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DRAMA
2009
Psych Ward - 6 x 7 mins
An online drama series for RTE, commissioned as part of their Storyland scheme.

2008
Danger High Voltage – 10 mins
1st Place - Best First Short Film - Galway Film Fleadh 2008 Official Selection - Palm Springs Film Festival
Official Selection - London Short Film Festival
Official Selection - Boston Irish Film Festival

A story of two people whose paths cross at the Electric Picnic Festival in Stradbally

Monitor – 6 mins
Broadcast On RTE One/Screened In Meeting House Square
An exploration of three stories of urban tension through music and movement.

FACTUAL
2008
Series Director – Room To Improve Series 2, Coco TV/RTE One Directing an eight-part follow-up to the highly successful show on how to extend and redesign your home with architect Dermot Bannon (Househunters) TX: June 2008

Director – No Place Like Home, Motive/RTE One
Directing a 26 minute episode of the successful documentary series on immigrants in Ireland. Location shoot in Thailand

2007
Series Director – Room To Improve/RTE One
Directing a six-part series on how to extend and redesign your home with architect Dermot Bannon (Househunters) TX: June 2007

Director – No Place Like Home, Motive/RTE One
Directing a 26 minute episode of the successful documentary series on immigrants in Ireland. Location shoot in Senegal.

Series Producer: Trisha Canning
Creative Director – StreetSkills TV, Random Thoughts Media
Producer: Daire Whelan

Editor – The Rossport Story, SOS /Al-Jazeera Intl.
Edited and supervised postproduction on a documentary about the anti-Shell protest in Rossport for People & Power

2006
Editor/Camera – The Rebranding of Sinn Fein, SOS /Al-Jazeera Intl.
Edited, shot B-Roll and supervised postproduction on a documentary for Al-Jazeera’s People & Power show.
Director – Eco Eye, Earth Horizon/RTE One
Directing a 26-minute show on Ireland’s transport crisis with Ireland’s leading environmental broadcaster, Duncan Stewart.

Director – Seoige & O’Shea, Tyrone Productions/RTE One
Directing VT packages for a dynamic and high-profile daytime chat show. Was with the project through the whole launch process, designed workflows for VT management and self-edited on Final Cut Pro using YouTube for editorial signoffs.

Director/Editor – ParkLive, Motive/RTE Two
Directed and edited inserts for the popular live GAA chat show.

Director – About The House, Earth Horizon/RTE One
Directing packages for About The House, Ireland’s top home and building show with Duncan Stewart

Director– That Was Then, This Is Now, Animo/ RTE One
Directed the media and sport sections of a major documentary on changes in Ireland society since 1986. Available on YouTube – search for Luke McManus.
Series Producers: Adrian Lynch/Cilian Fennell

Director – HQ : The Holiday Quiz, Vision Independent Productions/RTE One
Directed an episode of the popular Holiday Quiz show presented by Sean Moncrieff.
Series Producer: Philip Kampff

Producer/Director – No Frontiers, Frontier Films/RTE One
Directing for Ireland’s leading travel programme on location in the US.
Series Producer: Gerald Heffernan

2005

Director – About The House, Earth Horizon/ RTE One
Directing packages for About The House, Ireland’s top home and building show with Duncan Stewart
Series Producer: Duncan Stewart

Producer/Director – No Frontiers, Frontier Films/RTE One
Directing for Ireland’s leading travel programme on location in Italy and Japan
Series Producer: Gerald Heffernan

2004
Director – What?!Movie / RTE One
Directed inserts for Dave Fanning’s popular movie show
Series Producer: Mike Smyth

2001
Producer/Director, Sampler/RTE Two
Produced, directed and edited Sampler, a blend of new talent, underground culture and mini-documentaries.
Winner of the 2003 IFTA Award for specialist documentary
Series Producer: Eugene Murray

1999
Producer, The Million Dollar Deal/ RTE One
Produced a successful True Lives documentary on Irish players at the World Series Of Poker in Las Vegas, screened first on RTE One and then sold to 14 international clients.

NEW MEDIA
2006
Director – Dunphy’s Last Word On Football, Random Thoughts Media/3 Mobile
Directed and edited a pioneering show for 3 Mobile’s 3G video service. Directed multicamera shoot, designed and specced the full technical workflow from shoot through cut, grade, graphics and final delivery – with a 6 hour turnaround from shoot to air.

2001-2002


Producer– RTE Interactive
Produced multimedia projects, including award-winning self-operated television series Sampler.

1997-2001
Producer, RTE News Online

Established RTE News Online, Ireland’s leading multimedia news website. I established a comprehensive online breaking news service, complete with media streaming of RTE News’s TV and radio output.

TELEVISION PROMOTIONS
2003-2005
Promotions Producer – RTE Television
Directed numerous promotions for RTE Television, including work on the rebranding of RTE Two, a Premiership Football launch campaign (16mm) and was creative director on graphically-based campaigns (Football In April, The Confederations Cup), along with many digibeta shoots.
Winner of the EBU Connect Award for Best Seasonal Campaign for Christmas on Two, an extensive campaign of promos for RTE Two’s season of Christmas movies, entertainment and music.

EDUCATION
MA In Interactive Media -1995
Dublin Institute Of Technology/Royal College of Art

BA In Economics & Politics (2.1) – 1994
Trinity College, Dublin


Summary

Luke McManus is a director and producer based in Dublin.

He can be contacted by email at lukemcmanus //at// g mail dot com


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