Colm Bairéad

Colm has been working as a director and writer for over 15 years, gaining considerable experience as both a drama and documentary filmmaker. He has directed a number of multi-award-winning short films and many hours of documentary television for RTÉ, TG4 and TV3/Virgin Media. These include the four-part IFTA-nominated series, The Joy, the award-winning feature-length drama-documentary, Murdair Mhám Trasna, the IFTA award-winning docudrama, Cumann na mBan – Women of the Revolution and the IFTA-nominated documentary, Frank O’Connor - Idir Dhá Shruth. Colm’s 2013 fly-on-the-wall doc series, An Ceoldráma (The Musical) was nominated for three IFTA Awards, including Best Director. In 2020, Colm directed McGuinness, a major one-hour documentary on the controversial Republican leader for RTÉ One. An Cailín Ciúin (The Quiet Girl) is Colm's narrative feature film debut.