Imelda O'Reilly

Imelda O'Reilly is an independent filmmaker from Kildare, Ireland. Her award winning short films and feature screenplay have been represented at over fifty film festivals internationally around the world, including Cannes Film Festival, Rhode Island International Film Festival, Cinequest Creativity & Film Festival, International Film Festival de Creteil, WorldFest Houston International Film Festival, and the Richard Harris International Film Festival. As a commissioned writer on Song For New York with Mabou Mines her work was developed through the Sundance Theater Lab and New York Theater Workshop. She is the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship to Morocco where her film Bricks, Beds and Sheep's Heads was a Regional Finalist for the Student Academy Awards. Imelda's short film Eggs and Soldiers was broadcast on RTE it has screened at over 50 festivals across nine different countries to date. It won an Award of Excellence at the Broadcast Education Association, a Tonino Guerra Award for screenwriting from the Chicago Art-house Blow-Up Film Festival. In addition, it received awards from Accolade Competition, Global Shorts, Los Angeles and IndieFest Film Awards. She has several projects in development. Her feature screenplay titled We're the Kids in America was an official selection for L'Atélier Cinéfondation that is part of the Cannes International Film Festival for 2018. It also received an Honorable Mention from the Stowe Story Labs and "Best Of" Competition from the Broadcast Education Association in 2019. It was also work shopped through the Moving Picture Institute Screenwriting Fellowship. It placed in the top 10% of the Nicholls Fellowship in 2019. She has an MFA in film from Columbia University. Imelda spent three years in Singapore as an Assistant Arts Professor in the Graduate Film Program for New York University TischAsia. Prior to NYU, she taught at Barnard College, Hunter College and the School for Visual Arts. She is an Assistant Professor in film at James Madison University.