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    Antony Sellers

     

    Email: antony@iol.ie

    Tel: +353 (0) 1 2801309 / +353 (0) 87 2570794

    Address: 91 Silchester Park, Glenageary, Co. Dublin, Ireland

    Film Type: Live Action

     

    Bio

     

    Educated at Marlborough College in Wiltshire, then a graduate of Trinity College Dublin (founding editor in 1978 of Piranha magazine, published for 36 years since), at Granada Television in Manchester Antony Sellers created the original trailer launch of Brideshead Revisited (1981) and received special presentation of his work by BAFTA and AMPAS in Los Angeles (1984). While Shaw’s Corner (1988) the acclaimed drama he directed for The Arts Channel broadcast in over 20 countries.


    A graduate of the 1997 Moonstone International Filmmakers’ and Screenwriters’ Labs in Renvyle Ireland, Antony was nominated for the Sundance/NHK International Filmmakers Award 1999 with the film project Fairytale of New York.  He was Programme Director (1996-97) of Galway Film Fleadh (in what is now designated an UNESCO City of Film), while his film project Flatbread and Water was selected for the 2004 Moonstone International Screenwriters' Lab in Loire Valley France.

     

    Antony's current projects (2015) are the feature film Food Chain (developed as Writer/Director with the support of the Irish Film Board), and the book The Gaze of Antonioni, which from original research he is writing on the great Italian filmmaker (recently publishing the paper, ‘The Crew’: Antonioni’s Australian film that was not to be (2015)).

     

    Filmography

     

    Michael Davitt – The Man

    2001 – Informative

     

    Breastfeeding

    1998 – Informative

     

    Fairytale of New York – Workshopped Scenes

    1997 – Feature

     

    TX

    1996 – TV Series

     

    Heartlands

    1995 – TV Feature

     

    Telethon

    1995 – Live Television

     

    The Works

    1995 – TV Feature

     

    The Grip

    1994 – TV Series

     

    James Joyce’s Dublin

    1989 – Drama Documentary

     

    Shaw’s Corner

    1988 – Single TV Drama

     

    Fit for a King and Queen

    1988 – Informative

     

    William and Mary – A Perfect Match

    1987 – Documentary Series

     

    Ireland – The Celtic Heritage

    1986 – Documentary

     

    TV Times

    1985 – Commercials

     

    Granada Television

    1984 – Drama and Documentary

     

    The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes – Trailers

    1984 – TV Film Drama

     

    The Jewel in the Crown – Trailers

    1984 – TV Film Drama

     

    ITV Network Commercial

    1983 – TV Drama

     

    Brideshead Revisited – Trailers

    1981 – TV Film Drama

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