Adam William Cahill
Directing
Biography
Adam has always been a creative person and had initially longed to be a performer. He began to sing as soon as he could speak, and as early as six years of age he sang in karaoke bars and in his school choir. He also took part in school plays and went to drama classes. He wasn't much of a reader until he became enamoured with Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings film trilogy at fifteen, and felt compelled to read Tolkein's novels. This galvanised Adam's desire to take up creative writing. After finishing school he developed his skills as a video editor working for an alternative media group creating short documentaries. He would eventually use these documentaries in his college application portfolio, and as a result he was deemed eligible to skip the first year of a Media and Communications course. In college his attentions quickly turned from documentary film making to narrative drama, and he started writing stories again. In his final year of college, he wrote, produced, and directed his first short film, Inertia (2017). In 2016 he graduated from the University of Wolverhampton with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Film Production. During his college tenure he'd spent time working in diverse capacities on various TV series that were being filmed in Ireland at the time. This included a role as Samuel Barnett's body double on Showtime's Penny Dreadful (2014). While on set he paid close attention to all of the production elements in order to get a better idea of how things operate on set, and became very friendly with the assistant directors and camera assistants. Adam wrote his first feature film, Follow the Dead (2020), a month after finishing college and went into production shortly thereafter, having taken a loan from the bank in order to invest in himself and his colleagues. Follow the Dead had a very successful film festival run, amassing nineteen awards and thirteen nominations from all over the world, including winning the Best Narrative Feature award at Kerry International Film Festival. The film is now streaming on Amazon. Adam is now the company director for Wild Stag Productions, and his ambition is to use the medium of film to tell affecting, thought-provoking stories, with an emphasis on making Irish genre films.
Known For
A drama set in the East End of London in 1889, during the aftermath of the "Ripper" murders. The action centres around the notorious H Division – the police precinct from hell – which is charged with keeping order in the chaotic streets of Whitechapel. Ripper Street explores the lives of characters trying to recover from the Ripper's legacy, from crimes that have not only irretrievably altered their lives, but the very fabric of their city. At the drama's heart our detectives try to bring a little light into the dark world they inhabit.
Ripper Street
Some of literature's most terrifying characters, including Dr. Frankenstein, Dorian Gray, and iconic figures from the novel Dracula are lurking in the darkest corners of Victorian London. Penny Dreadful is a frightening psychological thriller that weaves together these classic horror origin stories into a new adult drama.
Penny Dreadful
A retired soldier, tortured by the untimely death of his beloved wife and the apparent suicide of one of his friends, suspects foul play. Based on a novel by Sean Kelly.
Tuesday Traders
Failing at another job, Fiadh must return home to take care of her mother, "Mental" Maggie. When the strange goings on appear to be more than her mother's eccentricity, she decides to dabble in the field of paranormal investigation.
Poppy Loftus
A young couple, on the verge of bringing their first child into the world, are at a loss to find the joy of it when terrifying news from the doctor, as well as unspoken secrets, begin to tear the relationship apart. Meanwhile, an older couple, having received an even graver medical prognosis, look back on their lives and wonder if there's still time to tie up loose ends. When the couples' paths entwine, nothing will ever be the same again.
Loose Thread
The remote town of Ferbane struggles to react when no one seems able to communicate with Dublin City anymore, and videos that have surfaced online suggest that the capital has succumb to an undead threat, and danger may be on its way!
Follow the Dead
A documentary about 6 young filmmakers and their team as they embarked on a journey to create their own feature film, Follow the Dead, a story about Millennials in Ireland encountering an undead phenomenon. As they discover their processes creating the film we begin to discover that what they may have been more enamoured with something else they had created.... a family.
Are We Making A Film?: Behind the Scenes - Follow the Dead
MacCumhaill is a tale of a vigilante who assumes himself to be the reincarnation of the mythical Fionn MacCumhaill. He is obsessed and convinced that modern day Ireland is completely over run by crime and violence and will do anything he can to stop this trend continuing.
MacCumhaill
When five prisoners are locked in a room, and are unable to communicate as none of them speak the same language, the situation is intensified when the haunting stone altar in the centre of the room demands a sacrifice. However, once one is selected and disposed of, this occupant is replaced, and in time a new choice of sacrifice must be made. In a dog-eat-dog environment, where might equals right and disunity abounds, can any of the room's occupants find a way to salvation?