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

GOOD OLD DAYS - 2008 - SHORT / 13m

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)