BIOGRAPHIE

Lochlainn McKenna is a director and writer from Cork City, Ireland. He is currently living and working out of London. McKenna works predominantly in advertising and has directed TV ads for brands such as Specsavers, Tesco, Guinness and Sky amongst many others. He has shot in several countries across the world including Ethiopia and Ukraine and has directed commercials for the US, UK and Irish markets. He’s also directed music videos for the likes of Westlife and Keane and his music video work for Daithí was nominated for a UKMVA as well as winning him the ‘Best New Director’ Award at the prestigious Kinsale Shark Awards. Narratively, he’s directed 3 short films. The last of which was a one shot break-up film called Boxed Up - told from the perspective of a box as it traded hands between a couple as they parted ways for the final time. In 2020 McKenna wrote a short story entitled Guinness & Coke which was nominated for the RTÉ Francis McManus Short Story competition. He has since made it into a film. The now entitled, Two For The Road, is his 3rd short film and is based on his own tumultuous weekends as a child with his alcoholic, vagabond father. He’s currently working on developing that story into a book and, furthermore, a feature film. McKenna is one of only a few hundred filmmakers to be chosen by Filmsupply to be one of their premium supply partners.

FILMOGRAPHIE

• 2023 Two for the Road Réalisation, Référent(e), Scénario, Scénario adapté de, Scénario, Scénario adapté de, Scénario, Scénario adapté de
• 2015 Pockets Réalisation, Référent(e), Vente, Scénario, Scénario, Scénario
• 2013 Monday Night on Friday Hill Production, Référent(e), Vente