Ciaran Donnelly

Birth Name:

Ciaran Donnelly

Profession

Director, Producer, Writer, Assistant director

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

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