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Drama and Documentary Production

2009. Developing, the multi award winning novel, Reading in the Dark by Seamus Deane Screenplay written by Ronan Bennett.2009. Developing, A Son called Gabriel based on the novel of the same name .2009. Written and Directing, The Boys of St Columb’s a feature Nobel prize winners featuring John Hume, Seamus Heaney in production for BBC. RTE. Irish Film Board.2008. Kings, Ireland’s Entry to the 2008 Oscars - Best Foreign Film Category2008. Kings wins Gold Torc / Spirit of the festival Award at the Celtic Film Festival2008. Kings picks 5 awards at the Irish Film and Television Awards2008. Kings, Best International Feature Westchester Film Festival USA2008. Kings, Theatrical Release in USA.2008 Media Award to write Feature Script, Donegal.2008 .Kings, 14 nominations to the Irish Film and Television Awards2008. Kings, Theatrical release in Ireland.2008. Kings, Best Cinematography Award Hampton’s Film Festival2008. Kings, Director’s Guild of America / Ireland New Finders Award2007. Kings, Toronto Film Festival2007. Director, Producer Kings featuring Colm Meaney, Brendan Conroy, Donal O’ Kelly.

2006 Adapted Spoken For support IFB. Media.2005. Dead Long Enough, wins the Audience Award at the November 2005 Cardiff Film Festival.2005. Director, Dead Long Enough, a feature length romantic comedy starring Micheal Sheen, Jason Hughes, Angeline Ball and Douglas Henshall for Grande Pictures Dublin and Boda Wales.2001 -2005. Teenage Kicks released on DVD. 5 star review from The Times. 4 star from The Guardian. Directed the short Phantom Cnut which was shown in Irish Cinemas and nominated for a number of awards including best Short Celtic Film Festival. Amhairghin. Directed - An Insight UTV current Affairs programme from New York, The Bad Apple.. Directed Combat D’une Mere ZDF/ Arte. He made a documentary on a Mother campaigning for enquiry into the fatal shooting of her son by a New York police man. On hearing that the Irish actor Donal Mc Cann was dying, Collins produced a personal film on the Actor. The film interviewed most of Irelands present generation of major actors and directors. As well as international figures like John Turturro in New York, as well as Bernardo Bertolucci in Rome. The Film was nominated for best documentary at The Irish Film and Festival Awards. 1999 Directed - Bogwoman. Irish Film Board. RTE, Arte/ZDF, Arts Council National Lottery Featuring Peter Mullan and Rachael Dowling the film opened Galway Film Fleadh. Shown at over thirty Festivals including, Cuba, Brazil, Prix Europa, Berlin, Rome, and Chicago. Collins was short listed for the prestigious New Directors section at San Sebastian Film. The Director of the Festival Diego Galan called Bogwoman ‘an extraordinary film’.

1996 Wrote a feature length film script, which focused on the role of Women in Derry pre the Civil Rights Movement. The film entitled Bogwoman was a play on a term of abuse directed to woman from the Bogside.1996. Produced – Everybody’s Gone the award winning, Gold Plaque at Chicago, a short 35mm film for BBC Northern Ireland. A comedy about a young man’s desire to escape from his environment by surfing to freedom. 1994/5.Director/Producer, More than a Sacrifice, a year long documentary project for Channel 4. Four Derry people were given Hi 8 cameras to record their lives through the first IRA Ceasefire. Produced . The Bishops Story , Eurimages supported, Bob Quinn’s Feature film. 1993. Director/Producer a documentary for Arte/ ZDF on the subject of First Love. 1992. Director/Producer- A Long Way To Go, a documentary on the life of one of the members of the Birmingham Six. Johnny Walker, the film follows his return to Derry and facing the future a free man. 1991. Director/Producer - Dragon's Teeth for RTE and Channel 4. A Film documentary, which follows Charles Haughey’s presidency of the EC at the time of the demise of the Berlin Wall and Ireland increases it’s spending in keeping the Irish border.1989/ 90. Producer. His first film was the multi award winning Hush-a-bye Baby. The film won numerous awards including Best Drama at the Celtic Film Festival, Best actress at Locarno, Irish entry to European Film Awards, Sunday Tribune Arts Award, and featured Sinead O Connor as actress and composure of soundtrack.1985 -1989 Beginning his work as a Camera operator Collins shot and produced countless community orientated programmes and news inserts, the most well known project he photographed was Mother Ireland (1887) for Channel 4 for which he won a Femme Cathodique award for his photography. He shot the film pilot for Hush a Bye Baby for Channel 4 and RTE before moving out of camera work to begin producing and directing