Biography:

I studied Communications at Dublin Institute of Technology where I graduated top of my class. After some years working in television production I returned to University where I took an M.A. in Film Studies and then developed scripts at John Boorman's company, Merlin Films.

I have worked as a freelance film critic for many years and I now lecture in film and screenwriting at Dublin Institute of Technology's School of Media, where I am researching my PhD on the work of screenwriter and director Robert Towne.