Hugh O'Conor

Biography

Hugh is an award-winning actor, photographer, and writer-director. He has written and directed shorts for Screen Ireland, and made music videos with artists including Sinéad O’Connor. He was a writer and performer on the IFTA-winning Your Bad Self, an executive producer on his IFTA-nominated animated adaptation of Nikolai Gogol’s The Overcoat, and made his feature directorial debut with Metal Heart in 2018, starring Jordanne Jones, from a script by Paul Murray. He recently directed Headcases, a pilot for RTÉ, written by Charleigh Bailey and starring Seána Kerslake. His photography has been exhibited in the RHA Dublin, the RUA in Belfast, and the National Gallery of Ireland.

November 2020