About

Known credits:
23
Birthday:
1958-06-11
Place of birth:
Truro, Cornwall, England, UK
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Paul Donovan

Overview

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.

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Production
2025 Video Nasty Production Executive Producer N/A
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2024 I'm Yours Production Executive Producer N/A
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2023 Northern Lights Production Producer 69
Fair
2020 The South Westerlies Production Executive Producer 68
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2020 Dead Still Production Producer 69
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2020 Four Kids and It Production Producer 59
Average
2018 Seanie & Flo Production Producer N/A
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2017 Nowhere Fast Production Executive Producer 69
Fair
2017 Halal Daddy Production Producer 58
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2014 Amber Production Producer 67
Fair
2012 Moone Boy Production Executive Producer 72
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2011 Death of a Superhero Production Executive Producer 60
Fair
2010 Hardy Bucks Production Producer 69
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2009 Val Falvey, TD Production Producer N/A
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2007 Puffball Production Producer 58
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2006 Dead Long Enough Production Producer 58
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2003 Spin the Bottle Production Producer 58
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2001 Mapmaker Production Producer N/A
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2000 Accelerator Production Executive Producer 58
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2000 Paths to Freedom Production Producer 69
Fair
1999 Blessed Fruit Production Producer 58
Average
1992 The Visit Production Producer N/A
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Irish Blood Production Executive Producer N/A
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