Bio

 

Brendan Muldowney is a graduate of Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art and Design, Ireland (The National Film School). He has just completed his debut feature film SAVAGE, funded by the Irish Film Board and produced by SP Films. He has written and directed nine award winning short films. Innocence won the Tiernan McBride – Best Irish Short Film Award at the Galway Film Fleadh 2002 among many others, while The Ten Steps has won twelve awards throughout the world including Best Short – Sitges Film Festival 2004.

 

He has been in development as writer/director with the Irish Film Board on the feature projects – Love Eternal, Savage and Soul Broke. He participated in EAVE ’08 as writer/director with the project Love Eternal.

Filmography

 

FINAL JOURNEY

short 2006

 

THE TEN STEPS

short 2004

 

INNOCENCE

2002

 

THE HONOURABLE SCAFFOLDER

2003

 

THE BLIND LEMMINGS STORY

1996

 

HOLY WATER

 

Winner –  2nd place in category/ 3rd overall – Kodak Student Commercial awards 2000

 

Awards

 

FINAL JOURNEY

 

Winner – Science plus Fiction – best short 2006

 

THE TEN STEPS

 

Winner – Best Short – Sitges Film Festival 2004

 

Winner – Grand Prize – New York International Children’s Film Festival 2005

 

Winner – Best Short – New York Film Fleadh 2005

 

Winner – Best European Short – Neuchatel Fantastic Film Festival  2005

 

Winner – Jury’s Prize Best Short – Puchon Fantastic Film Festival (PIFAN) 2005

 

Winner – Best Short –Stella Artois Diversions Short Film Award 2005

 

Winner – Best Short – Ravena Nightmare Film Festival 2005 ( including a Melies d’Or nomination)

 

Winner – Best Chiller – DesertSun.com Short Film Awards 2005

 

Winner – Premi THE CRYPTS – Festival Internacional de FILMETS de Badalona 2005

 

Winner – The Chain of Shivers and Anguish – Rennes Film Festival

 

Commendation – Best short / Best director– Kerry film festival  2004Dead by Dawn – Audience award 2004

 

INNOCENCE

 

Winner – Roma International Film Festival  2002

 

Winner – Tiernan McBride award- Galway Film Fleadh 2002

 

Winner – Best short/ Best director – Kerry film festival 2002

 

Commendation – Foyle film festival 2002

 

Commendation  - Cinegael Irish Film Festival

 

Nomination – Celtic film and television festival 2003

 

THE HONOURABLE

SCAFFOLDER

 

Commendation – Foyle film festival 2003

 

THE BLIND LEMMINGS STORY

 

Winner – Best Short – Dublin video festival  1996

 

HOLY WATER

 

Winner –  2nd place in category/ 3rd overall – Kodak Student Commercial awards 2000