Animated in Ireland Brochure 2012 - Irish Film Board

Dancing Girl ProductionsDavid O’ReillyAnimationDancing Girl Productions was established by veterananimation and live action producers Maeve McAdamand Villi Ragnarsson with offices in the Republicof Ireland and Northern Ireland. Dancing GirlProductions is focused on developing and producinglong-running animation series and live actionprojects for the domestic and international markets.David O’Reilly is an Irish animator based in LosAngeles. At 15 he began working as an assistantat local animation studios, teaching himself3D software in his spare time. He discoveredcinema in 2005 when he was given the keys toan unused private theatre with an enormousfilm library. Since then he has created a widevariety of independent short films. Noted for hisdisregard of conventions his work is regardedas a groundbreaking force in contemporary3D animation. David’s previous works includePlease Say Something, which won the GoldenBear Award for Best Short Film at the 2009 BerlinFilm Festival, RGB XYZ which received a SpecialMention at the 2008 Berlin Film Festival as well asThe External World and Octocat Adventure.Projects in DevelopmentThe company is currently producing a 39 x 7 minanimated preschool series, Joe and Jack which hasbeen supported by the Irish Film Board, the BroadcastAuthority of Ireland, Northern Ireland Screen and theIrish Language Broadcast Fund.8Dancing Girl Productions Maeve McAdam, MDEmail maeve@dancinggirlproductions.com Tel +353 (0)86 173 8048 www.dancinggirlproductions.comDavid O’Reilly Animation David O’Reilly, Producerwww.davidoreilly.com 9