The Filmmaker’s Playbook

Welcome to episode #14 of The Filmmaker's Playbook , hosted by writer-director Jason Branagan. -- On today’s show I talk to director, Jermain Julien. Jermain has directed TV series like Grantchester, Death in Paradise, Casualty, Holby City, Wolfblood, Vera and more. -- In our conversation Jermain shares how he transitioned from 2nd ADing to directing some of the UK's most well-known TV series, the...

Welcome to episode #13 of The Filmmaker's Playbook, hosted by writer-director Jason Branagan. -- On today’s show I talk to 1st Assistant Director, Ger Duffy. Ger’s credits include KIN, Game of Thrones, Normal People, Witness Number 3, Smother, Blackshore and much more.  -- In our conversation we talk about the importance of a good 1st AD, what the role actually involves and how an AD solves the pu...

Welcome to episode #12 of The Filmmaker's Playbook, hosted by writer-director Jason Branagan. -- On today’s show I talk to actor, Amanda Abbington. Amanda’s credits include BBC’s 'Sherlock', the Netflix Number 1 series 'Desperate Measures', Harlan Coben’s smash hit original series, 'SAFE', 'Mr. Selfridge', 'Wolfe' and more.  -- In our conversation Amanda shares her advice for young actors and we d...

Welcome to episode #11 of The Filmmaker's Playbook, hosted by writer-director Jason Branagan. -- On today’s show I talk to producer Julie Ryan. Julie’s work includes feature films like 'The Young Offenders', 'Christmas Perfection', 'A Bend in the River', 'Finding You' and 'I Never Cry'. Her television credits include Netflix number one shows like 'Desperate Measures' and 'Maxine' as well as acclai...

Welcome to the The Filmmaker's Playbook, hosted by writer-director Jason Branagan. My guest today is actor Elva Trill. Since we recorded this episode Elva has been nominated for a Best Actress IFTA (TV Drama) for her performance as Áine in Stephen Jones’ 'Northern Lights'. Some of Elva’s other credits include 'Red Rock', 'Line of Duty' and 'Jurassic World Dominion'.  In our conversation we discuss...

Welcome to the The Filmmaker's Playbook, hosted by writer-director Jason Branagan. My guest today is actor and writer Stephen Jones. Stephen’s television series, Northern Lights, in which he plays the lead, Lloyd, has just been nominated for 4 IFTAs including Best Drama, and Best Script for Stephen himself. Some of Stephen’s other credits include Love/Hate, KIN, Nowhere Fast and Red Rock as well a...

Welcome to the The Filmmaker's Playbook, hosted by writer-director Jason Branagan. My guest today is actor Emmett J. Scanlan. Emmett has just been nominated for an IFTA for his performance as Jimmy Kinsella in the AMC drama series, 'KIN'. Other credits include Netflix’s smash hit, ‘Fool Me Once’, ITV’s ‘The Tower’, Harlan Coben’s ‘Safe’, ‘Peaky Blinders’ and ‘The Fall’ amongst others. On today’s s...

Welcome to the The Filmmaker's Playbook, hosted by writer-director Jason Branagan. Today, my guest is HETV director Steve Hughes. Steve has directed some amazing TV series. Some of his credits include 'Doctor Who', 'Casualty', 'Midsomer Murders', 'Miss Scarlet and the Duke', 'Death in Paradise' and 'Creeped Out'. On today’s show we talk about the benefits of his background in editing, the importan...

Welcome to the The Filmmaker's Playbook, hosted by writer-director Jason Branagan. This episode features an interview with actor Laurence O'Fuarain. Laurence led Netflix's 'The Witcher' prequel series, 'The Witcher: Blood Origin' playing the axe-wielding warrior, Fjall. Other credits include 'Can’t Cope, Won’t Cope' and RTÉ's 'Rebellion'. Laurence can currently be seen starring in Guy Ritchie’s 'T...

Welcome to the The Filmmaker's Playbook, hosted by writer-director Jason Branagan. This episode features an interview with Megan K. Fox. Megan's work includes the award-winning short films 'The Shift' and 'Cailín Álainn' as well as RTÉ's 'Fair City', BBC's 'Eastenders' and the brand new Channel 5 thriller, 'Too Good To Be True' starring Allen Leech and Kara Tointon. In today's episode we discuss t...

Welcome to the The Filmmaker's Playbook, hosted by writer-director Jason Branagan. This episode features an interview with Maurice O'Carroll and Sinead O'Riordan. Maurice is a writer-director-editor and Sinead is an actor-producer and they have been collaborating together for over 10 years. Both Maurice and Sinead have been nominated for the prestigious Discovery Award at Dublin International Film...

Welcome to the The Filmmaker's Playbook, hosted by writer-director Jason Branagan. This episode features an interview with Rob Higgins and Paddy McGiveny. Rob and Paddy and two of Ireland's most exciting filmmakers. Their debut feature film, Lakelands won Best Irish Feature at the Galway Film Fleadh, was nominated for 4 IFTA Awards, won Best Narrative Feature at Kerry Film Festival and was named B...

Welcome to the The Filmmaker's Playbook, hosted by writer-director Jason Branagan. This episode features an interview with Stephen Shields. Stephen is an acclaimed screenwriter. After winning RTÉ's Storyland in 2010 with his webseries 'Zombie Bashers' Stephen went on to write on RTÉ's flagship comedy show 'The Republic of Telly', where he was the longest-serving writer. He was nominated for two Ir...

Welcome to the premiere episode of The Filmmaker's Playbook, hosted by writer-director Jason Branagan. This episode features an interview with Diarmuid Goggins, an award-winning director renowned for his work on popular TV shows like 'Casualty', 'Silent Witness', 'Bulletproof', AMC's crime drama series 'KIN' and the number 1 Netflix series, 'Witness Number 3'. Diarmuid shares insights into his jou...