Dr Díóg O’Connell
Publications
Books include: ‘New Irish Storytellers: Narrative Strategies in Contemporary Film’, Intellect, 2010. ‘Documentary in a Changing State: Ireland since the 1990s’ (ed.) Cork University Press, 2012. In addition I have a wide publication record in peer review papers, chapters in books, critical reviews, conference papers etc.
| Year | |
|---|---|
| Chapter–‘Small Nation / Big Neighbours – Co-producing stories in a European Context’ in European Cinema and Television: Cultural Policy and Everyday Life, edited by Ib Bondebjerg, Andrew Higson and Caroline Pauwels, Palgrave Anthology | 2014 |
| Chapter–‘Irish Film Board – gatekeeper or facilitator: the experience of the Irish Screenwriter’ in Screenwriters and Screenwriting (Ed. Craig Batty), Palgrave Macmillan | 2013 |
| ‘Documentary in a Changing State: Ireland since the 1990s’ (ed.) Cork University Press | 2012 |
| Peer reviewed article–‘Social Realism Re-imagined: Irish Television Drama and the Celtic Tiger’ in Media Education Journal, Summer | 2012 |
| ‘New Irish Storytellers: Narrative Strategies in Contemporary Film’, Intellect | 2010 |
Exhibitions
Film + Television Work – includes member of Writers’ Team for Glenroe, RTE 1997 – 2000.
Research projects
Currently research Ellen O’Mara Sullivan and the Film Company of Ireland (1916-1919) – based on letters she wrote in 1918 / 1919 this study explore to what extent she was involved in the Film Company of Ireland at a creative and business level.
| Year | |
|---|---|
| Ellen O’Mara Sullivan and FCOI | 2016 |
| Irish Female Screenwriters – a history | 2014–2015 |
| Social Capital and the Working Life of the Screenwriter | 2013/14 |
| Irish Cinema and Post-Celtic Ireland | 2012 |
| Script Development Process and Irish Film Board | 2010–2011 |
Lectures/Conferences
I present annually at the Screenwriting Research Network conferences (2006-2016) on current research. Member of European Imaginaries workshops – presented in Copenhagen and Brussels and contributed to publications. Invited speaker University of Vienna (2013) and 1916 Conference NUIG (2016)
| Year | |
|---|---|
| ‘Ellen Sullivan and Film Company of Ireland 1916-1919’, Plenary, 1916 Conference NUIG May | 2016 |
| ‘Social Capital and the Working Life of the Screenwriter’, Screenwriter Research Network, Annual Conference, Potsdam, Germany, October | 2014 |
| ‘Irish Cinema – Post Celtic Tiger’ – invited speaker at the Irish Studies Cultural Group, University of Vienna + Irish Embassy, June | 2012 |
| ‘European Policy and Media Industries: Irish Context’, European Imaginaries Symposium, University of Copenhagen, Oct. | 2010 |
| ‘Irish Cinema and Post-Conflict Films’, Conflicting Visions Conference, IADT, June | 2010 |
Awards + Achievements
- Associate Fellow – GradCam – Graduate School of Creative Arts + Media (Funded by PRTLI) – NCAD, DIT + IADT.
- Scholarship – RTÉ Annual Scholarship for PhD Studies.
- Scholarship – Gregory Peck Scholarship, NYU / UCD Scriptwriting Summer School, 1993.
| Year | |
|---|---|
| Member + Irish representative, ‘European Imaginaries’, University of Copenhagen, International research group | 2010 – present |
| Member – HETAC Register of Expert Panellists (Film, Media + Cultural Studies) | 2010 – present |
| Member of Steering Committee, Screenwriting Research Network – Rethinking Screenwriting Project, International Research Group | 2009 – present |
| Member of Steering Committee to establish the National Film School | 2001-2003 |
| Member of Editorial Board, Film Ireland, published by Film Base, IFI | 1994-1998 |
Other
Reviews, chapters in books, peer review articles, scripts and books.