About
Recent Work
Following my studies at University College Dublin, I joined John Murray's team as a cameraman and drone pilot on Wild Ireland: The Edge of The World (2017) which won numerous awards including Best Natural History Film at the Grierson Awards 2017 and also received an Emmy nomination for 'Outstanding Cinematography'. This success launched me on a run of documentaries, including “A Wild Irish Year” (2018), “The Game: The Story of Hurling (2018), and The Hunger The Story of The Irish Famine (2020), a documentary by Ruán Magan, which won Best International documentary at DOC LA 2021.
More recent work includes A Note For Nature (2023) and Ireland's Wild Islands, both documentaries winning 'Best Specialist Factual' the Royal Television Society Awards for 2023 and 2024.
The Game: Hell For Leather 2023/2024
Wild Transylvnania 2023
Our Blue World 2023
Tommy Tiernan’s Epic West 2022
A Note For Nature 2022
Green Island, White Desert 2022
The Wild Gardener 2021
Ireland's Wild Islands 2021/2022
Cheap Irish Homes 2021
The Shelter: Animal SOS 2020/2021
Christy Ring: Man and Ball 2020
World's Most Scenic River Journeys 2020
The Hunger - The Story Of The Irish Famine 2019/2020
Big Bend - America's Wildest Frontier 2019
Europe's New Wild 2018
The Game - The Story of Hurling 2018
A Wild Irish Year 2018
Wild Ireland 2017
The Farthest 2017
Wild Cities 2016
Awards
Ireland's Wild Islands
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Winner: Specialist Factual – Royal Television Society Awards Ireland 2024
A Note for Nature
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Winner: Specialist Factual – Royal Television Society Awards Ireland 2023
The Hunger: The Story of The Irish Famine
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Winner: Best International Documentary – DOC LA 2021
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Winner: Best in Show – Accolade Global Film Competition 2021
Wild Ireland: The Edge Of the World
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Emmy 2018 Nominee – Outstanding Cinematography
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Winner Namur Film Festival Belgium 2018– Best of Festival
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Winner Waimea Film Festival 2018 – Best Cinematography
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Winner Grierson Award 2017 – Best Natural History Program
Testimonial
Emre Izat | Manager, Documentary Series - Netflix
'Brian is an absolute gem of a find - he has a phenomenal work ethic, a natural eye, and an insatiable appetite for improvement. He also has the best attitude in the field, suffers through biting insects and scalding sun with a broad smile and a song on his lips. I would work with him again in a heartbeat.'
