filmmaker / designer. Currently finishing THE LONG F*** OFF for Channel4 and co-founder of Ruckus Visuals

Joined November 2019
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If Neon Meets Argon, written and directed by James Doherty and produced by Nicky Gogan for @PiranhaBar. A neon sign-maker has his solitude interrupted by an energetic young intruder. Can these men forge a kinship amidst the flickering of neon lights? #FocusShorts
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Shortlisted for Best Single Drama is: On The Edge: The Final Countdown, @BlackLightProds for @Channel4 bit.ly/BA25Shortlist #BA2025
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Delighted to be nominated for ✨Best Single Drama✨at the @BroadcastAwards 2025
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So delighted to be running this scheme again in 2024 with this brilliant group of Irish writers & script editors.
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Great first day 🤘
(1/2) 📣 @StoryhouseIre Lab Participants 📣 Joining us today are: Anthony Keigher - @xnthony Ayla Amano - @AmanoAyla Cara Loftus - @CaraLoftus8 Caroline Harvey Dorothy Duffy Hannah Mamalis - @Hantmam Hiram Harrington - @HiramHorror
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NEW: @Emily_S_Cooper on making a go of things as a writer. “As far as I can tell you either get used to it, or you don’t – and it chews you up. I have learned to send out applications and then forget about them… Rejection becomes background noise.” stingingfly.org/2024/03/13/t…
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Had the pleasure of 2nd unit directing for the superb @megankfoxfilm & @Samson_Films - check it out on @channel5_tv TONIGHT at 9pm
It's out TONIGHT 😱 So excited for the world to see our show and the wonderful talents of @karatointon Allen Leech, Charlie Hodson-Prior and the rest of our brilliant cast and crew 🖤🔥
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Our latest mini series, ‘Too Good To Be True’ airs on Channel 5 tomorrow! Catch this thrilling drama at 9pm Feb 14!
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Me, verbatim after my short film is rejected from any festival:
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"Hey handsome. Why not come over to my place and eat the fried breadcrumbs I'm covered in?" she said, croquettishly.
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Great work showing in the Zurich Young Portrait Prize exhibition in @CulturalCentre at the mo ✨
Today is the deadline to submit your entry for the Zurich Portrait Prize 2023 and the Zurich Young Portrait Prize 2023. Don’t miss out! ⌛️ ⭐️nationalgallery.ie/art-and-a… ⭐️ nationalgallery.ie/art-and-a…
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Artist is PJ Doherty, 17 years old (no relation)
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UNSANE - Soderbergh. Messy b-movie fun
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Great issue of @stingingfly , especially enjoyed Solo by Peter McNamara @holyshow_ie 🔥
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Beautiful performance from Glenda Jackson in Elizabeth is Missing 👇
You can watch Glenda Jackson’s pitch-perfect moving performance in Elizabeth is Missing on @BBCiPlayer. Directed by Aisling Walsh. #glendajackson
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Joseph Losey's THE SERVANT (1963) enters the collection this week! bit.ly/3Nka84y Blacklisted from Hollywood and living in England, Losey delivered a modernist shock to the system of that nation’s cinema with this mesmerizing dissection of class, sexuality, and power.
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CLOSE. Lukas Dhont's deeply moving, Oscar®-nominated coming of age story. Now streaming exclusively on MUBI.

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Competencia oficial - Almodóvar. A great time poking fun at egos encountered in the performing arts 🪨
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