ZOË BRENNAN-WHITMORE
BEST PRODUCER - EDA AWARDS 2022
WINNER - VIRGIN MEDIA DISCOVERS AWARD 2022
WINNER - DLR FIRST FRAMES AWARD 2022
Working in Ireland & Internationally
Zoë is an award-winning director, producer and writer from Dublin, Ireland. Zoë has worked in the Irish production industry for a number of years, working as a director/producer alongside production companies such as Samson Films, Shinawil and currently at female lead production company Heritage, as their Creative Director. Zoë is a previous winner of the Virgin Media Discovers Award in 2022 and was named ‘Best Producer’ at the Emerging Director Awards 2022. Also in 2022, she produced Burna Boy & Ed Sheeran’s music video ‘FOR YOUR HAND’ with Atlantic records, which has reached over 120 million views on Youtube. During that same year, Zoë was awarded the DLR First Frames Short film fund, she was nominated for a 1.4 European directors award and she was selected for the Screen Ireland diploma in Advanced Producing which Zoë graduated with distinction.
Zoë's debut short as a director UNHINGED premiered to a sold out audience at the Dublin International Film festival in February 2023 and will now have its North American premiere at Newport Beach Film Festival in LA this October. Zoë also has two other short films, SOULMATE WANTED and BABY STEPS which were also released in 2023, with Soulmate Wanted having it's premiere at the Oscar and Bafta qualifying Flickers Rhode Island Film Festival in the US and Baby Steps which she produced winning 'BEST DEBUT SHORT’ at Galway International Film Festival 2023 and ‘BEST NEW TALENT’ at Kerry International Film Festival 2023. This autumn, Zoë has been accepted for a writers residency at the prestigious Tyrone Guthrie Centre to further develop her first feature screenplay and she is also working to develop Unhinged as a TV series with support from Screen Ireland and Virgin Media.
ACHIEVEMENTS
Winner - Virgin Media Discovers Short Film Award 2022
Winner - Best Producer - Emerging Director Awards 2022
Special Mention - Best Spec Commercial - Emerging Director Awards 2022
Winner - DLR First Frames Award - 2021
Selected - Screen Ireland diploma Advanced Producing
Finalist - The Puttnam Award - Fastnet Film Festival - 2021
Finalist - Virgin Media Discovers Award - 2020 & 2021
RTE Storyland Short Drama - Yellow Bird
CREDITS
Film
Director:
SOULMATE WANTED
Director - comedy / Drama
Winner - Kinsale Sharks Screenwriting Award
Winner - DLR First Frames Award
Selected: Rhode Island International Film Festival, Kerry International Film Festival, Richard Harris Film Festival, Waterford Film Festival, Dublin Int Comedy Film Festival
UNHINGED
Director - comedy short
Winner - Virgin Media Discovers Award
Selected: Newport Beach International Film Festival, Dublin International Film Festival, Richard Harris International Film Festival,
MOTHER
Director - experimental short
Kerry International Film Festival, Chicago Indie film festival, Dumbo Film Festival, Waterford International Film Festival, Indie Cork Film Festival
Producer:
BABY STEPS
Producer - drama short
Winner - Best Debut Short - Galway Film Fleadh 2023
Winner - Rising Talent Award - Kerry International Film Festival 23
Selected: Galway International Film Festival, Uppsala Int Short Film Festival, Kerry Int Film Festival, Richard Harris Film Festival, Belfast International Film Festival, Boyne Valley Film Festival
Producer - 20 minute drama
RTÉ Storyland
TOO SLOW
Production Manager - drama short
Focus Shorts - Screen Ireland
HOLY ISLAND
Production coordinator - Feature Film
Arts Council funded
Music Video
Producer:
Producer
Artists: Ed Sheeran X Burna Boy
Label: Atlantic Records
Producer
Artists: The Scratch
Producer
Artists: The Scratch
Producer
Artists: The Scratch
Winner: Best Music Video - EDA Awards 2023
Winner: Best Editing - EDA Awards 2023
Producer
Artists: Pillow Queens
TAKE ME DANCING
Producer
Artists: Luunah
Commerical
Director:
Special Mention - Best Spec Commerical - EDA Awards 2022
Director - Spec advert
Client: Riley
Director - 3 x 1.5 minute digital commercials
Client: Microsoft
Director - digital commercial
Client: Microsoft
MUCKROSS PARK HOTEL
Director - 2 x winter & summer digital campaigns
Client: Radisson Group
Director - digital campaign
Client: European Parliament
FUTURE OF EUROPE
Director - 3 x digital commercials
Client: European Parliament
Producer:
CELEBRATE YOUR PASSION
Producer - online commercial
Client: SUM UP / VISA
Winner - Best Commerical - EDA Awards 2022
Producer - 30” TV commercial
Client: FREE NOW
Client: Sport Ireland
Producer - online commercial
Client: Microsoft
GUIDED BY INSTINCT
Producer - Whiskey commercial
Client: West Cork Distillers
VIT-C COLLECTION
Producer - online commercial
Client: Pestle & Mortar
Producer - digital commerical
Client: Tourism Ireland
TV & LIVE PRODUCTIONS
DANCING WITH THE STARS
Digital Producer - 2018/2019
Client: RTÉ
RTÉ JUNIOR GOES DANCING WITH THE STARS
Camera Operator
15 x 30 minute episodes for broadcast
Client: RTÉ
PADDY’S BOAT PARTY
Segment producer - 15 x 20 minute live stream episodes
Client: Paddy Power
PADDY’S HOUSE PARTY
Segment producer - 5 x 20 minute liv
Client: Paddy Power