Background
His grandfather opened up a theater in the early forties and his father carried on in the same business, opening up several more screens across the south west of Ireland.
His grandfather opened up a theater in the early forties and his father carried on in the same business, opening up several more screens across the south west of Ireland.
Is third generation cinema. He began his career at the age of nineteen writing and directing theater in Limerick City. A few years later he entered the North Sea oil industry where he worked to finance a short film.
While in New York they formed "Wide Eye Films" and produced their first short film together "". wrote and directed one other short film, "" prior to writing and directing his feature debut, Cowboys & Angels.
Cowboys & Angels, a youth comedy/drama set in his native Limerick, was released in cinemas across Ireland by Buena Vista International His most recent film is The Front Lincolnshire, released in 2006.