Freelance (Self employed)Director, Producer, Writer
Jan. 2021Rioghnach Ní Ghrioghair is an award-winning writer, director and producer from Dublin, Ireland who creates and develops female-focused stories in genre cinema.
She has an experienced career in film and TV development, having been a development executive for leading Irish companies Blinder Films (now Keeper Films), Tailored Films and Samson Films.
Winner of the 2022 Aer Lingus Discovery Award, Rioghnach’s award-winning horror short film, Don’t Go Where I Can’t Find You, was selected for Midnight Shorts at SXSW 2022, went to over 40 festivals internationally and was nominated for the Best Live Action Short Film at the Irish Film and Television Academy Awards in 2023.
She is also the writer and director of Break Us, which went to over 30 festivals internationally including Fantasia Film Festival. She produced and directed Do I Know You? (which was nominated for the Iris Prize) and wrote and directed Neon. All three films were supported by Screen Ireland.
In summer 2022, Rioghnach wrote and directed Balor Hall, a half hour murder mystery whodunnit commissioned by RTE under their Storyland Scheme.
She is one of Screen International’s Rising Stars for 2023 and participated in BBC Writers’ Room’s VOICES program 2023. She is currently developing her debut feature film, in association with Screen Ireland and Pipedream Productions.