Irish Film Directors : Director / Writer / Development
Peter J McCarthy
Award Winning Film Director / Writer / Development
News: Latest project directed by Peter J McCarthy for Universal Music has been nominated for VIDEO OF THE YEAR at the IMTV Awards see below O Emperor "Don Quixote":
Irish Film Directors : Director Peter J McCarthy, an award winning Irish Director, Writer, Producer, Photographer and Oil Painter. Managing Director of Good Dog Films Limited t/a www.gooddogfilms.com. Peter has produced and directed works in conjunction with the Irish Film Board, Arts Council and has appeared on CBS News, TV3, Radio New Zealand, TVNZ. With film's screenings at Doc NZ International Film Festival, Radar Hamburg, LIFF New York and Little Rock Film Festival, Arkansas, sponsored by President Clinton.
Nominated: Video of the year Award - IMTV awards 2010
Winner: Best Emerging Filmmaker Award at BIFF Wisconsin
Winner: Best Foreign Documentary - Long Island Film Festival, New York
Winner: The Emerging Director Award at the IMTV awards November 2009.
Winner: Best Documentary: Radar Hamburg International Film Festival
Nominated: Directors Category at the Kinsale SHARK advertising awards
Winner: Best Documentary for Artistic Expression: TVIFF Film Festival California
Winner: Best Documentary "Making a Difference Award" : Commffest Toronto
Winner: Accolade Competition: Accolade Film Festival 2009
Best Feature Films Showcase: Moving Images Film Festival 2008
Nominated for MAMA Awards: MAMA Awards Ireland 2008
Nominated for Best Documentary: BIFF Wisconsin 2009
Nominated for Best Editing at the IFTA Awards 2009
Official Selection to the Boston Film Festival 2009
Nominated: Viewers Choice Award - IMTV awards 2010
Four International "Best Documentary" awards from Hamburg, Toronto, California and Best Foreign Documentary at the Long Island Film Festival. Two nominations and a "Best Feature Selection" in Toronto. Winner of the Best Emerging Filmmaker award at BIFF in Wisconsin and the Audience Award at Flyway Film Festival. Peter was co-producer on the film "Loss"which won Best Directing and Music at the Shanghai International Film Festival. His project "Fight or Flight was also nominated for Best Editing at the IFTA Awards. Peter was also recently nominated in the Directors Category at the Kinsale SHARK advertising awards.
Some examples of directors work:
Fight or Flight Trailer : Four International "Best Documentary" Awards with a host of other awards.
Universal Music: Band O Emperor Track "Don Quixote" Nominated for Video fo the Year award at the Irish Music Television Awards 2010 and viewers choice award.
Cast Away Short piece
A Letter Home: Nominated at the Kinsale Shark Awards
