With co-writer G V Whelan, and in conjunction with RTE, he developed a series called THE GATEWAY, and worked as script supervisor on the SURVIVOR SERIES (HTV). In recent years he has worked on TV and film projects and has had a number of solo exhibitions of his paintings and video installations, the most recent being Living Through Air at the Courthouse Arts Centre. 2012 saw the premiere of his short film A Room in Air, while 2013 saw the publication of Circus Europe (Salmon Publications) – a Dutch-Irish, poetic-visual arts project. He has received a number of awards including Film &Video Award (Irish Arts Council), Bursaries in Literature (Irish Arts Council), Development Funding (Irish Film Board). He has recently completed a new film script of The Night Game and is working on two new book projects.
Teaching Philosophy
My aim is to get writers to generate writing. I strive to foster an environment within which students forge compelled works, invent, lie, subvert, interrogate, and are reflective, informed, expansive workshop participants. A component part of the process demands delving into conceptual and practical aspects of writing, the formal devices that contain the sense-making process.
