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Des Doyle interviews Michael Zam by Screen Skills Ireland

Pierce Ryan is the screenwriter of Black 47 and Standby as well as numerous shorts. In 2018 he took part in the Screen Skills Ireland LA Writers Room Placements. We sat down to chat to Pierce about getting into screenwriting, the phenomenon that was Black 47 and his experience of writers rooms in LA. www.screenskillsireland.ie Podcast was presented by Kristina Yee and Liam Geraghty and produced by Liam Geraghty.

Earlier this year Screen Skills Ireland chose three writers for the LA Writers’ Room placements. The aim of the placements is to provide Irish writers with an opportunity to experience a U.S. TV Writers’ Room. So on today's episode we speak to the person behind the initiative - directer Des Doyle as well as the three writers who took part to hear they're experience of the trip. They are writer and director Nick Kelly (Shoe, The Drummer And The Keeper), writer and director for TV and film, Dathaí Keane (An Klondike, Finky)and writer / directer Mary McGuckian, who has worked extensively in independent film (The Price of Desire, The Girl from Mogadishu). www.screenskillsireland.ie Podcast was presented by Kristina Yee and Liam Geraghty and produced by Liam Geraghty.

Screen Skills Ireland was delighted to host the Screen Industry Education Forum 2019 The Forum will brought industry stakeholders, education providers & policy influencers together to focus on the skills development challenges and opportunities related to the screen sectors in Ireland. This podcast presents a flavour of the day. Full details of the event are here: https://www.screenskillsireland.ie/news/71941/ www.screenskillsireland.ie Podcast was produced and presented by Liam Geraghty.

As part of a drive towards creating a more sustainable production sector, Screen Skills Ireland hosted a one day event about ‘Responsible Production for the Screen Sector in Ireland’. This podcast presents a flavour of the day and focuses on the importance of continuing to improve the culture of the screen sector in Ireland, in order to foster responsible production activity and create more positive and inclusive work environments. One of the key aims of the event was to look at ways in which the sector can positively collaborate to enhance skills development, to foster a more diverse sector, to encourage green film making and ultimately to use improvements in these areas as a competitive advantage for the sector going forward. Full details of the event are here: https://www.screenskillsireland.ie/news/screen-skills-ireland-announce-further-details-for-responsible-production-event-2019/ www.screenskillsireland.ie Podcast was produced and presented by Liam Geraghty.

Screen Skills Ireland is the leading agency with responsibility for investing in people and skills development for the screen sectors in Ireland.