The 'Who's Who' section is filled with people who are familiar with the standards Loopline has set. It is a collaborative process that is based on mutual respect for the projects in hand.
Sé
Merry Doyle - Managing Director / Director / Editor
Sé is a renowned Film Editor and Director of Documentary. His
most recent film was 'Alive Alive O - A Requiem for Dublin'. Sé
set up Loopline Film in 1992
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Martina
Durac - Producer
Martina Durac has a long association with Loopline Film. She was series
producer on our book show 'Imprint' and the four-part folk life series
'Hidden Treasures'.
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John
T. Davis - Director / Director of PhotographyJohn is Ireland's most internationally respected documentary filmmaker, a reputation established with films like 'Hobo' and 'Traveller' both edited by long-time associate Sé Merry Doyle. John's camerawork has been deployed on several Loopline productions..
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Theo
Dorgan - Poet & Broadcaster
Theo has a strong association with Loopline Film. He presented the book
show 'Imprint' and was the narrator and writer on our folk life series
'Hidden Treasures'. Theo's most recent collaboration with Loopline was
on our film about Ireland's new State Residence 'Farmleigh - The Story
of a House' where he was narrator and writer alongside Helen Curtin.
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Liam
McGrath - Director & Cameraman
Liam McGrath came to prominence on the international stage with his documentary
'Southpaw' which was showcased at the Sundance Film Festival. Liam has
had a long association with Loopline Film both as a cameraman and director.
Liam directed two films with Loopline, 'Ahead Of The Class', exploring
the lives of gifted children and 'Essie's Last Stand', a profile of seventy
year-old Essie Keeling who refused to be moved from her inner-city flat
while under threat from speculators.
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Mark
O'Gleasáin - Digital Editor
Before joining Loopline as resident Editor Marc was working as a music
promoter in the Czech Republic. Returning to Ireland Marc did a one year
video course at Griffith College where he became the leading expert in
Ireland and beyond on the newly unveiled innovative edit system Final
Cut Pro.
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Kila
- MusiciansKila have been at the cutting edge of Irish traditional music for the last ten years. The honour in 2002 of the Meteor Award for best traditional group is recognition of their musical talents. Loopline is planning to release the music Kila composed for our series 'Hidden Treasures'.
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Laura
Forrest-Hay - MusicianLaura Forrest-Hay is emerging as one of the most exciting composers working out of Ireland today. Loopline commissioned her to write the score for 'Farmleigh - The Story Of A House'.
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Linda
O'Sullivan - ProducerLinda O'Sullivan's association with Loopline is principally in the area of training. Linda is part of the design team developing a course for emerging documentary directors Loopline is running on behalf of Screen Training Ireland. Linda is also in development on the Loopline production 'Beautiful Dreamer' a profile on the "maverick" politician Jim Kemmy.
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Niamb
Barrett - Producer & ResearcherNiamh Barrett started in documentary production with Loopline Film in 1994. Knocking on Sé Merry Doyle's door to try and see more of John T. Davis's work, Niamh was taken on by Loopline to research John's autobiographical film, 'The Uncle Jack' which was co-directed by Sé.
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Ger
Kiely - Musician, Producer & ComposerGer Kiely is a gifted guitarist and record producer, and has been in demand as a "super" session player over the years with world class acts. Loopline commissioned Ger to write original music for a host of Loopline Productions including 'Imprint', 'Alive Alive O - A Requiem For Dublin' and 'Ahead of the Class'.
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Ita
DalyA vetern Imprint reviewer, Ita first came to prominence in the 1970s when she won a Hennessy Literarure Award for her short stories. She lives in Dublin.
Harry
BrowneHarry Browne is an American who has been living in Ireland s ince 1987 and works as a journalist at The Irish Times, where he writes a weekly radio-review column.
Mary
DorceyMary Dorcey, poet and novelist, won critical acclaim for her short story collection A Noise from the Woodshed, published in 1989. 1997 saw the publication of her novel Biography of Desire, she is currently lecturing at Trinity College Dublin.
Caitriona
CroweCaitriona Crowe is an archivist and critic Catriona Crowe who works in the National Archive in Dublin. She has reviewed with Imprint for the last 2 years.
Terry
EagletonTerry Eagleton is the Warton Professor of English at Oxford Based in Dublin, he has been a reviewer on Imprint for the last 2 years. Literary theorist, he has written extensively on Irish Literature.
Michael
KeohaneMichael Keohane is a book-seller who lives in Easkey in Co. Sligo. An avid reader, Michael is also Chairman of the Hawkswell Theatre and Vice-President of the Yeats Society.
Mary
CollMary Coll is from Limerick and is graduate of NUI- Galway with a masters in Modern English. Her area of expertise is the fiction of Kate O'Brien.
Peter
WardPeter is a barrister and former lecturer in law at the University of Cork.
John
FairleighEditor & Fellow of the Institute of Irish Studies at Queen's University.
Katy
HayesKaty Hayes is an author. Her books are 'Opening Nights' (stories) 'Curtains' (novel) and 'Gossip' (Novel). She won the Mercier Press 'Golden Jubilee Award' in the 'Francis MacManus Awards'.
Derek
HandDerek Hand is currently Faculty of Arts Fellow in the Dept. of Anglo-Irish Literature and Drama.
Seona
MacRéamoinnSeona Mac Réamoinn has been contributing as a reviewer and critic to newspapers, magazines, radio and television for a number of years, mainly in the area of literature and the arts.
Jerusha
Hull McCormackJerusha is a leading scholar of Oscar Wilde, 1890s decadence, and, as Yeats so memorably called it, "The Tragic Generation". A Senior Lecturer in the English Department of University College Dublin, she is currently a Fellow of the Institute of Irish Studies at Queen's University, Belfast.
Paolo
TullioPaolo is an actor and writer.
Caroline
WilliamsCaroline Williams was a founder member of the independent theatre company Glasshouse Productions. She has worked in the book trade for a number of years and is currently editor of BooksIrish.com, an Irish interest internet bookshop.
Anthony
RocheAnthony is senior lecturer in the English Department at UCD and the editor of The Irish University Review, author of Contemporary Irish Drama and a frequent broadcaster.
Hidden Treasures | Alive Alive O - A Requiem For Dublin | James Gandon - A Life
Emo Court - The Story Of A House | Essie's Last Stand | Ahead Of The Class | Farmleigh - The Story Of A House
O'Donoghue's Opera | Imprint - Navigating the World of Books / Writers In Profile | A Good Age
FILMS IN DEVELOPMENT
John Henry Foley - Ghost Of The Empire | Hallowed Ground - The Quest For The Secrets Of Newgrange
The Quiet Man - Milestone Or A Millstone? | Outside Looking In - Irish Art In Question