Ciarán Ó Cofaigh
Ciarán Ó Cofaigh is an Irish film director and producer. Biography. A native of Ráth Cairn, County Meath, but now resident in Indreabhán, County Galway, Ó Cofaigh has worked in the Irish film and broadcast industry for almost thirty years, and is co-founder and managing director of "ROSG". He began by enrolling on a producer/director course established by Údarás na Gaeltachta and RTÉ. Following this he worked freelance on productions for RTÉ and BBC NI. Ciarán is an experienced producer/director/animator, both in film and television. Amongst his award-winning productions are the feature  film "Cré na Cille (Graveyard Clay)"; the supernatural thriller series, "Na Cloigne (The Heads)", the animate series "Scéal na Gaeilge (The Story of the Irish Language/Gaelic)",the thriller series "An Bronntanas (The Gift)" and the docu-drama feature "Murdair Mhám Trasna (The Mám Trasna Murders)". Ciarán is currently in production on the feature docu-drama, "Avenger Ghaoth Dobhair (Gaoth Dobhair Avenger)". He co-founded "ROSG" (Old Irish "rosg", meaning "eye") in 1998, a film and television company based in An Spidéal. "ROSG" has since produced a wide variety of films, drama, documentaries and even animations, winning national and international awards  for their work. He also co-founded and produced the "Siol Scéal" initiative of short films, a development scheme established by "ROSG" and "Eo Teilifís" to promote new talented writers and directors. From this scheme 24 half-hour short films have been produced and broadcast to date. Ciarán has also tutored in Television and Broadcasting in University College Galway. Ó Cofaigh produced an adaptation of the novel "Cré na Cille", by Máirtín Ó Cadhain, starring Bríd Ní Neachtain. It was viewed at a number of Irish and global film festivals such as the Shanghai International Film Festival. Ciarán Ó Cofaigh