전기
Brendan J Byrne, Producer/Director, Executive Producer, is an award winning filmmaker who began his career in 1992 with an award-winning debut The Kickhams (1993, C4), an exploration of political identity told through the story of his Gaelic Football team.
As Producer, he is currently in production with feature documentary Beirut: Life in the Shadows and narrative fiction film That They May Face The Rising Sun directed by Pat collins, based on the John McGahern novel of the same name. Recent credits as director/producer include My Name is Bulger (Discovery +, 2021), Ryan McMullan: Debut (BBC, 2021), One Million American Dreams (Hulu, 2018), Hear My Voice (BBC, 2018) and Bobby Sands: 66 Days (BBC Storyville, 2017). Recent credits as producer include Sundance 2019 selection, Gaza, Netflix Original feature documentary Mercury 13, narrative fiction film Maze (2017), starring Tom Vaughan Lawlor and Barry Ward, JUMP, starring Nicola Burley and Martin McCann (TIFF 2012) and Men of Arlington (BBC, 2011).
Other feature documentary credits as producer include An Engineer Imagines (BBC, 2018), Behind The Blood (IDFA 2019), George Best: All By Himself (BBC/ESPN Films 2017).
Executive Producer credits include The Go Go's (Sundance 2020), Caught in the Crossfire (Hotdocs 2019), No Stone Unturned (NYFF, Director Alex Gibney, 2018). Elian (CNN Films, Tribeca 2017), Calvet (Co-Executive Producer)
Other notable TV documentaries include as Director / Producer include
Breaking The Silence (BBC 2010) Ballybrando (RTE Dec 2009) Breakout (BBC Sep 2008) Blind Vision (BBC April 2007) Sons of Ulster (series/ April 2008) Second Chance School (4 x 40, BBC, 2006) Hear My Prayer (BBC, 2005) A Tale of Two Cities (2 x 1 hour, BBC) How Far Home (C4 1998)
