
Conor McMahon
Directing
Biography
Conor attended Dun Laoghaire National Film School between 1998 – 2001, where he specialized in directing and editing. He’s made numerous short films, music video’s and documentaries. He edited a 50-minute feature length documentary, Ma Filia Fa La Madonna. Furthermore,Conor directed and edited How to Make a Fresh Film, a 20-minute documentary, funded by the Arts Council for Secondary Schools. In 2004 Conor wrote, directed and edited his first feature film Dead Meat. The film was funded by the Irish Film Board and was the first horror film to be so. Since then, he has gone on to make Stitches (2012), From the Dark (2014) and most recently Let the Wrong One In (2021). He works predominantly as an editor.
Known For

When Bikini Bottom is scooped from the ocean, scientific squirrel Sandy Cheeks and her pal SpongeBob SquarePants saddle up for Texas to save their town.
Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie

As a seasoned homicide detective, Thomas Craven has seen the bleakest side of humanity. But nothing prepares him for the toughest investigation of his life: the search for his only daughter Emma's killer. Now, he is on a personal mission to uncover the disturbing secrets surrounding her murder, including corporate corruption, government collusion and Emma's own mysterious life.
Edge of Darkness

The clumsy and unfunny clown Richard "Stitches" Grindle entertains at the 10th birthday party of little Tom, but the boy and his friends play a prank with Stitches, tying his shoelaces. Stitches slips, falls and dies. Six years later, Tom gives a birthday party for his friends at home, but Stitches revives to haunt the teenagers and revenge his death.
Stitches

Bachelors Walk is an Irish comedy-drama created by John Carney. Shot in and around Dublin, the programme broadcast on RTÉ from 1 October 2001 to 15 December 2003. The plot revolves three single men living in a house in Dublin’s Bachelors Walk: charming ne'er-do-well Barry, film critic Raymond, and would-be barrister Michael. After three series and an absence of three years, the programme concluded with a one-off Christmas special, aired on St Stephen's Day 2006 on RTÉ Two.
Bachelors Walk

In ABODE, five interwoven stories explore the meaning of home, across city streets and country kitchens, strained families and surreal technologies, revealing how identity, memory, and connection shape the places we call our own.
Abode

Gangland crime drama set in small-town Ireland. Damien, a young MMA fighter with dreams of escaping his tough neighbourhood, is held back by his struggling family and his brother Wes's involvement with the local drug gang. On the eve of a big fight, a major drug deal goes wrong and Wes goes missing, events which drag Damien into a dangerous new world potentially fraught with violence and even murder.
Darklands

A couple's vacation to Ireland transforms into a nightmare as a virus spreads from slaughtered animals to humans, causing the dead to rise and feast on the living.
Dead Meat

As midnight falls, all manner of terror invades the Earth. Demons, cannibals, killers, ghosts and monsters swarm the world in these tales of the supernatural, the fantastic, and the just plain horrific. Featuring nine stories of horror.
Minutes Past Midnight

16 year old Matt is a little too nice for his own good, and when he discovers that his older, estranged brother Deco has turned into a vampire, he's faced with a dilemma: will he risk his own life to help his sibling, with blood being thicker than water; or will he stake him before he spreads the infection further?
Let the Wrong One In

A couple on a trip through the Irish countryside find themselves hunted by a creature who only attacks at night.
From the Dark

Noisy, fast paced, comedy sketch show with quirky characters and off the wall sketches, featuring the biggest stars of Irish online comedy.
No Worries If Not!

A silent love story about an inventor who loses and then wins his love from a villainous cad.
The Unusual Inventions of Henry Cavendish
Two lonely people find the love that they were searching for. Well, one lonely person and one banshee...
Strangers in the Night

Ten horror tales about the strange and sinister goings-on in the Hotel Darklight: Lonely Hearts (written and directed by Ciaran Foy); Hotel Training (written by Maura McHugh and directed by Conor McMahon); Prejudice (written and directed by Paul Walker); St. Mary (written by Gerry Creehan and Paul Markey and directed by Brian O'Toole); Play Dead (written and directed by James Phelan); Heaven in a Wildflower (written by Sinead Fagan and directed by Dolores Rice); Regards to the Chef (written by Eilis Mernagh and directed by Kian Petit and Ewan Petit); Noughts and Crosses (written by Barry McLoughlin and directed by Alan Brennan); You Beta Your Bollix (written by T.C. Director and directed by Ian Whelan); Better the Derval You Know (written by Paul Markey and directed by Brian O'Toole).
Hotel Darklight

In a rare and potentially fatal feat of cinematic daring, "Dublin 26.06.08" was shot entirely between 12.01am and 11.59pm on Thursday June 26th 2008. This audacious cinematic collage offers both a unique snapshot of a single day in the life of Dublin and a vivid example of a bold guerrilla filmmaking model. The film is an eclectic, multi-authored impression of Dublin (within the bounds of the encircling M50 motorway) as it lived, died, breathed, made love, filled up and emptied, consumed, wept, was rained and shone upon, grew bright and then darkened again.
Dublin 26.06.08: A Film in 4 Days

Four young friends are hired to solve the particularly vexing mystery of an ancient haunted castle. Having cut their teeth on previous cases - an abandoned school building and a derelict hotel - "Team Spooky" is surprised to find a common thread behind all three mysteries. Each of the friends is driven by different motivations - whether it's for science, romance or monetary gain - but finding the real ghost is their ultimate goal!
Spooky Stakeout

A brutal murder leads to an investigation that uncovers a hidden secret. The clock is ticking for what may be a tragic end. "1902" is a silent short story of forbidden love, blind justice, and betrayal.
1902
The ghostly occupants of an old house are forced to make serious adjustments when a couple of modern-age slackers move in as tenants. Smoking, drinking, music, and loud parties ensue, and the spectral parents can only look on as their spirit daughters join in the fun.
Ghost Gaff
A black priest who has lost his soul many years ago is called upon to perform an exorcism on a young white girl whose soul has been possessed by soul music.
The Blaxorcist
A blind man gets a bit more than he bargained for in his new guide dog.