Madra Mór Media is a multi award winning Irish production company.
It was founded in 2013.
It is run by Brian Benjamin Dwyer and Emily Firth Dwyer,
a husband and wife team.
We are also the co-founders of Yank & Paddy - a content platform
for the American-Irish audience which you can check out by clicking here
Brian Benjamin Dwyer - Award winning director, writer and founder & creative director of Madra Mór. Beginning his film journey in 2010, he has completed over 200 projects and counting.
Brian, from Cork, Ireland, has many years experience working in the creative industries. He has worked with the BBC, The British National Theatre, Children in Need and Punchdrunk, the U.K.'s biggest immersive theatre group. He has also taught a film program in Normandy, France for ten years.
Brian has had his short films screened in festivals all around the world including Raindance, London Short Film Festival and The LA Short International Film Festival and in 2021, he won the inaugural David and Patsy Puttnam award at the Fastnet Film Festival for his screenplay, "Wireless". Wireless won best Comedy at the Underground Film Festival and the People's Picturehouse Festival. Wireless is currently available on the RTE website and Aer Lingus. His short film Pádraig, won best film at the IndieCork film festival 2022. His latest film, Mír, premiered at the LA Short Film Festival in 2024 and has gone on to win Best Drama and Best Director awards.
2015 saw our first adventure into live theatre production. 'We Lived In Cities' debuted at the Dublin Fringe Festival and was nominated for the 'Spirit Of The Fringe Award'. It also performed at the 60th Cork Film Festival to a sold out house. We are currently looking to produce our first feature film
He has been producing commercial videos for over ten years and has worked with some of Ireland's leading companies including Deliveroo, Broadlake & Keanes Jewellers.
Brian is also the co-founder and director of Yank and Paddy -
a content platform for the American-Irish audience.
Emily is an American actor and singer who has recently moved to Cork from New York City. She studied Musical Theatre from Webster University's Conservatory of Fine Arts in St. Louis, Missouri where she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. At her time in university, she received two distinguished awards: The Leigh Gerdine Conservatory of Fine Arts Department Honours, and The Francis Marion Annual Scholarship for Outstanding Achievement. She then spent 12 years in New York working as not only an actor, but a personal acting coach and voice teacher. She has had the pleasure of working with companies like The Flea Theatre, Theatre Raleigh, Downtown Dance Factory, Songful Artists, Timber Lake Playhouse, and 5 tours with Theatreworks USA. In addition to performance, she has had the great privilege of working as the Acting Techniques and Musical Theatre instructor for Berridge Programs for Theatre and Film for the last 11 summers in Normandy, France. This year, as well as Musical Theatre, Emily will teach Drama up to Gold Medal standard (LAMDA exams) and Drama for TV/Film.
Emily is also the co-founder and director of Yank and Paddy -
a content platform for the American-Irish audience.
Please note: We are not currently hiring for any positions
including internships and work experience.