Kieron J Walsh

KIERON J. WALSH.  Director – Writer – Producer A graduate of IADT, Dublin and the Royal College of Art, London, Kieron has directed for the BBC, Channel 4, ITV, SKY, Channel 5 and RTÉ including the hit series THE YOUNG PERSON'S GUIDE TO BECOMING A ROCKSTAR (RTS award for Best Series) and his first feature WHEN BRENDAN MET TRUDY written by Roddy Doyle, which premiered at TIFF and a play for the acclaimed BECKETT ON FILM series. For ITV he directed WATERMELON based on the novel by Marian Keyes starring Anna Friel and Brenda Fricker. He has since directed KITCHEN, a drama starring Eddie Izzard for Channel 5, and the first series of RAW for RTÉ for which he was nominated for an IFTA for Best Director.  In 2006 he founded Bl!nder Films where he co-devised and directed THE SAVAGE EYE which ran for 4 series. The show was nominated for an IFTA for Best Entertainment Series and for won two Celtic Media Awards for Best Entertainment Series. He directed and co-wrote the multi award-winning feature film JUMP which premiered at TIFF.  Kieron directed the TV movie THE PSYCHOPATH NEXT DOOR starring Anna Friel for SKY television, and the futuristic thriller RAPT for RTE which picked up awards at Raindance and Vancouver.In 2016 he made the black and white comedy MY LIFE FOR IRELAND for the centenary of 1916 rising. Recently he directed JAMES JOYCE: A SHOUT IN THE STREET - a documentary about the life of James Joyce presented by Anjelica Huston andthe first series of FINDING JOY starring Amy Huberman and Aisling Bea.
 His latest feature film THE RACER was selected to premiere at SXSW 2020 in March 2020 and was the opening film of the 65th Cork International film Festival 2020 and screened at Tallinn Black Nights 2020. More recently Kieron directed 2 episodes of INSIDE No 9 for BBC 2. Kieron has been IFTA nominated 8 times and is a member of BAFTA.