Rob Burke
Website: www.ronanandrobburke.com
Company: Black Sheep Productions
Address: C/O Oliver Azis, 40 Whitfield Street, London, W1T 2RH
E-mail: oliverazis@independanttalent.com
Tel: +44 20 7636 6565
Bio
Ronan and Rob have collaborated on many crazy ideas since childhood, the short film Jellybaby, was their first as co-directors and proved to be a great success both at home and abroad. Screening at over 60 film festivals world wide, Jellybaby picked up numerous awards including Best Short at the Celtic Film and Television Festival, Best Comedy at the LA Golden Star Shorts Fest and an IFTA nomination.
In 2008 Ronan and Rob made their directorial television debut with Aisling’s Diary, the first teen drama for RTÉ Young People’s. It proved so popular a second series and a holiday special were commissioned. They followed up with Runners, funded by The Irish Film Board as part of their flagship short film scheme Signatures. Runners won Best Short Film at the 2010 Irish Film & Television Awards and continues to screen at festivals worldwide.
More recently Ronan and Rob directed the IFTA winning TV series The Importance of Being Whatever for Accomplice and RTÉ Young People’s and six episodes of the BAFTA winning ROY for Jam Media and CBBC. In 2014 they will release their feature film debut Standby a romantic comedy, funded by the Irish Film Board and the Lux Film Fund produced by John Wallace under Black Sheep Productions.
Filmography
STANDBY
2014 – 85mins
ROY SERIES 4
2014 – 6 x 30mins
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING WHATEVER
2011 – 90 min
RUNNERS
2009 – Short – 16min
AISLING’S DIARY
2008 – 30 x 3min
WOODVALE
2006 – Short – 16min
JELLYBABY
2005 – Short – 10min
THE HARD WAY
2003 – Short – 9min
MOVING DAY
2002 – Short – 13min
RED TAPE
2002 – Short – 3min
SMALLTALK
2001 – Short – 12min
Showreel
Awards
The Importance of Being Whatever
2012, Best Childrens / Youth – Irish Film and Television Awards
Runners
2010, Best Short Film 7th Irish Film and Television Awards
2010, Best International Short Film – Malibu International Film Festival
2010, Best Screenplay The Corona Fastnet Short Film festival
2010, Commendation Belfast Film Festival
Jellybaby
2006, Best Short, 12th Annual Chlotrudis Awards
2006, Bronze Torc Award Best Short, Celtic Film and Television Festival
2006, Best Short, Cinegael Montreal Irish Film Festival
2006, Winner of the Live Action Jury Award, 9th Annual Crested Butte Reel Fest
2006, Best Comedy 2006, Golden Star Shorts Fest Hollywood
2006, Best Comedy Short, NYC Shorts
2005, 2nd Prize Best Irish Short, 17th Galway Film Fleadh
2006, Platinum Remi Award Short Comedy (original), World Fest Houston
2006, 2nd Place Audience Award, 29th Portland International Film Festival
2006, 2nd Place Audience Award, Chicago Irish Film Festival
2005, Nominated Best Short, Irish Film and Television Awards
2005, Nominted Best Short Film, Montreal World Film Festival
Smalltalk
2002, Best Film, Jameson Student Film Awards
2001, 2nd Place Best First Irish Short, 13th Galway Film Fleadh
Moving Day
2003, 3rd Place Best First Irish Short, 15th Galway Film Fleadh
2002, Nominated for Royal Television Society, Student Television Awards Undergraduate Non-Factual