Ciarán Donnelly is an Irish film and television director. He is primarily known for his direction of major international series such as Camelot, The Tudors, Titanic: Blood and Steel and Vikings.
His work includes four episodes of the ITV comedy drama series Cold Feet (including the episode that won the series the Best Drama Series BAFTA), the crime drama series Donovan, the BBC One drama Spooks and the 2016 Discovery Channel historical miniseries Harley and the Davidsons. His 2006 serial Stardust won the IFTA for Best Single Drama/Drama Serial. He was a co-creator (with Peter McKenna) of the Irish television series Kin.
Since 2006, he has been a lead director on the Irish/Canadian series The Tudors, for which he won another IFTA in 2009. In 2010, he was nominated for another IFTA for his work on the third season. He garnered yet another IFTA nomination in 2013 for Titanic: Blood and Steel."Ciaran Donnelly - Academy Member". Irish Film & Television Awards. Retrieved on 6 July 2017. In february 2022 it was announced that Donnelly was nominated once more for an IFTA for his work on The Wheel of Time.
Filmography +YearNameNotes1991Bound for ManhattanShortAlso screenwriter and editor1996Dirty Old TownShort1997PinnedShort1998The SplitTV movie2001-2003Cold Feet4 episodes2003Spooks2 episodes2004Proof4 episodes2005Big DippersTV movie2006Stardust2 episodesDonovan1 episode2007Robin Hood3 episodes2007-2010The Tudors13 episodes2008-2009Inspector George Gently4 episodes2009Trust MeEpisode 'Promises, Promises'2011Camelot2 episodes2012Titanic: Blood and Steel12 episodesAlso executive producer (12 episodes) and stories writer (3 episodes)2013Once Upon a TimeEpisode 'Ariel'Once Upon a Time in WonderlandEpisode 'Bad Blood'2013-2019Vikings15 episodesAlso second unit director in episode 'Ragnarok'2014Crossbones2 episodesAlso executive producer (9 episodes)2015A.D. The Bible Continues3 episodesTyrantEpisode 'Desert Storm'The Bastard Executioner2 episodes2016Harley and the Davidsons2 episodesAlso executive producer (3 episodes)2018Krypton3 episodesAlso co-executive producer (2 episodes)2019Altered Carbon2 episodes2021-2025The Wheel of Time6 episodes Also second unit director in Peaches (2000).
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