Dean Kavanagh

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1989-07-10 (36 years old)

Place of Birth

Dublin, Ireland

Dean Kavanagh

Biography

Dean Kavanagh is an experimental filmmaker from Ireland. Over the past 14 years, he has created 70 shorts and 6 feature films. His cinema intricately forges a new relationship between contemporary and legacy media formats, while combining materialist film methodologies with a focus on narrative structures. This work has been described as part of an important new direction in Irish cinema and has been screened at film festivals and cultural institutions internationally. His filmmaking is supported by the Arts Council of Ireland.

Production

2022

Hole in the Head

as Director

2011

In Passing

as Cinematography

2011

In Passing

as Director

2015

Ten Years In The Sun

as Makeup Artist

2014

Forbidden Symmetries

as Sound Designer

2014

2009

Poor Edward

as Director

2010

2010

The Distance

as Director

2011

2012

Good Evening

as Director

2011

Last Sunday

as Director

2011

Detritus

as Director

2013

Backmatter (2)

as Director

2012

Backmatter (1)

as Director

2012

Abandon

as Director

2014

2012

Maritime

as Director

2012

Nocturnum

as Director

2013

2015

Cut to the Chase

as Director

2015

Ten Years In The Sun

as Director of Photography

2009

Good Arrows

as Writer

2013

A Harbour Town

as Cinematography

2013

A Harbour Town

as Director

2013

2022

2014

2015

Cloud of Skin

as Producer

2017

Animal Kingdom

as Co-Producer

2017

Animal Kingdom

as Director

2017

Animal Kingdom

as Sound Editor

2013

2017

Animal Kingdom

as Cinematography

2017

2015

Polar Nights

as Director

2013

History of Water

as Director

2017

2015

Polar Nights

as Writer

2011

Shellshock

as Cinematography

2013

All Mortal Flesh

as Cinematography

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