Screen Directors Guild of Ireland

Would you like to engage with one of the most dynamic, professional organizations in Irish Film and Television Industry?  SDGI have a competitive internship programme for two internships for both Irish and International students/ post graduates running year round.
To apply please send your CV by email only to birch@sdgi.ie and a covering letter and tell us why you would like to work for us and the three skills you would bring to SDGI. 

“A funny, brilliantly-paced, complex but totally accessible, mature and highly entertaining mobster movie, set in Ireland but undistracted by the usual feeble efforts to explain in passing the essential nature of Irishness. ‘I Went Down’ has jettisoned that kind of dubious ambition, and is all the better for it.” Gerry McCarthy – Film Ireland 61 (Oct/Nov 1997)

Award winning Production Designers Tom Conroy (‘The Tudors’, ‘George Gently’) and Ana Rackard (‘Ondine’) presented a case history of the design process of one of their projects. They also talked about the design of a favourite international film that has inspired them. In the ensuing discussion Directors had the chance to ask questions related to their own work regarding production design.

Daniel O’Hara presents Crank: High Voltage (2009)
Why would anyone choose to shoot a $20 million dollar action movie on small prosumer HDV cameras? TV Director Daniel O’Hara and DOP Fergal O'Hanlon  led a discussion on shooting formats with a special focus on getting the most out of low-budget digital filmmaking.
  

On Monday 18th January, SDGI's Chairman Ciaran Donnelley presented an episode of the award winning TV Series 'The Tudors' as part of the Director's Club.

Ciaran discussed his vision behind 'The Tudors' and the challenges of working with actors and crew on set of a large scale TV drama series. The after-screening discussion was facilitated by fellow Director Ruth Meehan, who did a thorough examination of the screened episode.

Afterwards, all the members got together at Pinxto Bar for drinks.