Patrick Ireland

Patrick Ireland is an award-winning filmmaker who has produced and directed films for the likes of ITV, Channel 4, and a host of FTSE companies. He has also written and directed an array of shorts film which have garnered critical praise and screened at festivals across Europe. From 2014-2016, he studied MA Filmmaking at the London Film School. Before then, he read BA Politics & Philosophy at the University of Sheffield. In 2015, he completed the documentary film Anonymous: A Million Men which was later licensed by Shorts International for worldwide distribution. The film was also screened in Parliament, followed by a Q&A conducted by Chi Onwurah MP. Later that year, he worked closely alongside Channel 4 and ITN in producing the first ever Youth Leaders Debate during the 2015 General Election. In 2016, he graduated from the London Film School with the short drama One in a Million. The film went on to win the Best Social Realism Film Award at the 2017 New Renaissance Film Festival as well as being nominated for awards elsewhere. In 2017, he wrote, produced, directed and co-starred in The Director - a mockumentary on homelessness. The film premiered at the 2018 London Independent Film Festival. Since 2019, he has been a Producer-Director for ITV Daytime.