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Seán is a Dingle-based writer and film editor who has been working in the film and television industry for over twenty years specialising in documentary, drama and feature films.
In recent years Seán completed an MA in screenwriting where he received a first class honour for his “The Brink” and since 2024 his award winning short film "Scríofa sna Réaltaí (Written in the Stars)" has been enjoying a successful run on the international festival circuit. He recently received development funding under the Céim Eile scheme and was selected for the 2025 Screen Ireland mentoring scheme, partnered with writer Paul Walker.
His first comedy pilot “Limelight” placed very highly in the BBC Writers Room and in 2023 his first short film, Irish-language family film “Scríofa sna Réaltaí”, was directed by the multi-award winning Vincent Gallagher and produced by “Sin É films”. The award-winning film has enjoyed a successful run on the international festival circuit and was broadcast on TG4 and a host of European broadcasters.
His drama script “An Mháthair” received development funding under the “Céim Eile” scheme and will be produced by Keeper Pictures this year. His Irish-language script “Saoirse" received development funding under the “Gealán” scheme which is funded by amongst others TG4, BBC and NI screen and his crime series “The Brink” was selected for the Creative Media Europe drama workshop with Emmanuel Oberg in 2022.
In recent years Seán completed an MA in screenwriting where he received a first class honour for his “The Brink” and since 2024 his award winning short film "Scríofa sna Réaltaí (Written in the Stars)" has been enjoying a successful run on the international festival circuit. He recently received development funding under the Céim Eile scheme and was selected for the 2025 Screen Ireland mentoring scheme, partnered with writer Paul Walker.
His first comedy pilot “Limelight” placed very highly in the BBC Writers Room and in 2023 his first short film, Irish-language family film “Scríofa sna Réaltaí”, was directed by the multi-award winning Vincent Gallagher and produced by “Sin É films”. The award-winning film has enjoyed a successful run on the international festival circuit and was broadcast on TG4 and a host of European broadcasters.
His drama script “An Mháthair” received development funding under the “Céim Eile” scheme and will be produced by Keeper Pictures this year. His Irish-language script “Saoirse" received development funding under the “Gealán” scheme which is funded by amongst others TG4, BBC and NI screen and his crime series “The Brink” was selected for the Creative Media Europe drama workshop with Emmanuel Oberg in 2022.
IN DEVELOPMENT
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THE BRINK
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Drama.
SCRIPT AVAILABLE. |
Two childhood friends on the beat as uniformed police officers struggle to stay on the right side of both the suits and the "usual suspects", as level-headed Brian struggles to keep a lid on his partners boiling rage. On discovering a low level drug dealer is a domestic abuser, events spiral out of control & both friends desperately try to deal with the fallout of a devastating crime at their own hands. They slowly edge deeper into a grimly violent world, and a long simmering love triangle throws them headlong into the dangerous consequences of their actions...
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B-NEGATIVE
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Comedy.
SCRIPT AVAILABLE. |
When the moneyed wife of a shady businessman has her hand forced to save her husband's life and her own treasured lifestyle, she is forced to enlist her “common" cleaner and the cleaner's immigrant neighbour for a well-intentioned murderous plot to bump her comatose husband up the heart transplant list.
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SAOIRSE
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Drama.
SCRIPT AVAILABLE. |
When a body is unearthed in the isolated Donegal Gaeltacht, a determined young cop is forced to return to the village her family left to investigate. As she battles against hostile locals and the forbidding landscape, she must also confront old demons to solve the twisting turning case. A tense character thriller which explores themes of truth and revenge all set against the dramatic backdrop of the rugged West coast of Ireland.
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THE AGED
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Drama.
IN DEVELOPMENT. |
A couple’s 49-year marriage is petering towards its end until their lives are thrown into turmoil when a crippled nation turns on the most vulnerable, forced them to go on the run and battle to survive in society determined to tackle the elderly “problem”.
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AN MHATHÁIR
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Drama.
Keeper Pictures/TG4/Screen Ireland. |
Single drama about a Mother who must confront a violent attacker from her past.
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