Alumni Success Stories

MEDIA

Journalism Graduates include

RADIO & TELEVISION

Radio and Television Graduates include

  • Aisling Bastable, RTE News
  • Justin Treacy, RTE Sport
  • Ryle Nugent, Rugby Commentator, Channel 4
  • Pauric Lodge, Gaelic Games Commentator, RTE Sports
  • Damien O’ Meara, Broadcaster, RTE Sports
  • Damien O’Reilly, Presenter, RTE Radio One
  • Sinead Spain, Group Head of News, Communicorps
  • Adam Fogarty, Station Manager RTE, Pulse and 2XM
  • Riyadh Khalaf, Presenter, BBC Radio One
  • Jessica Maciel, Presenter, BBC Radio One
  • Rick O Shea, Presenter, RTE Radio One
  • Brendan O’Loughlin, News Editor and Journalist, 98FM
  • Mairead Ronan, Presenter, Today FM
  • Alison Comyn, News Anchor, Sky
  • Tara Walsh, Presenter, Spin 1038
  • Sharon Tobin, News Presenter and Reporter, RTE TV
  • Simon Maher, Founder and presenter,  com
  • Dan Pitcher, News and Sports Journalist, FM104
  • Helena O’Toole, Radio Producer, 4FM
  • Aidan Power, TV Presenter, Virgin Media
  • Trina Mara, Commercial Content Manager, Classic Hits
  • Carol Moran, Continuity Announcer, RTE Radio One
  • Glenda Gilson, TV Personality
  • Oisin Langan, Strategy and Content Development, Wilson Hartnell
  • Andrew McGahon, Content Creator, themaclife.com
  • Claire O’Dowd, Presenter and Producer, Spin 103.8
  • Sharon O’Donoghue, Senior Promotions Producer, Virgin Media
  • Cúán Mac Conghail – Film / TV Producer Macalla Teoranta
  • Sharon Lawless – Producer / Director Flawless Films
  • Finn Van Geldren  – Cinematographer and Documentary Director www.finnvangelderen.com

FILM INDUSTRY

MUSIC INDUSTRY

Music Industry Graduates include

DIGITAL MEDIA & GAMES

Digital Media & Games Graduates include

ANIMATION

Animation Graduates include

  • Jason Ryan – Supervising Animator with Dreamworks Animation on Chicken Little, Monsters V’s Aliens and Shrek Forever After.
    www.jasonryananimation.com
    www.dreamworksanimation.com
  • Richard Baneham – Animation Supervisor with Weta Digital. Academy Award Winner for his VFX work on Avatar. Richie also worked on the Chronicles Of Narnia, the Lord of the Rings trilogy and the Iron Giant.
    www.wetafx.co.nz
  • Seamus Malone – Animation Director with Aardman. Seamus has worked on films, shorts and TV shows like Wallace and Gromit in ‘The Curse of the Were-Rabbit’, Chicken Run, Wallace and Gromit in ‘A Matter of Loaf and Death’, Shaun the Sheep and Creature Comforts.
    www.aardman.com
  • William/Bill Hodman – Workbook artist at Blue Sky Studios. Bill has worked on films like Horton Hears A Who! Ice Age 3 and Tarzan.
    www.blueskystudios.com
  • Simon Rodgers – Concept Artist with Dreamworks.
    www.dreamworksanimation.com
  • Padraig/Patrick Collins – Storyboard artist on Corpse Bride, Fantastic Mr Fox and the upcoming films Gnomeo and Juliet, and Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie.
    www.fantasticmrfoxmovie.com
  • Wee Brian McGrath – Character Animator with Dreamworks Animation on How To Train Your Dragon, Monsters vs Aliens, Kung Fu Panda and Flushed Away.
    www.dreamworksanimation.com
  • Audrey Stedman – Background Designer for the TV Show ‘Family Guy’, the Spongebob Squarepants Movie and the Iron Giant.
    www.fox.com/familyguy
  • Steven Deane – Previsualisation Artist at Rhythm & Hues. Previs Artist on Avatar and The Chronicles of Narnia.
    www.rhythm.com
  • Brian Woods – Key Layout Artist for Disney TV.
    home.disney.go.com/tv
  • Colbert Fennelly – Animation Layout & Support Supervisor at Rhythm & Hues, previously an animator at Walt Disney Feature Animation.
    www.rhythm.com
  • Niall O’Loughlin – Well Known Caricaturist.
    www.caricatures.ie
  • Damian Farrell – Creative Director at Caboom.
    www.caboom.ie
  • Cathal Gaffney – Managing Director with Brown Bag Films and Academy Award Nominee.
    www.brownbagfilms.com
  • Darragh O’Connell – Director/Executive producer at Brown Bag Films and Two Time Academy Award Nominee.
    www.brownbagfilms.com
  • Alan Shannon – Company Director and Director with Jam Media.
    www.jammedia.ie
  • John Rice – Company Director and CEO with Jam Media.
    www.jammedia.ie
  • Mark Cumberton – Company Director and Line Producer with Jam Media.
    www.jammedia.ie
  • Andrew Kavanagh – Owner/Founder and CEO at Kavaleer Productions Limited.
    www.kavaleer.com
  • Gary Timpson – Managing Director with Kavaleer Productions Limited.
    www.kavaleer.com
  • Robert Cullen – Creative Director at Boulder Media.
    www.bouldermedia.tv
  • Tomm Moore – Co-Founder, Creative Director and Animation Director with Cartoon Saloon and Academy Award Nominee.
    www.cartoonsaloon.ie
  • Paul Young – Co-Founder, CEO and Producer with Cartoon Saloon.
    www.cartoonsaloon.ie
  • Ross Murray – Managing Director and Producer with Cartoon Saloon.
    www.cartoonsaloon.ie
  • Nora Twomey – Creative Director and Animation Director with Cartoon Saloon
    www.cartoonsaloon.ie
  • Siobhan Mullen/De Stefano – Storyboard Supervisor at World Leaders Entertainment.
    www.wleaders.com
  • Ryan McElhinney – Award winning product and interior designer.
    www.ryanmcelhinney.co.uk/ryan2
  • Trevor Murphy – Compositor, Editor at The 7th Art.
    www.seventhartgroup.com
  • Dr Tom Walsh – Senior Lecturer on the BA (Hons) Animation degree course at the Arts University College at Bournemouth in the UK.
    www.aucb.ac.uk
  • Matthias Lechner – Art director at Thilo Graf Rothkirch’s Cartoon Film.
    www.cartoon-film.de
  • Marec Fritzinger – Senior Layout Artist at Prima Linea, Marec previously worked for Disney for 10 years on films like Tarzan and Enchanted. Marec also teaches at the animation school Gobelins.
    www.primalinea.com
  • Des Duggan – Senior Animator at Blue Castle Games.
    www.bluecastlegames.com
  • Tom O’Flaherty – Animator with the Moving Picture Company.
    www.moving-picture.com
  • Richard Kelly – Owner Pricklypear Productions.
    www.pricklypearproductions.ie
  • Ruth Daly – Animator at Rhythm and Hues Studios who has worked on The Chronicles of Narnia, Futurama and The Iron Giant. Ruth also works for Animation Mentor.
    www.rhythm.com
  • Graham Gallagher – Animation, Storyboard and Concept Supervisor at Eurocom.
    www.eurocom.co.uk
  • Brian Gilmore – Head of Post Production at Brown Bag Films.
    www.brownbagfilms.com
  • Dave Lowry – Lead Animator with Double Negative on Hellboy 2 The Golden Army and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
    www.dneg.com
  • Paschal McGuire – Lead Animator at Curve Studios.
    curve-studios.com
  • Garrett O’Donoghue – Storyboard artist at World Leaders Entertainment.
    www.wleaders.com
  • David Satchwell – Senior Computer Graphic Supervisor at Sony Imageworks who has worked on films like Solaris, Moulin Rouge, The Polar Express and I Am Legend.
    www.imageworks.com
  • Fabian Erlinghäuser – Animation Supervisor at Cartoon Saloon.
    www.cartoonsaloon.ie
  • Jeremy Purcell – Owner, A Man & Ink.
    www.amanandink.com
  • Lorraine Lordan – Owner, A Man & Ink.
    www.amanandink.com
  • Kevin O’Sullivan – Animator at Framestore.
    www.framestore.com
  • Andrew McEvoy – Animator with Double Negative.
    www.dneg.com
  • Chris Dicker – Creative Director at TT Animation and Co-Creator of ‘What’s Your News?’.
    www.ttgames.com
    www.whatsyournews.com
  • James Kenny – Motion Graphics Artist at The Element.
    www.element.ie
  • Barry O’Donoghue – Owner and Producer at Barley Films.
    www.barleyfilms.net
  • Terry Reilly – Senior 3D Animator at Double Negative.
    www.dneg.com
  • Louise Ridgeway – Head of Animation at Rare Ltd.
    www.rareware.com
  • Gordon Champ – VFX Art Director at Marvel Studios
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ACADEMIA

  • Chrissie Maguire, PhD student, QUB
  • Kirsten Allstaff, lecturer, UL
  • Liu Goggin, PhD student, UCD