Brendan Muldowney is an Irish screenwriter and film director, and graduate of the National Film School of Ireland at the Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology.

Brendan Muldowney

Career

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After graduating from the National Film School of Ireland, Muldowney wrote and directed 9 award winning shorts. "Innocence" won the Tiernan McBride Award for Best Fiction Short at the Galway Film Fleadh in 2002[1] among many others, while "The Ten Steps" has won multiple awards including Best Short at the Sitges Film Festival and Kerry Film Festival.[2]

His 2009 debut feature film Savage was nominated for 6 Irish Film and Television awards and he was nominated for the IFTA ‘Rising Star’ award. His second film, 2013's Love Eternal, has played at over 80 festivals worldwide and was winner of the ‘Dublin critics circle’ award for best Irish film at the 2014 Dublin Film Festival. His 2017 film Pilgrimage starring Tom Holland, Jon Bernthal and Richard Armitage, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and sold to multiple territories, including the United States and the United Kingdom.

He will direct the horror movie The Cellar, starring Elisha Cuthbert and Eoin Macken.[3]

Filmography

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Short film

Year Title Director Writer Producer
1994 The Blind Lemmings Story Yes Yes No
1999 The Message Yes No No
2002 Innocence Yes Yes Yes
2003 Church of Acceptance Yes Yes No
The Honourable Scaffolder Yes No Yes
2004 Beauty Queen Yes Yes No
The Ten Steps Yes Yes No
2006 Final Journey Yes Yes No

Feature film

Year Title Director Writer Executive
Producer
1998 Retribution in the Year 2050 Yes Yes No
2009 Savage Yes Yes No
2013 Love Eternal Yes Yes No
2017 Pilgrimage Yes No No
2022 The Cellar Yes Yes Yes

References

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  1. ^ "Previous Award Winners". Galway Film Fleadh. Galway, Ireland. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  2. ^ "'The Ten Steps' Wins Best Short At Stiges Festival". The Irish Film & Television Network. Dublin, Ireland. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  3. ^ Wiseman, Andreas (29 October 2020). "'The Cellar': Elisha Cuthbert & Eoin Macken To Star In Ireland-Set Horror Movie — AFM". Deadline. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
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