About

Sinead O’Brien is a multi-award winning director, producer and non-fiction author with a career that has spanned over twenty years.   During this time she has collaborated with Screen Ireland, BBC, Sky Arts, Northern Ireland Screen, RTE, Virgin Media, TG4, the BAI and NRK on a range of documentary films.   Sinead O'Brien has co-authored two critically acclaimed non-fiction books. Left for Dead with Nick Ward was named Sunday Times Sports Book of the Year and nominated for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year in the UK.  It was also named amongst books of the year in The Daily Telegraph, The Mail on Sunday, The Irish Times and The Independent.   Striking Back with Mary Manning was named non-fiction political book (2017) by the Irish Independent. This book is currently being adapted for the stage by renowned US playwright Matt Spangler (The Kite Runner).  Sinead recently attended MIDPOINT TV Writers Room Budapest under the mentorship of Gabor Krigler and Ben Morris.