Masterclass with Shaun O’Connor. Mon 27th Nov @ 4pm Film & Screen Media Auditorium.

24 Nov 2017

Masterclass with Shaun O’Connor. Monday 27th November 4pm Film & Screen Media Auditorium, Kane Building Basement. All Welcome.

Shaun O’Connor studied Multimedia at the Cork Institute of Technology and Film Studies at University College Cork. He directed his first short in 2010 and through years of directing shorts, television and music videos has developed a distinct visual and storytelling style. Shaun’s short period film Uisce Beatha won the ‘Filmmaker’s Choice’ Award at DC Shorts and screened at the Dublin Film Festival, the Helsinki Film Festival and Raindance London. In 2015 Shaun directed (R)onanism, a short series for RTE Ireland, produced by Fantastic Films and made with the support of the Irish Film Board. His latest short film Disappear has been picked up for international distribution by Berlin agency Aug&Ohr Medien. In 2018 Shaun will direct Mary, produced with the support of the Irish Film Board’s ‘Short Stories’ initiative and starring Mark O’ Halloran. Shaun is currently developing his first feature film The Hosts which will be shot in 2018. Shaun is also a prolific writer and photographer. His debut photography exhibition ‘Personal Space: Travels In India’ was recently on display at St. Peter’s Cork throughout October 2017.