A BAFTA-winning Executive Producer, Director, and Writer who has worked across the world on high-budget prestige global content, Neasa began her career with a PhD in Film Theory from Trinity College Dublin, after winning a Double First and a scholarship to the Universität der Künste Berlin. Her strong cinematic sensibility quickly led her to international prominence as a sought-after leader producing emotionally powerful and visually stunning work, reaching audiences across the world. Neasa was awarded an IFTA in 2016 and a BAFTA in 2010 and in 2017, amongst other prizes. Her feature film Sea Fever premiered in the Discovery strand on the opening night of TIFF 2019. A fluent English, German, Irish and French speaker, Neasa is a voting member of the DGA, the WGA and BAFTA. Neasa is closely engaged with emerging technologies, exploring the implications and opportunities of Generative AI for future content creation and disruptive business models. She sits on the Board of Ireland’s national broadcaster RTÉ, as well as on the Board of Ireland’s most prestigious university, Trinity College Dublin, established 1592.
