Bio

 

Daniel O'Hara graduated from DIT's Postgraduate Diploma in Film Production and began work with Double Z Enterprises on 'A Scare at Bedtime' with Podge & Rodge. He subsequently directed factual television, before writing and directing two award-winning short films. This success led to television drama directing on 'The Clinic' and 'Paddywhackery', which he co-wrote. Two 'Inspector George Gently' films for BBC1 helped Daniel break into the UK industry, where he gained attention for work on cult hits ‘Skins’ and ‘Being Human’, before opening Channel 4’s ‘Beaver Falls’ and BBC’s ‘Wizards vs Aliens’. Recent credits include two-part films for the long-running forensic pathology drama ‘Silent Witness’, BBC Cold War miniseries ‘The Game’ and 'Doctor Who'.

Filmography

 

Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom

(short film) - 2003

 

Fluent Dysphasia

(short film) - 2004

 

The Clinic

(2x1hr, Parallel Films for RTE) - 2006

 

Paddywhackery

(6x30min, Dough Productions for TG4) - 2007

 

Inspector George Gently

(4 x 90min, Company Pictures for BBC) - 2009/2010

 

Skins

(2x1hr, Company Pictures for Channel 4) - 2010

 

Being Human

(8x1hr, Touchpaper Television for BBC) - 2011/2012/2013

 

Beaver Falls

(3x1hr, Company Pictures for E4) - 2011

 

Wizards vs Aliens

(4x30mins, BBC) - 2012

 

Silent Witness

(4x1hr, BBC) - 2014/2015

 

The Game

(3x1hr, BBC) - 2015

 

Doctor Who

(2x45min, BBC) - 2015 (in production)

Awards

 

Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom

 

18 awards including

 

2004 IFTA  award for Best Irish Language Production

 

2003 Best Irish Short and Best First Irish Short, Galway Film Fleadh

 

2004 Best First Time Director, Celtic Film and TV Festival

 

2004 Best Comedy, Aspen Shortsfest

 

2004 Best Young Director, Broadcast Young Talent Awards

 

Fluent Dysphasia

 

7 awards including

 

2004, Audience Award for Best Irish Short, Cork Film Festival

 

2005 Best Short Film, Belfast Film Festival

 

The Clinic

 

Series 4 2007 IFTA for Best TV Drama Series