Gemma Creagh

Biography

Gemma Creagh is a writer and filmmaker. In 2014 she graduated with a First-Class Honours Masters Degree in Writing from the University of Galway. A fan of live performance, Gemma’s play Spoiling Sunset, was staged in Galway as part of the Jerome Hynes One Act Play series in 2014 . Gemma was one of eight playwrights selected for AboutFACE’s 2021 Transatlantic Tales. In Loving Memory of Dan O’Reilly and was also available to watch in January 2022 at the Origin 1st Irish Theatre Festival in New York. Gemma was the creator, writer and co-producer of the five-part comedy Rental Boys for RTÉ’s Storyland. As well as penning all five episodes (which received a total budget of €40,000), she was responsible for directing additional shorts and videos. Since then, she has gone on to write, direct and produce shorts and sketches which have screened at festivals around the world. In 2011 Gemma directed Tough Love which was screened at the Galway Film Fleadh, after which it was chosen by Screen Ireland to play at the International Film Festival Molodist in the Ukraine. She was commissioned to direct the microshort film, After You by Filmbase and Temple Bar Cultural Trust, as part of the Made in Temple Bar Festival. On other projects, features, live events, advertisements, and TV shows, Gemma has worked across a number of departments. She travelled the country as a production assistant on the TG4 Documentary Scéal na Gaeilge, was a prop buyer on the Screen Ireland Short, Barry’s Bespoke Bakery and regularly shot and edited corporate videos for the countrywide Jobs Expos. Promoting diversity and gender parity are very important to her ethos, and she was the Project Manager for the Irish Chapter Women in FIlm and TV for almost six years before finishing up in February 2024. Gemma has penned articles for magazines, industry websites and national newspapers and works as the Associate Editor for Film Ireland Magazine. She’s a contributor to RTÉ Radio One’s Arena on occasion. She co-wrote a feature film with writing partner Mo O’Connell, Fair Game was commissioned under Screen Ireland’s Spotlight Development Scheme. One of the chosen Axis Assemble artists in 2021, Gemma developed a play - Old Town - with Axis Theatre Pop-lit department and the support of the Arts Council’s Agility Fund. A section of this work was performed February 2022 at the axis Assemble:Works in Progress showcase. Gemma’s play, The Last Trip to Tipp, was commissioned by Barnstorm Theatre and performed at Kilkenny Arts Festival in 2023. Her first funded short as Writer/Director was supported under the dlr First Frames funding scheme. Her comedy/horror short film Conveyance premiered at the Galway Film Fleadh 2024. This has screened at Indie Cork, Kerry International Film Festival, and Bleeding Pig Film Festival. Conveyance will have its international premiere at the Fright Fest Short Film Showcase at Glasgow Film Festival and is the only non-UK title in the line up. The film won Best Cinematography at Monzo Film Festival and will screen later in the year at LA Comedy Festival.