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Tom Maguire - Co-Producer
Tom is a graduate of the Film Business School, EAVE and Reading University. To date, Tom has produced nine short films, two theatre plays and three feature films.
In 2002, together with Patrick Fitzsymons he founded Borderline Productions in Northern Ireland and Line Prouductions in Southern Ireland to develop an expanding slate of feature films and documentaries with support from national agencies on both sides of the Irish Border. Their first feature, a gangster thriller JOHNNY WAS starring Vinnie Jones and Samantha Mumba, was shot in Belfast in July 2005, followed by QUEERING THE PITCH a feature documentary on the Emerald Warriors, Irelands one and only gay rugby team. His third feature film THE BIRD CAN’T FLY by Threes Anna, starring Barbara Hershey premiered in competition at the San Sebastian Film Festival, Sept 07. The film was shot entirely on location in South Africa.
Tom has also worked on ten feature films and four television series as a production accountant and has lectured on Film Finance on a number of courses including the European Audio Visual Entrepreneurs programme. He speaks German and Dutch, and can read Danish, Swedish and Afrikaans. |