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Writer and Director Tom Hall appointed as The Arts Council/UCC Film Artist in Residence 2025

22 Jan 2025

The Film Artist in Residence role, based in the School of Film, Music and Theatre, is jointly funded by the Arts Council and UCC and is now celebrating 11 years of successful residencies. The scheme is designed to provide a film artist of distinction with a unique opportunity to develop their practice in a university environment, while offering students and staff of Film & Screen Media the opportunity to engage with a practising artist in a meaningful way during the course of their studies.

 

Tom Hall is the eleventh film artist to be appointed to the role and follows Carmel Winters, Gerry Stembridge, Hugh Travers, Mark O’Halloran, Pat Murphy, Alan Gilsenan, Tadhg O’Sullivan, Yvonne McDevitt, Maximilian Le Cain and Emer Reynolds, who have enjoyed successful residencies at UCC since 2014.

Speaking of the appointment Fionnuala Sweeney, Head of Film and Architecture at the Arts Council, said: “The Arts Council wishes to congratulate Tom Hall on his appointment as Film Artist in Residence at UCC. Tom has very clear and comprehensive ideas of how the residency will enable him to further develop his creative practice at what he sees as a pivotal point in his career. We wish Tom every success in what promises to be an exciting and enriching year for him amongst the film students and staff of UCC.”

Dr John Godfrey, head of the School of Film, Music and Theatre, said:  “We are honoured to host this year’s Film Artist in Residence, Tom Hall. It is wonderful to have this opportunity to engage with an artist who has such an extraordinary and diverse portfolio of work in TV and film. Artistic creativity is one of the essential aspects of the School’s outlook and activity, and we look forward to the exciting art that will result from what will undoubtedly be a fruitful and beneficial relationship. On behalf of all of us in the School, I wish Tom a warm welcome!”

 

About Tom Hall:  Tom Hall studied film at the Dun Laoghaire College of Art and Design. In 1996 he founded High-Hat Productions with the aim of producing original drama. His first film as co-writer/director was the no-budget feature November Afternoon (Irish Times Film of the year 1997). For Samson films he directed the T.V. movie Just in Time (1999) which was also acclaimed as the Times’ TV movie of that year. His best-known show is Bachelors Walk (2001-06), a comedy/drama series for Accomplice Television which was funded by RTE, the IFB and BBC Choice, ran for three series and won the IFTA award for best Irish television series in 2002. Tom was one of three co creators/writers/directors on all twenty episodes. In 2009 Tom wrote and directed Sensation for Blinder Films starring Domhnall Gleeson in his first leading role. Two series of Trivia for RTE and Grand Pictures followed and in 2015 he directed episodes of Red Rock for Element/TV3. Tom wrote and directed episodes of Modern Love for Amazon Prime starring Anne Hathaway, Tina Fey and others in 2019. His most recent work was as lead Director on Northern Lights for Lionsgate/TG4 for which he was again IFTA nominated. Tom has worked with many leading film industry figures at home and abroad has taught scriptwriting, acting and filmmaking at various institutions in Ireland. Tom is also an award-winning writer of fiction, a critic, columnist and one time screen editor of The Dubliner magazine.

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