Padraig stops anyway, and meets a woman who has almost nothing to say to him. Starring Rachael Dowling and Vinny Murphy. Premiered Galway Film Fleadh 1991.

Short Film

One More Shot — Part 1

1996

A screwball comedy written with Michael West, set in and around the Claddagh Palace cinema. Selected for the inaugural IFB/RTÉ Short Cuts series. Acquired by ZDF Germany, Showtime Australia and Tara Television USA.

Short Film

One More Shot — Part 2

1996

Shot in deepest winter in a derelict Galway cinema. Rat-infested, dank as a crypt. The screwball plot worked. The conviviality was harder to fake.