Declan Cassidy

Career

In July 2008 his short film "Whatever Turns You On" premiered at the Galway Film Fleadh. Cassidy"s television series, "The House", commissioned by the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland, screened in 2009 on Dublin"s community channel, DCTV. In 2010 his Irish Film Board funded short film "Veronique" featuring Martha Christie in the title role was released. lieutenant was followed up by The Bouquet, The Box and Spoon in 2011.

In 2012 Etihad Airways featured a collection of Cassidy"s short films as part of their inflight entertainment.

This included his latest short film "Wedding Planners". Cassidy currently holds the position of managing director at Timesnap Limited, a film production company he established with journalist and documentary maker Bill Tyson.

Achievements

• Written and directed by Cassidy, it won eight awards at various film festivals, including Best Short Film at Florence International Film Festival Italy, Best Irish Short Film at the Kerry Film Festival and the Audience Award at Filmstock International Film Festival in Britain. When the film received the award for Best Short Short at the Oscar-qualifying Aspen Shortsfest it became one of a limited number of short films worldwide each year to be considered for the Academy Awards.

Membership

A founding member of the Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA Awards), he began his film career in the documentary genre where his work includes War on Waste (2003), a documentary looking at vermiculture as a waste disposal alternative to landfill and The Crew Cut (2006), a documentary charting the voyage of the Irish Naval flagship L.E. Eithne on its voyage to South America.