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Paul Donovan

ProducerExecutive Producer
Paul has produced some of the most successful Irish TV comedy of recent years including International Emmy winner Moone Boy starring Chris O’Dowd, a co-production with Baby Cow for Sky; Monte Carlo nominated Trivia; Val Falvey and Stew, winner of both IFTA and Celtic Film and Television awards. In addition he has produced the feature films Wide Open Spaces (2008, World Sales E1) starring Ewen Bremner and Ardal O’Hanlon; Dead Long Enough (2005), starring Michael Sheen; Mapmaker (2001, ZDF/ARTE); and The Last Bus Home (1996, Beyond Films). Current productions include Sham, a feature film to be directed by Peter Cattaneo (The Full Monty) and co-produced by Baby Cow and Daguerreotype, a 6 x 1 Hour TV series written by John Morton. Paul is Executive Producer on Deadpan’s recent productions: Halal Daddy, an Irish culture clash comedy released in summer 2017; Alison Spittle’s new comedy series Nowhere Fast, which aired to critical acclaim in late 2017 and Can’t Cope Won’t Cope which was broadcast on RTE in 2016 and series 2 of which wrapped in late 2017. Deadpan Pictures are currently developing TV Hour comedy drama projects through their First Look deal with Kew Media and also half-hour comedy with BBC WW. Paul founded Grand Pictures with Michael Garland in 2000 and exec produced Paths to Freedom, Fergus’s Wedding, Spin the Bottle, Puffball, Death of a Superhero and Legend of Longwood. He re-branded his wing of the company to Deadpan Pictures in 2014. He is a graduate of ACE, EAVE, ARISTA and Screen Leaders. Links

11-06-1958

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Truro, Cornwall, England, UK

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I'm Yours

I'm Yours

Zo is a high-flying solicitor in Ireland’s top law firm, but she’s harbouring a secret: she’s engaged to a man she’s never met, who her Pakistani parents have picked. When Zo’s colleagues spot her engagement ring, her Pakistani and Irish identities collide. Zo is vague on details but with decision-time fast approaching, Zo decides to break with tradition, and meet her fiancé before they get married. Will the man of her dreams live up to Zo's expectations... or will he be himself?
0.0

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2024

Four Kids and It

Four Kids and It

A group of kids on holiday in Cornwall meet a magical creature on the beach with the power to grant wishes.
6.2

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2020

Seanie & Flo

Seanie & Flo

Seanie is a lonely, borderline delusional man who empties bins on the sparse stretches of motorways that haven’t been populated with service stations yet. He’s also responsible for picking up the rubbish that is illegally dumped around the outskirts of the town. Flo is a belligerent teenage girl on her first day doing community service for spraying graffiti around the town. Today is their first day working together and their attitudes to both rubbish and art couldn’t be any more different. When they catch a couple illegally dumping on a roadside, a feverish chase ensues. Seanie & Flo is a short comedy about learning when to break the rules.
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2018

Halal Daddy

Halal Daddy

While managing a run down abattoir, young Muslim Raghdan Aziz stumbles through cultural chaos and generational conflicts, dealing with enraged fathers, stoned buddies and an alleged ex-lover of his girlfriend.
6.2

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2017

Death of a Superhero

Death of a Superhero

A dying 15-year-old boy draws stories of an invincible superhero as he struggles with his mortality.
6.9

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2011

Puffball

Puffball

Powerful supernatural forces are unleashed when a young architect becomes pregnant after moving to an isolated and mysterious valley to build a house.
3.7

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2007

Dead Long Enough

Dead Long Enough

Two brothers from Wales on a stag night return to a small village in Donegal where they spent a working holiday 16 years previously. There they bump in to an old flame and a series of mishaps and misunderstandings reignite old passions and throw their lives into confusion.
6.0

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2006

Spin the Bottle

Spin the Bottle

Rats is released from prison and needs to make some money; fast. To his dismay, things have changed dramatically during his absence; his mother no longer has time for him and his ex-bandmates alike. He wishes to help donate towards his obese aunty's trip to Lourdes. He struggles to find a job, yet never fails to find himself in a difficult situation.
7.0

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2003

Mapmaker

Mapmaker

Hired to draw a map of tourist sites in a small Northern Ireland town, cartographer Richie Markey (Brian F. O'Byrne) uncovers a dark secret and realizes that his map may hold the key to the mysterious disappearance of another surveyor. The missing man had been accused of informing on two IRA soldiers, and when Markey discovers his body, it doesn't take long for him to draw the conclusion that he may be next on the group's list.
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2001

Accelerator

Accelerator

In this action picture from Ireland, Johnny T (Stuart Sinclair Blyth) from Belfast makes his living stealing cars but wants to get out of the business while luck is still on his side. However, he's been having troubles with Whacker (Gavin Kelty), a thief from Dublin who wants to take his piece of the business -- and his girlfriend. To settle their differences, the two agree to take part in a Dublin to Belfast road race, with Johnny, Whacker, and several others stealing a fleet of cars for an off-the-books rally.
5.5

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2000

Blessed Fruit

Blessed Fruit

An irreverent nativity tale in which a woman seeks divine intervention when she thinks she is pregnant but is unsure who the father is.
7.0

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1999

The Visit

The Visit

While on her way to confess a secret to her husband in prison, a woman reflects on the recent years in her life. Set in Belfast during the Troubles, newlywed Sheila Molloy is awoken suddenly one morning when her husband is arrested and sent to prison for 20 years. From then on, her life is changed forever, and she struggles to come to terms with her new situation. Sentenced to a solitary life, Sheila attempts to redefine her identity. She begins an affair with another man and must choose whether to remain loyal to her husband.
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1992