Biografía

After graduating from college, he was torn between his love for film and Philosophy. He did both by making 16mm films and studying at Stanford University in California in 1991.

Directed one Oscar winning performance: Brie Larson in La Habitacion (2015).

He listed the following 10 films as his favorite in 2012's 'Sight and Sound' poll: Barry Lyndon (1975), Moartea domnului Lazarescu (2005) ["The Death of Mr. Lazarescu"], El enigma de Gaspar Hauser (1974) ["The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser"], Caché. El observador oculto (2005) ["Hidden"], El asesinato de un apostador (1976), Un condenado a muerte se escapa (1956) ["A Man Escaped"], La chica de la fábrica de cerillas (1990) ["The Match Factory Girl"], El espejo (1975) ["Mirror"], My Childhood (1972), El silencio (1963) ["The Silence"].

He graduated from Trinity College Dublin, with a first class honours degree in Philosophy.

One of the short 16 mm films he made was called 3 Joes (1991). It went on to win the Best European Short award at the Cork film festival, the Audience Award at the Galway film fleadh and the Organiser's Award at the Oberhausen short film festival.