Aisling Byrne
Founder & Artistic Director
Founder & Artistic Director
She is the founder and Artistic Director of Run of the Mill. Recent and upcoming work includes LINDA, GEORGE AND GILLIAN (Dublin Theatre Festival, Run of the Mill) REAL LIFE (Run of the Mill, Project Arts Centre, 2024), the Oscar Qualifying short film TURNAROUND (A Screen Ireland Focus Short, Winner Best Short Drama, Galway Fleadh), short documentary THE FIRST DROP THAT SAW THE SKY (Dublin City Council Culture Company), MISREAD (Winner RTE/ Ardan Short Film Commision, 2023, Winner Best Short, Catalyst Film Festival), the Oscar-Qualifying HEADSPACE (Winner Grand Prix Best Irish Short at 67th Cork International Film Festival, European Film Awards Candidacy 2023), FUTURE TAPESTRY (in collaboration with John Conway) and MAKING A MARK (National Tour, 2022, Dublin Fringe, 2019, Winner Judges Choice Award)
She collaborates regularly with Dublin based production company Arcade Film. In 2023 she was selected for Screen Ireland’s flagship ‘Spotlight Scheme’ where she was under commission to adapt her stage play Singing for Survival (2019) into a feature screenplay. In 2023 she was also selected for Xpollinator’s CREATOR residency programme for emerging female filmmakers and chosen to represent Ireland at Screen Talent Europe’s ‘Directors Village’ in the Netherlands. She is currently developing her debut TV series with production company MK1 with support from Screen Ireland. As a facilitator Aisling collaborates regularly with a range of organisations including CREATE, Dublin Theatre Festival, Theatre Forum and Dublin City Council Culture Company. She was responsible for facilitating Dublin Theatre Festival’s Next Stage Programme 2022-23. Aisling is Represented for Writing and Directing by Jethro Thompson, Curtis Brown.
