Brendan Muldowney

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 among many others, while "The Ten Steps" has won multiple awards including Best Short at the Sitges Film Festival and Kerry Film Festival. 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.

Short film • Year — Title — Director — Writer — Producer • 1994 — The Blind Lemmings Story • 1999 — The Message • 2002 — Innocence • 2003 — Church of Acceptance • The Honourable Scaffolder • 2004 — Beauty Queen • The Ten Steps • 2006 — Final Journey Feature film • Year — Title — Director — Writer — Executive Producer • 1998 — Retribution in the Year 2050 • 2009 — Savage • 2013 — Love Eternal • 2017 — Pilgrimage • 2022 — The Cellar • 2025 — Three Quick Breaths