IAN POWER (DIRECTOR/WRITER)
With a first class honours from the MA Film in Dublin’s D.I.T. Aungier St. in 1999, Ian Power followed his graduation film ‘Roommates’ with the 15 minute short film ‘Buskers’, which scooped first prize at a number of international film festivals.
He directed his first commercial in 2001 for RTE’s Lyric FM which was named in the top five commercials of the year by the Sunday Business Post, was included in the November edition of Shots Magazine, and won Ian an ICAD Award for Best Direction.
In 2004 he won a Short Cuts Award to make ‘The Wonderful Story of Kelvin Kind’ which was picked up by Warner Bros. for a nationwide theatrical release in January 2005. In April the film won Best Short Drama at The Celtic Film & Television Festival in Cardiff.
Ian has also been featured as IFLILM.com’s ‘Filmmaker to Watch’ and is developing two feature film projects with the Irish Film Board. He was recently signed to Blazeland Entertainment, L.A. on the foot of his script ‘The Runway’.
Recent TV Commercials
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| National Lottery | DDFH & B, DUBLIN |  |
| Inversoft | Hunter Redcell, Dublin | |
| Tayto | Young Euro RSCG, Dublin | |
| Alone | Hunter
Redcell, Dublin |
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| Esat BT | Irish International BBDO, Dublin | |
| Lyric FM | Young Advertising, Dublin | |
| Invest NI | Genesis with The Picturehouse, Belfast | |
| End Titles | Kinsale Awards | |
| Irish Life | DDFH & B, Dublin | |
| The Independent | Irish International BBDO, Dublin | |
| Radio 1 | Young Advertising, Dublin | |
Short Films
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| 2006 | Writer | ‘The Clinic’ Episode 8 |
| 2005 | Writer/Director | ‘The Wonderful Story Of Kelvin Kind’ |
| 2002 | Writer/Director | 'The Prophet' (5min / 35mm) |
| 2000 | Writer/Director | 'Buskers' (14min /16mm) |
| 1999 | Writer | 'Blind Mice' (20min / 16mm) |
| 1999 | Writer/Director | 'Roommates' (20min /16mm) |
| 1999 | Writer | 'Os Putos' (15min /16mm) |
| 1998 | Director | 'Sauce' (5 min /16mm) |
| 1998 | Director | 'Amen' (5min /16mm) |
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Awards
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| 2005 | Celtic Film & TV Festival | The Wonderful Story of Kelvin Kind / Best Short Drama |
| 2002 | ICAD | Lyric FM / Best Direction |
| 2000 | RTE Filmbase Award | Buskers |
| 2000 | Galway Film Fleadh | Buskers / Best Irish Short |
| 2000 | Cork International Film Festival | Buskers / Best Irish Short |
| 1998 | Journeyman Prize | Buskers / Script |
For further information or to receive a copy of Ian's showreel please contact Rocket Productions