Let’s be honest, I’m keen on detail. Obsessive perhaps. I think that’s why I initially became a graphic designer, spending too much time caring about typography. These days I’m a director. Still keen on detail. Obsessive perhaps. Films, TV, animation, everything receives the same treatment. Everything is about how you design it to be. I’m not a born gambler.
I’ve directed a whole bunch of TV commercials as well as some documentary shorts for BBC3 and E4 and spend a good deal of time directing educational content for BBC Bitesize. This is a lot of fun - puppets, animation, mash ups, music videos, and low-fi sci-fi - all done with the same attention to detail, on which, as you know, I am keen.
I recently wrote and directed my first short film, Back in Five, a fifteen-minute comedy/drama, infused with a bit of existentialist dread. It starred Dublin-based comedian Stephen Mullan and Belfast’s Bronagh Taggart and screened at Aesthetica and New York Shorts. It even managed to win Best Screenplay at Cinalfama, and Best Northern Irish Film at the British Short Film Awards.
I try to work with good people, create great content and worry less about typography.