Alan Walsh

Alan Walsh is a talented and award-winning film director and writer who is based in Dublin. He is a member of the Directors Guild of Ireland, a full member of Equity. Alan has just complete film of his feature film Spiders. In 2006 Alan won the International Film Award for Best Director (Short) for his film What If at the New York International Independent Film & Video Festival. His film also garnered him both Best Director and Best Short Film Awards at the 2006 Los Angeles International Film & Video Festival. What If also won the coveted Audience Award at the 2007 Chicago Irish Film Festival. And in 2010 and won Best Director for his short film No Justice, the film also won Best music Score at the Underground Cinema Festival. Alan also wrote and directed the short films No Justice in 2009 and Vicious Circle in 2006. All his films have received world-wide distribution. Alan has worked in the film industry for 28 years. He served as 2nd Unit Director for the Fox TV series Mystic Knights. He served as Stunt Coordinator for several TV series including Proof, Murphy Law and Foreign Exchange. Alan has also worked as a Stunt Performer on a myriad of projects including The Tudors, Braveheart and My Left Foot. Over the years Alan has worked closely with some of best-known and respected directors in the world including Mel Gibson, John Boorman, Neil Jordan, Alan Parker, Joel Schumacher, Pen Densham, and Ron Howard. He has become particularly close friends with noted director Jim Sheridan. Alan's keen observation and hands-on-experience working alongside these titans of the industry have afforded him the insight and capability to direct outstanding films, as evidenced by his prestigious director awards. Recently Alan completed writing an expanded screenplay of his acclaimed short WHAT IF to be produced as a feature film. Several distinguished actors including Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, and Jonathan Rhys Meyers have all expressed interest .