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    Niall McKay

     

    Website: www.mediafactory.tv

    Address: Saul Zaentz Media Center 2600 Tenth Street Berkeley CA 94710

    Email: niall@mediafactory.tv

    Tel: +1 510 3883223

    Film Type: Live Action

    Bio

     

    Niall McKay, is a writer, producer, and director. His latest documentary production, The Bass Player is financed by the Irish Film Board and is the recipient of the 2007 Arts fellowship from the Irish Arts Council. It is scheduled to be broadcasted by RTE in 2008.

     

    Niall produced, directed and filmed Sikhs in America a documentary about the Sikh community for PBS which received an EMMY in 2008.  His drama credits include directing In Living English, a 20 part comedy series for Clase, a Spanish language cable station and producing a short film called Nuts, directed by novelist Irvine Welsh (Trainspotting) which was featured in the Cork, Edinburgh and San Francisco Film Festivals.

     

    McKay also produced and directed Uneasy Peace, a program on Northern Ireland for Frontline World,  has worked for the Center for Investigative Reporting and is a regular segment producer for SPARK an arts magazine program on PBS KQED in San Francisco.

    McKay was a writer and journalist for over a decade and wrote for the New York Times, Wired Magazine and the Economist. McKay is the founder and director of the San Francisco Irish Film Festival and co-programmer for the Los Angles Irish Film Festival.

    Filmography

     

    THE BASS PLAYER

    2008 – Documentary

     

    SIKHS IN AMERICA

    2008 – Documentary

     

    IN LIVING ENGLISH

    2007 – TV Educational

     

    SPARK TV

    2007 – TV

     

    UNEASY PEACE

    2006 – Short

    Awards

     

     

    Sikhs in America

     

    EMMY 2008: Best Historical/Cultural Documentary

     

    The Bass Player

     

    Recipient 2007 Arts fellowship from the Irish Arts Council

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