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Screen Ireland Screen Mentoring

25 screen professionals based in Ireland have been selected as mentees.

Screen Ireland has announced that 25 screen professionals based in Ireland have been selected as mentees for the fifth round of the Screen Mentoring scheme.

The full list of selected mentees and their respective mentors are as follows:  

  • Sarah Ahern (Writer/Director) – Malcolm Campbell (Writer/Executive Producer, HerselfAckley BridgeWhat Richard DidShameless
  • Rosie Barrett (Director) – Frank Berry (Director/Writer, AishaMichael InsideI Used to Live Here
  • Lena Byrne (Co-founder/Producer, Sow Your Entertainment) – Ailish McElmeel (Producer, Northern LightsCan’t Cope, Won’t CopeDead StillThe Last Right
  • Louise Byrne (Producer) – Julianne Forde (Producer, Bring Them DownDer Irland-KrimiLet the Wrong One InThe Lodgers
  • Michael Carolan (Writer/Director) – Brendan Muldowney (Director, The CellarPilgrimageLove EternalSavage
  • Grainne Carroll (Producer) – Katie Holly (Producer/Executive Producer, The GoneSunlight, Pray for Our SinnersMr. Malcolm’s ListExtra Ordinary
  • Daire Collins (Director) – Emer Reynolds (Director/Editor, JoyrideSongs for While I’m AwayThe Farthest
  • Joseph Coveney (Co-founder, Studio 9) – Alix Wiseman (Senior Vice President Distribution & Acquisitions, 9 Story Media Group) 
  • Tony Doyle (Actor/Writer/Director/Producer) – Aileen Docherty (Head of Development, Treasure Entertainment) 
  • Paul FitzSimons (Producer) – Dominic Wright (Producer, The Last RiflemanWistingNever Grow Old
  • Emma Foley (Director) – Aisling Walsh (Director/Writer, MaudieSong for a Raggy BoyElizabeth is MissingFingersmith
  • Robert Higgins (Writer/Director/Producer) – Dearbhla Walsh (Director, Bad SistersFargoThe Handmaid’s Tale
  • Margaret Kane-Rowe (Writer/Director) – John McDonnell (Producer/Executive Producer, You Are Not My MotherArrachtSea FeverVivarium
  • Dean Kavanagh (Director) – Paddy Breathnach (Director, The DryRosieVivaI Went Down
  • Laura Kavanagh (Writer, Director) – Lenny Abrahamson (Director, Conversations with FriendsNormal PeopleRoomFrank
  • Suzie Keegan (Director/Producer) – Anna Rodgers (Director/Producer, How to Tell a SecretWhen Women WonSomebody to Love
  • Dale Longmore (Screenwriter) – Paul Walker (Writer, North Sea ConnectionCall the MidwifeThe ProfessionalsEastenders
  • Aisling Magill (Producer) – Teresa McGrane (Chief Operating Officer, Wild Atlantic Pictures) 
  • Colin Murphy (Screenwriter) – Brock Norman Brock (Writer, The MustangYardieBronson
  • Maureen O’Connell (Director/Producer/Actor) – Neasa Hardiman (Director/Screenwriter, Sea FeverThe PowerHit and RunJessica JonesHappy Valley
  • Cóilín Ó Scolaí (Director) – Thaddeus O’Sullivan (Director, The Miracle ClubCitizen LaneHidden AssetsSilent WitnessOrdinary Decent CriminalDecember Bride
  • Patrick O’Shea (Writer/Director) – Luke McManus (Director/Producer, North CircularThe Lonely Battle of Thomas ReidJump GirlsI Am Immigrant
  • David Prendeville (Writer/Director/Producer) – Ruth Treacy (Producer/Director, Der Irland-KrimiLet the Wrong One InThe Winter LakeThe Lodgers
  • Ruairi Sparks (Producer) – Larry Bass (Producer, The Miracle ClubClean SweepDancing with the StarsThe Apprentice
  • Colin Thornton (Writer/Producer) – Lesley McKimm (Executive Producer, The HardacresSunlightNothing ComparesFloat Like a Butterfly

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