Individual Directing

This one-to-one coaching is tailored to meet your specific needs so if you have a project you wish to develop into a film, whether feature length or short, and are looking for a mentor to guide you through the process step by step, then look no further.

You will be taught by Graham Cantwell. Graham has been working in the Irish Film Industry since 1996 Directing, Writing and Producing and has his own production company, Powertrip Productions.

Graham recently directed 'ANTON', a feature length drama starring Gerard McSorley which was nominated for three Irish Film and Television Awards.

He received the Kodak Tiernan McBride Award for Best Irish Short at the Galway Film Fleadh, 2003 and the LIM Award for Best Irish Short at the Foyle International Film Festival 2003 for his short film 'A Dublin Story'. The film was short listed for the 2004 Academy Awards, received a special mention at the 2004 Tirana Film Festival and has also been awarded a Bronze Remi at the Prestigious Worldfest in Houston, Texas.

In addition to his directing works, he has taught directing, acting and screenwriting at a wide array of educational institutions in Ireland including: The Samuel Beckett Centre, Trinity College Dublin, The Irish Film Academy, Filmbase, Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology, The Attic Studio, The Gaiety School of Acting and Griffith College Dublin. He has additionally been invited to give directing masterclasses at several film festivals throughout Ireland.