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    Lisa Mulcahy

     

    Email: mulclisa@gmail.com

    For enquiries please contact Yasmin McDonald of United Agents at ymcdonald@unitedagents.co.uk or 00 44 (0) 2032140800

     

    Address: Tigroney East, Avoca, Co. Wicklow, Ireland

    Film Type: Film and Television Live Action

     

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    Bio

     

    Lisa has just directed 'The Moonstone" a new 5-part period drama for BBC 1; an  adaptation of  novel  by Wilkie Collins written in 1868. She won the IFTA award in 2015 for Best Director – Soap/Comedy for her work on “Red Rock” the critically acclaimed soap for TV3.

    She was nominated for the award again in 2016. She directed 24 episodes of the series, including the season 1 finale.

     

    Her award winning feature film “The Legend of Longwood” which she directed and co-wrote was released in Ireland and many other countries in 2015. Its most recent award was for Best Children’s Program at the Celtic Media Awards in Dungarvan in May 2016. Her first feature film “Situations Vacant”, a comedy shot in Dublin, was released in Ireland in December 2009. Her Hallmark Movie “Gift of the Magi” was broadcast over the 2010/2011 Christmas season in the US. Her short movie “Coming Home” has received thousands of hits on the internet. She was the lead director on the award winning RTÉ drama series “The Clinic” and directed twelve episodes in total. She also directed episodes of “On Home Ground,” another RTÉ drama. 

     

    She has directed documentaries and short films as well as numerous commercials for Television and cinema. In a previous existence she was a first Assistant Director on many films and television dramas in Ireland and abroad and began her career in the industry as an assistant film editor in Dublin and then London. 

     

    For work enquiries please contact Yasmin McDonald of United Agents at

    ymcdonald@unitedagents.co.uk or 00 44 (0) 2032140800

    Filmography

     

    THE MOONSTONE

    2016 – 5 x 45-minute BBC drama mini series

     
    RED ROCK

    2016 – 5 x 45-minute BBC drama mini series

     
    THE LEGEND OF LONGWOOD

    2015/2016 - TV Series - Season 1 and 2. 24 x 23-minute episodes

     
    COMING HOME

    2012 – Short

     

    GIFT OF THE MAGI

    2010 – Television Film

     

    SITUATIONS VACANT

    2009

     

    RIVERDANCE – TODAY’S STARS

    2007 – Documentary

     

    FRAN ROONEY – RAGING BULL

    2006 – Documentary – 52min

     

    THE CLINIC

    2003 – TV Series – 12 x 60min

     

    A PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS

    2002 – Documentary – 40min

     

    ON HOME GROUND

    2002 – TV Series – 2 x 60min

     

    DAY ONE

    2002 – Short – 17min

     

    DAN DAN, DAD AND ME

    2000 – Documentary – 52min

     

    HALF FULL, HALF EMPTY

    1999 – Short – 3min

     

    THE VERY STUFF

    1996 – Short – 26min

    Awards

     

    The Legend of Longwood

     

    Winner - Best Children’s Programme - Celtic Media Awards, April 2016. Runner-up – Giffoni International Film Festival - Elements+ 10 Category – July 2014.

     
    Red Rock

     

    Nominated for Best Director - Soap/Comedy IFTA (Irish, Film and Television Academy) November 2016. Winner of Best Director - Soap/Comedy IFTA (Irish, Film and Television Academy) November 2015.

     
    Situations Vacant

     

    2009 - Best Film and Best Actor (Diarmuid Noyes) at The Yellow Fever Film Festival in Belfast, Northern Ireland

     

    Half Full, Half Empty

     

    2000, Special Commendation, Cork Film Festival

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