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. 

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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

YELLOW BIRD

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:

FOR YOUR HAND

Producer

Artists: Ed Sheeran X Burna Boy

Label: Atlantic Records

BLAGGARD

Producer

Artists: The Scratch

CHEEKY BASTARD

Producer

Artists: The Scratch

ANOTHER ROUND

Producer

Artists: The Scratch

Winner: Best Music Video - EDA Awards 2023

Winner: Best Editing - EDA Awards 2023

BE BY YOUR SIDE

Producer

Artists: Pillow Queens

TAKE ME DANCING

Producer

Artists: Luunah

Commerical

Director:

TIME OF THE MONTH

Special Mention - Best Spec Commerical - EDA Awards 2022

Director - Spec advert

Client: Riley

BENEATH THE SURFACE

Director - 3 x 1.5 minute digital commercials

Client: Microsoft

SACRED HEART

Director - digital commercial

Client: Microsoft

MUCKROSS PARK HOTEL

Director - 2 x winter & summer digital campaigns

Client: Radisson Group

EUROPE STORIES

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

ENDLESS ADVENTURE

Winner - Best Commerical - EDA Awards 2022

Producer - 30” TV commercial

Client: FREE NOW

INIVISIBLE DISABILITIES

Producer - online commercial

Client: Sport Ireland

REIMAGINING LEARNING

Producer - online commercial

Client: Microsoft

GUIDED BY INSTINCT

Producer - Whiskey commercial

Client: West Cork Distillers

VIT-C COLLECTION

Producer - online commercial

Client: Pestle & Mortar

A TASTE OF LOUGH DERG

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