Ciaran Donnelly Biography

Fast Facts

• Won a Monte-Carlo TV Festival Golden Nymph Award for Outstanding European Producer for "Titanic: Blood and Steel" in 2012
• Won an Irish Film and Television Award for Best Director for Television for "The Tudors" in 2009
• Won an Irish Film and Television Award for Best Single Drama/Drama Serial for "Stardust" in 2007
• Started out as the director, writer, and editor of the short film "Bound for Manhattan" in 1991
• Quote: "I always felt that a director should work all the time․ If you master a musical instrument you are in charge of it and you can control it, emotionally and technically․ Good film, television drama, documentary and animation are the same in my view․"
• Quote: "(On his vision): "The very choice of words, manner of delivery, mood - yours and the listener's - the type of day everyone's having․․․are all factors․ So how you do it and get it right is probably down to practice and confidence in the idea․""
• Best known as the director of "Titanic: Blood and Steel," "The Tudors," and 2006's "Stardust․"
• Is the director and executive producer at T4 Productions Ltd․ since 2001