Ciaran Donnelly

He was a co-creator (with Peter McKenna) of the Irish television series Kin. Since 2006, he has been a lead director on the Irish/Canadian series The Tudors, for which he won another IFTA in 2009. In 2010, he was nominated for another IFTA for his work on the third season. He garnered yet another IFTA nomination in 2013 for Titanic: Blood and Steel. In february 2022 it was announced that Donnelly was nominated once more for an IFTA for his work on The Wheel of Time.

• Year — Name — Notes • 1991 — Bound for Manhattan — Short Also screenwriter and editor • 1996 — Dirty Old Town — Short • 1997 — Pinned — Short • 1998 — The Split — TV movie • 2001-2003 — Cold Feet — 4 episodes • 2003 — Spooks — 2 episodes • 2004 — Proof — 4 episodes • 2005 — Big Dippers — TV movie • 2006 — Stardust — 2 episodes • Donovan — 1 episode • 2007 — Robin Hood — 3 episodes • 2007-2010 — The Tudors — 13 episodes • 2008-2009 — Inspector George Gently — 4 episodes • 2009 — Trust Me — Episode 'Promises, Promises' • 2011 — Camelot — 2 episodes • 2012 — Titanic: Blood and Steel — 12 episodes Also executive producer (12 episodes) and stories writer (3 episodes) • 2013 — Once Upon a Time — Episode 'Ariel' • Once Upon a Time in Wonderland — Episode 'Bad Blood' • 2013-2019 — Vikings — 15 episodes Also second unit director in episode 'Ragnarok' • 2014 — Crossbones — 2 episodes Also executive producer (9 episodes) • 2015 — A.D. The Bible Continues — 3 episodes • Tyrant — Episode 'Desert Storm' • The Bastard Executioner — 2 episodes • 2016 — Harley and the Davidsons — 2 episodes Also executive producer (3 episodes) • 2018 — Krypton — 3 episodes Also co-executive producer (2 episodes) • 2019 — Altered Carbon — 2 episodes • 2021-2025 — The Wheel of Time — 6 episodes Also second unit director in Peaches (2000).