About Sinéad
Sinéad O'Loughlin is an Irish writer and director. Her background is theatre but she now works in film. She has directed five short films and she was selected for the Screen Ireland Focus Short award and an Arts Council Agility Award for film. She is currently developing her first feature screenplay Vocation with Copper Alley Productions, funded by Screen Ireland.
Film
Sinéad has written and directed five short films. She was selected for the Screen Ireland Focus Short award and an Arts Council Agility Award for film. She is currently developing her first feature screenplay Vocation with Copper Alley Productions, funded by Screen Ireland.
homecoming (2016)
A young man struggles to find his place in life after returning to Ireland. A familiar face makes him wonder if things are about to change.
stray (2019)
Short Film. A woman returns to her home after a violent break in that has robbed her of her husband and her peace of mind. Starring Tony Award winning actress Marie Mullen.
maths (2020)
Screenplay commission
through the pane (2020)
Through the Pane is a weekly online video series highlighting the frontline workers across all sectors during the Covid-19 pandemic in Ireland. Directed by Cathy Dunne, Research & Development by Sinéad O’Loughlin, Produced by Maggie Ryan.
Theatre
She has worked as a theatre producer, researcher and writer and director. in theatre and has an MA in drama & theatre from NUI Galway. She specialises in creating theatre with communities to reflect their lived experiences.
10 to 14
This piece was the result of my research around the relationship between women, disordered eating and embodiment.
merrily
A group of friends reunite in their rural hometown and remember the before, during and after of their friends suicide.
Radio
Sinéad has worked as a director and voiceover actor on three BAI funded radio dramas by new writer John Casey
jamesy
A new three part radio drama written by John Casey and directed by Sinéad O’Loughlin
Fiction
Short Stories
sunday
A recently separated father takes his small son on a walk through his hometown.