Seamus McNally is a New York/Berlin- NRW based filmmaker. He additionally coaches actors and consults directors internationally.
Recent coaching projects: Black Mirror, Roots, Vinyl, Orange is the New Black, The Night Of, Too Old To Die Young, Clarice, Star Trek – Strange New Worlds, Book of Clarence, Go Ahead Brother, Viva La Madness, Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.
As Director:
Psychological Thriller
Selected for European Works In Progress / Hamburg 2025
Currently in Post-Production
Slated for Release: 2027
ORESTES
Drama / Fantasy / Mystery
Proof of Concept
Currently in Active Development
Co-Directed with Trine Pill.
Drama / Thriller
Official Selection: Fantastic Fest, SEMINCI / Valladolid IFF
Nominated by Danish Film Academy: Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Youth Film
PENDULUM
(Series in Development)
Thriller / Mystery
Proof of Concept
Currently in Active Development
EXCHANGE PLACE - 2015 - SHORT / 12m
Drama / Love Story
With: Michael Gladis, Angela Dee
ECSTASY - 2013 - Proof of Concept / 5m
Drama / Love Story
Excerpts from an adaptation of the stage play by Mike Leigh
With: Angela Dee, Victor Villar-Hauser
Dark Comedy
With: Nick Sandow, Greg Keller
TO PAINT THE PORTRAIT OF A BIRD - 2007 - SHORT / 15m
(Poem by Jacques Prévert / Trans. Lawrence Ferlinghetti)
Magical Realism
Official Selection: Montreal WFF, Woodstock, Mill Valley, Avignon / New York Film Festival (Best Short Film)