KATHRYN O'REILLY - Assistant Director
CONTACT: Kelly Spearman at Sara Putt Associates Tel: 01932 571044
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Experience with Children (DBS checked) High profile actors / Small & Medium Crowds / Animals /
Musicians / Dancers / Vehicles / Weapons / Stunts
Proficient in Move Magic Scheduling & Final Draft
TRAINING / EDUCATION / RELEVANT COURSES
VIDEO, FILM & TELEVISION PRODUCTION - BRIT SCHOOL
OTHER RELEVANT TRAINING / EDUCATION / COURSES
MA (distinction) SCRIPTWRITING - UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX
BA hons. in DRAMA - LAMDA (London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art) 3 year
ACADEMY DRAMA SCHOOL 2yr part time
SCRIPTWRITING for FILM & TV - NFTS - ScreenSkills funded
ROYAL COURT YOUNG WRITERS PROGRAMME
CRITICAL READING - OXFORD UNIVERSITY FURTHER ED
STAGEONE NEW PRODUCERS WORKSHOP
East15 Acting School Devised Theatre Summer Course
Skill Development through Shakespeare RADA at the Old Vic
NATIONAL YOUTH THEATRE
RELEVANT EXPEREINCE
Theatre technician - Includes; Paul Robeson Theatre, Rhoda McGaw Theatre,
Stage Coach, Italia Conti
Drama workshop leader
TELEVISION EXPERIENCE
PA - LWT (London Weekend Television)
ARCHIVE ADMINISTRATOR - ITV SPORT
PRODUCTION SECRETARY - CHAMPIONS LEAGUE HIGHLIGHTS
FIRST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
DEEP FAKE NEIGHBOUR WARS - Series 1 - 6x Eps (Television)
Directors: Spencer Jones, Tenisha White, Tom Vinnicombe
Head of Production: Trudy Coleman
Producer: Ali MacPhail
Line Producer: Kirsten Stoddart
Company: Tiger Aspect / ITV
Cast includes: Katia Kvinge, Yiannis Vassilakis, Luke Kempner, Al Foran
First Assistant Director
COUNT ABDULLA - Series 1 - 6x Eps (Television)
Director: Asim Abbasi
Head of Production: Suzanne Knight
Producer: Husain Casey-Ahmed
Line Producer: Ludy Goldberg
Company: Fudge Park Productions / ITV Comedy
First Assistant Director
THE COCKFIELDS series II (pick up week) (Television)
Director: Simon Hynd
Exec Prod: Lucy Lumsden
Producer: John Rushton
Company: Yellow Door Productions
DOP: Duncan Telford
Cast includes: Gregor Fisher, Sue Johnston, Joe Wilkinson, Susannah Fielding, Ben Rufus Green
First Assistant Director Daily
SUCH BRAVE GIRLS (Television Pilot Episode)
Director: Marco Alessi
Exec Prod: Stephen McCrum
Producer: Simon Mayhew-Archer
Company: Camden Productions
Cast includes: Kat Sadler, Amy Trigg, Paul Bazely
First Assistant Director
STATUES NEVER DIE (Art Video Installation - exhibiting at Tate Britain 2023)
Director: Isaac Julien
Producer: Angie Daniell
DOP: Nina Kellgren
Company: JN Films
Cast: André Holland, Sharlene Whyte, Leah Harvey
First Assistant Director UK
FIFTY-FOUR DAYS (Short Film)
Director: Phoebe Torrance
Producer: Dayo Moshood & Ella Greenwood
Company: Broken Flames & Kusini Productions
DOP: Courtney Bennett
Production Designer: Philippa Mumford
Cast: Celia Imrie, Juliet Cowan, Delroy Brown, Cat White, Joshua Williams
First Assistant Director
CERES (Short FIlm)
Director: Amelia Sears
Producer: Cat White
Company: Kusini Productions
DOP: Lorena Pages
Production Designer: Ellie Jones
Cast: Juliet Stevenson, Hannah Morrish
First Assistant Director
175 (Short Film)
Director: Kasra Karimi
Producers: Kasra Karimi, Kathryn O'Reilly
Company: Stranger Than Paradise Productions
DOP: Arushi Chugh
Cast: Lizzy McInnerny, Suzanna Hamilton, Brian Croucher,
Kerry Washington, Mark Edel-Hunt, Francesca Zoutewelle
First Assistant Director
DOES YOUR CONDOM MAKE YOU FAT? (Short Film)
Director: Sophie King
Producers: Siona Davis, Cat White
Company: F5-Films
DOP: Carmen Pellon
First Assistant Director
THE GIRL WITH THE HAUNTED VAGINA (Short Film)
Director: Samantha O'Rourke
Producer: Rachel Wilson
Company: Panad Productions / BFI funded
DOP: Samira Oberberg
Cast: Ian Gain, Sophie Duker, Scott Gutteridge, Declan Baxter, Amber Conrad
First Assistant Director
MEASURE (Short Film)
Directors: Helen Simmons & Julia Cranney
Producers: Cat White, Savvy Power
Company: Mountain Way Pictures / BFI funded
DOP: Arushi Chugh
Cast: Angus Imrie, Lydia Rose Bewley, Callie Cooke, RebekahMurrell
First Assistant Director
A VERY SHORT FILM ABOUT LONGING (Short Film)
Director: Eimear McBride
Producers: Theo Barrowclough, Kareem Adeshina, Kate Phibbs
Company: DMC Film & BBC Films
DOP: Sverre Sordal
Cast: Joe Alwyn, Natalia Kostrazewa, Adam Hypki, Lashay Anderson,
Sophie Cartman, Spanne Anderson
First Assistant Director
LUMBU (Short Film)
Director: Billy Dosanjh
Producers: Kurban Kassam & Laura Wilkinson
Company: Raucous Films & BBC Films
DOP: Joseph Guy
Cast: Shaan Akhtar, Nirinder Samra, Ethan Kudhail, Charlotte Knowles, Shipra Jain Khanna
First Assistant Director
BROKEN GARGOYLES (Short Film)
Director: Freddy Carter
Producers: Joey Dawson, Annabel Bates, Karl Man
Company: Reid Productions
DOP: Angela Zoe Neil
Production Designers: Matt Gant & Megan Bosaw
Cast: James Ellis, Rosalind Eleazar, Tom Forbes
First Assistant Director
WHY WOULDN'T I BE? (Short Film)
Director: Ella Greenwood
Producers: Maya Bartley O'Dea & Molly McNamara-Langton
Company: Broken Flames Productions
DOP: Xenia Patricia
Production Designer: Isobel Baker-Smith
Cast: Elizabeth Berrington, Harry Collett, Susan Lawson-Reynolds, Tut Nyuot
First Assistant Director
#HATERS (Short Film)
Directors: Tristan Shepherd & Emilia Teglia
Producer: Emilia Teglia
Company: Odd Eyes Theatre
DOP: Sam Meyer
Production Designer: Elodie Chiper
Cast: Patrick Knowles, Kwabena Ansah, Jordan Duvigneau, Jennie Jacobs, Lola May,
Madeline McQueen, Jordan Peters, Lydia Robinson
First Assistant Director
KARMA (Short Film)
Director: Bizhan Tong
Producers: Kevin Leslie & Bizhan Tong
Company: Phoenix Waters Productions
DOP: Jonty Dawson
Production Designer: Grace Taylor
Cast: John Savage, Kevin Leslie, Cleopatra Wood, Sean Earl McPherson, Sumit Raisinghaney
First Assistant Director
BLIGHTERS (Short Film)
Director: Fred Kelly
Producer: Louis Strong
Company: Santamana Pictures
DOP: Barny Crocker
Production Designer: Erin Green
Cast: Louis Strong, Peter Broad,
Stephen Agnew, Harry Gaff, Jessica Kathryn
Festivals: Winner of Merit best shorts competition
First Assistant Director
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED (Short Film)
Director: David Buchanan
Producer: Oriane Pick
Company: Candid Broads Productions
Cast: Lucy Young, Amit Shah, Leo Andrew Davies,
Ruth Mair Howard-Jones, Kay Secombe, Agatha Ezzedine
First Assistant Director
KNOCK KNOCK (Short Film)
Director: Shian Denovan
Producer: Ramon Ricard
Company: Affecting Films
DOP: Michael Spry
Production Designer: Isobel Baker-Smith
Cast: Charlotte Wyatt
First Assistant Director
THE COPPICE (Short Film)
Director: Thorsten Gritschke
Producers: Imogen Venn & Archie Johnston Stewart
Company: Massey Films
DOP: Edward Massey
Production Designer: Priscila Vailones
Cast: Charlie Archer, Daisy May
First Assistant Director
PERSONAL EFFECTS (Short Film)
Director: Will Webb
Producer: Evie Williams
Line Producer: Fozia Khaliq
Company: Mountain Way Pictures
DOP: Samira Oberberg
Cast: Ellie Duckles, Rebecca Hesketh Smith, Gretta Bradley, Flynn Allen
First Assistant Director
THE PLUNGE (Short FIlm)
Director: Adam Nelki
Producer: Vincent Kavanagh
Company: Deep Seat Productions
DOP: Finbar Somers
Cast: Georgina Armfield, Elliot Cable, Will Forester, Sara Jordan
First Assistant Director
UNDER THE INFLUENCE / BREATHE (Short Film)
Director: Alex Deitsch
Producer: Darta Vigrieze
Company: Bohemian Basterds / BFI funded
DOP: Johnathan Flint
Cast: Daniel Davids, Declan Cole, Leigh Kelly,
Eloise Thomas, Jay Brien
First Assistant Director
LOS JACK MACHINE (Short Film)
Director:Francois Techene
Producers: Ben Gallagher, Steve Harcourt,
Bertrand Techene, Francois Techene
DOP: Francois Techene
Company: Free Seed Films
Cast: David Westhead, Jud Charlton, Matt Abercromby, Andy Apollo, Nicola Baran,
Anabel Barnston, Gabriela Belard, Miss Doll Blow-Up,Sophia Disgrace, Hard Paln Dun, Pete Edgley,
Kia Gama, Herman Gambhir, Tara Godolphin,Lee McPherson, Miss Phoenix, Sagar Radia,
Melinte Reitzema, Rob Scatchard, Miss Baby Sol, Faith Sturges, Jack Valla
Festivals: Best Shorts Award Winner. Nominated: Outstanding cast performance
AOF International Film Festival
First Assistant Director
THE JOKES ON YOU (Short Film)
Director: Katie Smith
Producer: Victoria Muldoon
DOP: Brian Strange
Production Designer: Nia Fausset
Cast: Victoria Muldoon, Liam Bewley, Naomi Cooper-Davis,
Evie Watts Evans, Tia Remus Elliott, Blair Barnette
Screened: BFI London Comedy Film Festival
First Assistant Director
MY NEIGHBOUR BARBECUED MY FENCE (Short Film)
Director: Victoria Muldoon
Producer: Victoria Muldoon
DOP: Jonathan Howard
Cast: Freddie Hogan, Victoria Muldoon
Festivals: Semi-finalist Kino Short Film Fest
Selected: The Film Bunch, Broad Humour Los Angeles, Grru Hales Berlin
First Assistant Director
GIMP TIGER (Short Film)
Director: Sean Gallean
Producers: Alan Wanders, Sean Gallen
Company: Latex Fortress Productions
DOP: Alessandro Veridiani
Production Designer: Anna Jarocka
Cast: Simson Bubbel, Philippa Carson,
Elliot Janks, Flora Sowerby
Festivals: Selected for Vault Festival
Selected Wipe Festival, Berlin, Cannes Short Film Corner 2016
First Assistant Director
ARIELLA (Short Film)
Director: Michael Garsin
Producer: Shaheen Schleifer
DOP: Joseph Edwards
Production Designer: Felix Coles
Cast: Monica Forero, Jonny Cox-Vinell, Robert Douglas Metson, Faith Kiggundu, Tanya Nicole,
Marc Wesley DeHaney, Katrina Crawford, Milli-Rose Rubin,Tatsiana Shaliuta, Isabella Sylvester,
Paulo Andrew Aragao, Jared Gerschwitz, Phelim Kelly, Richie Lawrie, Dominik Rybialek
First Assistant Director
ROBIN OF OAKWOOD (Short Film)
Director: Lee Viesnik
Producer: Andrew Polyviou
Company: Poly Arts & TigerBarb Films
DOP: Andrew Hillary
Cast: Elshan Amaan, Aram Armaghanian,
Andrew Polyviou, Paul Kristovic
Jerry Woolley, Ramxi Issa
First Assistant Director
DINOSAURS IN THE WILD (Video)
Director: Alison MacPhail
Producer: Sheryl Trinh
Company: Impossible Pictures
Cast: Michelle Fahrenheim, Agatha Ezzedine,
Andrew Goddard, Mohammed Kamel
First Assistant Director UK
FOOTBALL & PREJUDICE (Video)
Director: Shaneika Johnson-Simms
Producer: Jake Pace Lawrie
Company: Hope not hate
Cast: Tia Sinclair
First Assistant Director
LINGER LONGER LANE (Video)
Director: Paul Clayton
Producer: Deborah Bullivant
Company: Grimm & Co
Cast: Anna Doolan, Brad Bullock, Robert Wolfe, Scott Worsfold, Howard Crossley,
Natasha Holmes, Becky Dueck, Rowan McIntosh, Joy Cruickshank
First Assistant Director
GOOD AS ALL OF US (Feature)
Director: Paul Clayton
Producer: Susie Evans
Company: 4Impact
DOP: George Paine
Cast includes: Mina Anwar, Lucy Benjamin, Gurkiran Kaur, Zain Iqbal, Destini Dolar,
Andrew Lancel, Tom Chambers, Amy Marston, Seb Gardener,
Robert Wolfe, Juwon Adeokun
First Assistant Director
A PIECE OF FORVER (Feature)
Director: Jade Winters
Producer: Alex Hogben
Company: Wicked Winters FIlms
DOP: Hamish Nichols
Cast: Eleanor Barr-Sim, Ella McCready, Bryony Miller
First Assistant Director
LAWRENCE AFTER ARABIA (Feature)
Director: Mark J T Griffin
Producer: Ingrid Grupping
Company: Griffin films
DOP: Simon Lawrence
First Assistant Director
MELODIE SAVIOUR (Short Film)
Director: Harry Bowley
Producer: Connie Elmy-Martin
DOP: Lorena Pages
Production Designer: Grace Taylor
Cast: Maxim Baldry, Rick Klink, Simon Martin,
Katya Kollegaeve, Jane Skinner
First Assistant Director (Daily)
SQUARE ONE (Short Film)
Director: Emily Sargent
Producer: Lizzie Wilkinson
DOP: Emily Almond Barr
Production Designer: Susan Huyett
Cast: Kat Bond, Laura Checkley, Ed Eales-White
First Assistant Director
THE CAR (Short Film)
Director: Sheila Marshall
Producer: Sheila Marshall
Company: Aniku
DOP: Robbie Williams
Production Designer: Rodi Nina Papadopoulou
First Assistant Director
THE GHOST IN THE KAMERA (Short Film)
Director: Shona Charlton
Producer: Shona Charlton
Company: Fudge Tiger Films
DOP: Pascale Neuschafer
Cast: Ria Bella, Maria Mirage
Festivals: 2019 winner REMI award, World Fest Houston International Film Fest,
Independent Short Award, Gold Children's short 2018
First Assistant Director
RED FLAG (Docu-Drama)
Director: Imoje Aikhoje
Producer: Victoria Fah
DOP: Ariel Artur
Featuring: Lloyd Mcdonald, Anna Doolan, Yannick Budd
Festivals: 2021 Winner Best Student Film, Bright International Film Festival,
2021 Winner Best Docu-Drama, Falcon International Film Festival (FIFF)
First Assistant Director
LUCY (Short Film)
Festivals: Winner Best comedy Student RTS
(Royal Television Society)
Director: Adam Tindall
Producers: Janny Zhu, Gwennaelle Counson
Company: Goldsmiths
DOP: Lia Monguzzi
Production Designer: Jane Francis
First Assistant Director
HOOLIGAN
Director: Ian Kaler
Producers: Kezhiah Morgan, Jonathan Fink
Company: Goldsmiths
DOP: Leyiu Xu
First Assistant Director
GIRLS DON'T CRY (Short Film)
Director: Grace Louey
Producers: Phil Ross, Beier Zhang
Company: Goldsmiths
DOP: Anant Jain
First Assistant Director
ON THE WALL (Short FIlm)
Director: Isobel Clark
Producer: Han Le
Company: Goldsmiths
DOP: Adam Jasinski & Stanislaw Proszowski
Production Designers: Matt Gant & Megan Bosaw
Cast: Danielle Dury, Gillian Broderick, Neil Harget
First Assistant Director
ONCE FAMILIAR (Short Film)
Director: Ruben Gonzalez
Producers: Wojciech Czarkowski, Max Schuermann, Lex Gielas
Company: Goldsmiths
DOP: Mike Pain, Agata Morawska
Cast: Jane Lu
First Assistant Director
WITHOUT YOU (Short Film)
Director: Trancredi lo Cascio
Producers: Ya-Han Chung, Nina Krol, Gwenaelle Counson
Company: Goldsmiths
DOP: Sabrina Yes Men
Cast: Amelia Belam, Marc Ozall
First Assistant Director
THE GIRL WITH THE MOUSY HAIR (Short Film)
Director: Thalia Kent-Egan
Producers: Julia Van Geldern, Winnie Hu
Company: Goldsmiths
DOP: Matthew Ferguson
Cast includes: Jenny Whiffens
First Assistant Director
GOVAKI (Music Video)
Giannis Haroulis
Directors: Jonny Vieco & Akti Konstantinou
Producer: Natasha Kashi Jalonen
DOP: Henry Gill
Company: PDK Entertainment
Feat. Lea Oroz
First Assistant Director
THE BLOCKHEADS 'EXPRESS YOURSELF' (Music Video)
Director: Francoise Terchene
Producers: Ben Gallagher & Steve Harcourt
Feat. Andy Serkis
First Assistant Director
BROTHER LEO 'NAKED' (Music Video)
Director: Cassandra Virdee
Producer: Joey Reid Dawson
DOP: Charlie Jenkins
Feat. Brother Leo
Archery Coach: Adrian Thomas
1x Dancer: Celine Fortenbacher-Poplawska
First Assistant Director
SUSIE VANNER 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun' (Music Video)
Director: Matthias Salzburger
Producer: Adriel Thomas
DOP: Ollie Nice
Feat. Susie Vanner
First Assistant Director
THE BLOCKHEADS 'BOYS WILL BE BOYS' (Music Video)
Director: Francoise Terchene
Producers: Ben Gallagher & Steve Harcourt
Feat. Toyah Wilcox, Miss Baby Sol
First Assistant Director
ANITA CHELLEMAH 'GIVE ME THE ANSWER' (Music Video)
Director: Liam Hooper
Producers: Liam Hooper & Mark Stewart
DOP: Mark Stewart
Company: 2050 Films
Feat. Anita Chellamah
Marc Olivier, Timo Kaltio, Dave Tregunna
Lynette Dundas, Dr. Terry Chimes
First Assistant Director
OLD FLAME (Music Promo)
Director: Liam Hooper
Producer: Tara Trangmar
Company: 2050 Films
First Assistant Director
ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING (Music Promo)
Director: Francoise Terchene
Producers: Ben Gallagher & Steve Harcourt
Feat. Miss Baby Sol
First Assistant Director
CATALYST ZERO / MHI CEO (Promo)
Director: Osato Dixon
Producers: Tavia Weinmann, Zach Davis, Marine Assaiante, Matthew Montemaro
Company: McKinsey
Cast: Lawrence Ballard, Cindy Im, Colin Key,
Jules Hart, Melissa Hartzel
First Assistant Director
SPM (Promo)
Director: Osato Dixon
Producers: Tavia Weinmann, Zach Davis, Marine Assaiante, Matthew Montemaro
Company: McKinsey
First Assistant Director
GEMINI PROJECT (Promo)
Director: Osato Dixon
Producers: Tavia Weinmann & Matthew Montemaro
Company: McKinsey
First Assistant Director
LONDON ROUTERS (Promo)
Director: Osato Dixon
Producers: Zach Bagma & Marine Assaiante
Company: McKinsey
Cast: Lawrence Ballard, Rae Lim, Alex Hinson,
Erin Darling, Matt Medrano, Eve Mauro
First Assistant Director
NIKE LEAGUE SUPER 5's (Commercial)
Director: Margot Bowman
Exec Producer: Jayde Thomas
Producer: Mikal Habteab
Company: LCS
DOP: Olan Collardy
First Assistant Director
ARLO TECHNOLOGIES (Commercial)
Director: Simon Ross
Producer: Mike Facey
Company: Brave Spark
Cast: Tom Nunes, Peter Boyles,
Sharon Braybrooke,
Daisie Boyes
First Assistant Director
SECOND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
JAFACIAN (Feature)
Director: Fredi Nwaka
Line Producer: Shereen Boucher
Company: Are We Dead Yet?
DOP: Justin Black
Cast includes: Peter Andre
Second Assistant Director
SUIT & BONE (Short Film)
Director: Dulani Wilson
Producer: Lincia Daniel
DOP: Stil Williams
Production Designer: Kourosh Asgari
Second Assistant Director
THE INSIDE JOKE (Short Film)
Director: Comfort Emmanuel
Producers: Toby Barber & Bankole Imoukhuede
DOP: Jonathan Nicol
Company: Unbound Studios
Production Designer: Amy Conjaerts
Cast: Olivia Lyere, Reuben Odulawa,
Nicole Adeyemi, Junior Afolabi Salokun
Second Assistant Director
ADIDAS (Commercial)
Directors: Jonas Hegi & Julien Simshauser
Producer: Erinn Fitzgerald
Company: Builders Club
1st AD: Elle Lotherington
Cast: Ocean Navarro, Gianna Gi, Paul Eibich, crowd
Second Assistant Director
LIFE SAVING / COPPAFEEL! (Commercial)
Director: Amy Becker Burnett
Producer: Isobelle Graham
Company: Radical Media
1st AD: Elle Lotherington
Art Director: Grace Becker Burnett
Featuring: Danni, Sheerah, Peaches, Skyla, Bell, Tara, Natalie, Rebecca,
Elizabeth, Autumn
Second Assistant Director
STUDIO (Commercial)
Director: James Rawlings
Producer: Dominic Bunjevac
Company: Gaggle
DOP: Tom Pierrepont
Second Assistant Director
THIRD ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
GET EVEN 2 (Television)
Director: Nigel Douglas
Exec Producer: Alison Davis
Producer: Mike Noble
Company: BBC Children's
Third Assistant Director (Daily)
SILENT NIGHT (Feature)
Director: Will Thorne
Producer: Mark Lacey
Company: Break Em Films
Cast includes: Nathaniel Martello-White, Cary Crankson, Bradley Taylor
Third Assistant Director (Daily)