Crackplot

Youtuber John D. Ruddy produces videos about Irish and world history. He released his second book, ‘Manny Man does revolutionary Ireland, 1916 to 1923’, this autumn. The Donegal native has had blinding success online, amassing over 17 million views and over 100,000 subscribers on YouTube alone. Here, he talks about politics, history and his new book Manny Man Does Revolutionary Ireland.

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Filmmaker Carl Finnegan talks about his entry into film making, his first movie Two Gallants, which was adapted from a James Joyce story. Read the Crackplot article here: https://crackplot.com/2014/11/03/carl-finnegan-filmmaker-interview/

Alex Fegan is a filmmaker whose documentary ‘The Irish Pub’ recieved attention globally. I speak to him about how he got into film as well as the production company he co-founded, Snackbox films, that helps others get into film as well. Read Crackplot article here: https://crackplot.com/2014/11/05/interview-alex-fegan-from-snackbox-films/

Daniel Condon and Daniel Holmwood, co-writers/directors of the short film Downside up about a a brother who is his brothers carer. They talk about making their first film together. Read the Crackplot interview here: https://crackplot.com/2014/11/05/daniel-condon-daniel-holmwood-interview/

Kamila Dydyna, an actor, writer and producer living in Dublin, A real mover and shaker in the Dublin film industry who has bucketloads of projects on the go at the moment. Read the full interview on Crackplot here: https://crackplot.com/2014/12/06/kamila-dydyna-interview-testimony-positive-discrimination/

Filmmaker Bertie Brosnan is promoting his latest work ‘SINEATER‘. I spoke to him about why he got into film, his experience on the US film scene and the positive attention he received from the Cannes film festival for his film ‘Jacob Wrestling The Angel‘. Read the Crackplot article here: https://crackplot.com/2015/02/19/bertie-brosnan-interview/

I interviewed Filmmaker Carla Mooney about the Silk Road Film Festival, an international festival dedicated to creating and bringing films from east to west and forging creative bonds between the two sides. Read the full Crackplot article here: https://crackplot.com/2015/03/18/436/

I speak to young filmmaker Arran Bradstock about how he got into film, where he’s going with it and his latest short ‘The Long Haul‘. Read the full Crackplot article here: https://crackplot.com/2015/03/20/arran-bradstock-interview/

RTE’s Rick O’Shea has been a prolific figure in bringing Literature to the public via the media, whether it be poetry, novels, or, as I found out when I spoke to him, Graphic Novels/Comic Books. Read the Crackplot article here: https://crackplot.com/2015/05/15/rick-oshea-on-arts-literature-and-comic-book-culture/

Fight Back Films founder Richard Keaney spoke about setting up a production company, making films, and his latest short ‘Late Arrivals’.

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Sonya Kelly is an Irish actress and comedienne who’s worked in theatres in Ireland, the UK, the US and beyond. She is midway through promoting her latest show ‘How To Keep an Alien’, an autobiographical story of how she tries to get a Visa for her partner Kate. She has also appeared on television in ‘The Savage Eye’ . Read the Crackplot interview here: https://crackplot.com/2015/10/09/sonya-kelly-interview/

Shane Collins is an animator at Brown Bag Films. He was the lead Animator on Academy nominated short film ‘Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty’. He’s just after directing a sequel to successful viral short ‘Trouble In Paradise’ and he’s involved in Brown Bag’s new project with Amazon. Read the Crackplot article here: https://crackplot.com/2015/06/10/shane-collins-of-brown-bag-films/

Singer Neev Kennedy and guitarist David Payne spoke to Ryan McBride on Barometer about her journey into music, playing in festivals like Electric Picnic and Knockanstockan, and how she ended up on Dutch Trance tracks.

Singer Neev Kennedy and guitarist David Payne spoke to Ryan McBride on Barometer about her journey into music, playing in festivals like Electric Picnic and Knockanstockan, and how she ended up on Dutch Trance tracks.

By day he works in the outdoor activities industry. By night he is folk singer-songwriter that performs under the name ‘Native Oak’. See Crackplot article here: http://crackplot.com/2015/09/15/adam-cross-of-native-oak-interview/

Mike O’Leary, writer of TG4’s teen comedy-drama ‘Eipic’.

Kiefer McGinn is a filmmaker from Wicklow who will have his work featured on BBC3’s ‘The Fear’, a competition featuring a raft of young filmmakers battling out out for the best horror film.

Irwin Sparkes is the frontman of chart-topping rock band The Hoosiers. See full Crackplot article here: https://crackplot.com/2015/09/10/irwin-sparkes-of-the-hoosiers-interview/