Patrick Ireland
Directing
Biography
Patrick Ireland is a multi-award-winning writer and director with a bold, diverse portfolio spanning narrative drama, current affairs, factual entertainment and commercials. He has written and directed an array of multi-award winning shorts that have screened at festivals across the world, including: Anonymous: A Million Men, One in a Million, and most recently, Ill Fares the Land. Beyond film, Ireland has produced and directed for the likes of ITV, Channel 4, DS Smith, and Stand Up To Cancer, with credits including Emmerdale: 50 Unforgettable Years, Good Morning Britain, and This Morning. He is currently in development on his debut feature, the crime/thriller Driver, starring Dafne Keen and Aidan Gillen.
Known For
Inspired by true events. When Daisy's husband is murdered, the news brings on a sudden, traumatic labor. Now, reliant on medication following a complicated birth, Daisy depends on her best friend Louise to help care for her son. But her husband’s death has triggered a strange series of events, and she soon finds herself in danger. Will she be able to uncover the truth in time to save herself and her new baby?
A House Built on Lies
Join young filmmaker Patrick Ireland as he tumbles down the rabbit hole, penetrating the very core of Anonymous in the build-up to the infamous 'Million Mask March' on the 5th of November 2014.
Anonymous: A Million Men
Caught between loyalty, fear and the possibility of escape, Trey and Camden are forced to confront how much freedom truly costs in a system designed to keep people exactly where they belong.
Driver
A 'serious' filmmaker desperately attempts to make a 'serious' documentary on homelessness.
The Director
A young boy finds a mermaid washed up on the shores of his seaside home while his older brother is swept up in the rising tide of far-right nationalism.
Ill Fares The Land
One In a Million is a short social drama which focuses on Kevin; an orphan and autistic teenager living in the South East who dreams of winning the lottery and escaping the shackles of his impoverished seaside hometown.