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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1989-07-10 (35 years old)

Place of Birth

Dublin, Ireland

Dean Kavanagh

Biography:

Dean Kavanagh is an experimental filmmaker from Ireland.

Over the past 14 years, he has created 70 shorts and 6 feature films. His cinema intricately forges a new relationship between contemporary and legacy media formats, while combining materialist film methodologies with a focus on narrative structures. This work has been described as part of an important new direction in Irish cinema and has been screened at film festivals and cultural institutions internationally.

His filmmaking is supported by the Arts Council of Ireland.

Known For

Acting

2021

2016

2015

2014

2013

2010

2009

2008

Directing

2022

Hole in the Head as Director

2017

Animal Kingdom as Director

2014

First Transmission as Director

2013

Backmatter (2) as Director
Revenants on Trial as Director
A Harbour Town as Director
History of Water as Director

2012

Good Evening as Director
Backmatter (1) as Director
Abandon as Director
Nocturnum as Director
Maritime as Director

2011

In Passing as Director
Detritus as Director
Last Sunday as Director

2010

The Man in Autumn as Director
The Distance as Director

2009

Poor Edward as Director

Crew

2017

Animal Kingdom as Cinematography

2013

A Harbour Town as Cinematography
All Mortal Flesh as Cinematography

2011

In Passing as Cinematography
Shellshock as Cinematography

Costume & Make-Up

2015

Ten Years In The Sun as Makeup Artist

Camera

2015

Ten Years In The Sun as Director of Photography

Sound

2017

Animal Kingdom as Sound Editor

2014

Forbidden Symmetries as Sound Designer

Writing

2022

2017

Animal Kingdom as Writer

2015

Polar Nights as Writer

2013

2009

Good Arrows as Writer

Editing

2017

Animal Kingdom as Editor

2013

A Harbour Town as Editor

Production

2017

Animal Kingdom as Co-Producer

2015

Cloud of Skin as Producer

Creator