Gabrielle Deeny
Freelance
Writer and Director
gabriellemdeeny94@gmail.com
I’m an Irish writer and director who splits my time and work-life between Belfast and Dublin. As a director, I’m drawn to comedy and to smaller-scale, more reality-based, narrative work.
“Life Ruiner”
Writer - Director
Still from “Life Ruiner“ - Produced by Poli Productions.
“Irish Amputee Football”
Director
Short film and feature-length Documentary currently in production with Cassette Vision.
Director.
“Family Spirit”
Comedy mockumentary about the life of Maureen the Medium and her Daughter Niamh
Writer - Director
“And You Asked Me“
Documentary for the BBC 2min masterpiece about couples that met in the dance halls of Belfast in the 1960s
Director.
“Rachel Julca - Artist at the Mill”
Factual work produced for Rachel Julca Design.
Videographer and Editor.
Selected Member
The Writer’s Club, with the GALPAL Collective
Gabrielle Deeny
I’m a writer and director - working across narrative film, TV and documentaries.
I have an extensive background in factual television - such as my time at the BBC and Rare TV. Currently I am working in the animation industry, at Brown Bag Films.
I studied Art at the Dun Laoghaire Institute Of Art Design + Technology - where my Bachelor's degree graduate project was nominated for an RDS Visual Art Award. Following my time there I went on to study a Master’s in Queen's University, Belfast. My final project there, ”Family Spirit”, went on to numerous film festivals and won the best screenplay award at the Dublin University Film Festival.
After college as I began to work in factual TV, I directed my first funded documentary for the BBC 2-minute Masterpiece in 2018. The piece, entitled “And You Asked Me”, tells the real story of a couple who met in the dance halls of 1960s Belfast.
Recently I directed a Northern Ireland Screen-funded short, "Life Ruiner", through the New Shorts Focus Scheme. The comedy film has just finished post-production with Poli Productions and will start its festival run soon. This year I was selected as one of the members for GALPAL Collective's first Writers Club in 2024. I am currently in development with Cassette Vision on producing a feature documentary on the Irish Amputee Football Team.
Email:
info@cassette.ie or gabriellemdeeny94@gmail.com
