Nuala O'Connor

Nuala O’Connor is an Emmy Award-winning writer and director whose work in music and arts documentary filmmaking spans more than three decades. She is the co-founder of South Wind Blows, a creative production company established with Philip King and Tina O’Reilly to make high-quality films exploring culture, music, and the arts.

Nuala began her career as a radio producer with RTÉ before moving into television, where she was a researcher and writer on the landmark BBC/RTÉ series Bringing It All Back Home (1987). She went on to author the companion book Bringing It All Back Home – The Influence of Irish Music, and in 1994 won a Primetime Emmy Award for her script for a one-hour standalone version of the documentary.