Faculty

The Irish Film Academy Faculty are all working professionals who actually work in the industry.

Rachel Sarah Murphy – Founder & Actress

Rachel Sarah Murphy – Founder & Actress

Rachel Sarah Murphy has been involved in the Theatre, Film and Television Industry for more than 20 years. At 19 she won herself a place at the very prestigious American Academy of Dramatic Arts which heralds such actors as Robert Redford and Kirk Douglas. After graduating Rachel Sarah returned to Ireland and put to work [...]

Mary Maguire ( Leading Casting Director )

Mary Maguire ( Leading Casting Director )

Mary is a leading Casting Director and has worked in London and Ireland for many years.  She started working in London with Hubbard Casting (the leading UK casting company) and went on to start up Hubbard’s Dublin office. She has worked on Feature Films, Short Films, Television Dramas, Television series, Television Commercials, Theatre and Music [...]

Graham Cantwell ( Feature Film Director )

Graham Cantwell ( Feature Film Director )

Graham has been working in the Irish Film Industry since 1996 Directing, Writing and Producing and has his own production company, Powertrip Productions. Graham recently directed ‘Anton’, a feature length drama starring Gerard McSorley and written by Anthony Fox. He is also working on a T.V pilot and short film. He received the Kodak Tiernan [...]

Conall McGarrigle – Camera’s

Conall McGarrigle – Camera’s

Conall began his career in theatre, graduating from Trinity College Dublin and Goldsmith’s College London with a degree in Drama and Theatre Studies. He specialised in Lighting Design. From there he made the transition to Cameras for TV and film as a camera assistant on Barabas Theatre Co.’s short sketches for TnaG (TG4). Over ten [...]

Helena Walsh (Voice Coach, Actor and Singer)

Helena Walsh (Voice Coach, Actor and Singer)

Helena has taught voice for New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts Overseas Programme in Dublin and has also worked in the B.A. in Theatre Studies at University College Cork. Helena was a voice coach for several years on the Professional Actor Training Programme in Trinity College Dublin and has also taughtv oice in the Academia dell‘arte in Arezzo, [...]

David Scott

David Scott

David Scott is an Australian born actor, writer, director and acting teacher. He has worked extensively as a professional actor in both Australia and Ireland on television, stage and film, appearing in such programs as “All Saints”, “Water Rats” and “Home and Away” in Australia, and “The Clinic”, “Fair City”, “Damage”, “The Tudors” (series 2 and 4) and “Game [...]

Gemma Doorly

Gemma Doorly

Actress/playwright, Gemma attended the University of Ulster where she received a B.A Hons in Drama & Theatre Studies. She is probably best known for playing ‘Sarah O’Leary’ in RTE soap Fair City for ten years. In 2007, Gemma was nominated for an IFTA for Best Actress in a film, for the film ‘A Song For Rebecca’, directed by [...]