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In 2021, I worked as Line Producer on this one-hour documentary marking the 100 year anniversary of the publication of James Joyce's Ulysses. The film explores the creation and legacy of Joyce's masterpiece. 

Directed by Ruán Magan for RTE and ARTE France.

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An Cuan Series Trailer

From 2020-2021, I wrote and directed An Cuan, a 4x1hr nature and environment documentary series for Ireland’s Irish language broadcaster, TG4. 

An Cuan is a year-long look at the fascinating and unique eco-system that is Dublin Bay. 

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Fire Season in Howth

Taken from An Cuan Episode 2 - Summer. 

 Directed by Paul Webster 

Produced by Oddboy Media for TG4

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The Shack, Howth

Taken from An Cuan Episode 2 - Summer. 

 Directed by Paul Webster

 Produced by Oddboy Media for TG4

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Dublin Salt Photography

Taken from An Cuan Episode 4 - Winter.

Directed by Paul Webster Produced by Oddboy Media for TG4

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Trailer for Andrew Rynne episode of Tg4′s award winning documentary series Finné. 

Directed by Paul Webster

Production Company: Tua Films

Broadcast: January 2021

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An Irish Solution for an Irish Problem

Clip from Andrew Rynne episode of Tg4′s award winning documentary series Finné. 

Directed by Paul Webster

Production Company: Tua Films

Broadcast: January 2021

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Trailer edited by Alec Moore

Dr. Andrew Rynne was the first doctor to perform a vasectomy in Ireland. Rynne would continue to challenge the laws governing sexuality, laws imposed by Church and State. In 1990, a man walked into his surgery and shot him.

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Promo Clip for The Vasectomy Doctor.

Screen Ireland - Real Shorts 2018

Written & Directed by Paul Webster Produced by Ronan Cassidy

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My short documentary, The Vasectomy Doctor, will have its premiere at the Cork Film Festival on Saturday the 17th of November. 

This docudrama tells the fascinating life story of Dr. Andrew Rynne, Ireland’s first vasectomy doctor, a man who took on the government over the controversial contraceptive laws of the 1980s and in 1990 survived being shot by a former vasectomy patient.

Writer & Director: Paul Webster Producer: Ronan Cassidy Cinematographer: Patrick Jordan Editor: Cashell Horgan Composer: David Geraghty

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Listen to all Wrap Chat episodes here. 

I have started a podcast about people working in the Irish Film and TV Industries. Every fortnight on Wrap Chat, we interview a different director, producer, writer, actor etc. Wrap Chat is part of the Head Stuff Podcast Network. 

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Paul Webster Director Showreel 2018

Director/Editor: Paul Webster

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Mending Legends achieves viewership of 200,000 on TG4. 

Mending Legends is a documentary I directed in 2016, the programme explores the converging worlds of sport and science. It was broadcast on Sunday the 24th of September 2017 and received 11% of the audience share.

The film was funded by Science Foundation Ireland and Cúram in 2016 and was produced by James Ryan for StationHouse Media.

Director: Paul Webster

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Myself and Conor Maguire have had immense fun filming the events on Culture Night over the last two years. It has been one of my favourite jobs to work on. You can see our work in the official Culture Night promo for this year. 

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Theatrical trailer for Borderland, documentary about Europe’s refugee crisis.

Directed and Produced by Conor Maguire & Paul Webster.

Watch the full films at www.borderland.ie

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Let Those Blues In is now available to watch in its entirety online. 

A portrait of Paddy Smith, one of Ireland's best blues harmonica players, who after a stint in Chicago's Cook County Prison, used his passion for music to conquer his demons.

Directed by Paul Webster

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You can now watch Borderland in its entirety for free. 

Borderland is a 26 minute documentary that explores the refugee crisis on Europe's borders, the result of the greatest mass migration since World War II. The film features interviews with refugees, volunteers, Colm O'Gorman of Amnesty International, Sue Conlan of The Irish Refugee Council and Eva Schloss, holocaust survivor and step-sister of Anne Frank. It premiered at this year’s Galway Film Fleadh and has gone on to screen at numerous festivals and special screenings around the country, including the Dublin premiere which took place at Science Gallery in Trinity College as part of their Design and Violence exhibition which was Co-Curated with The Museum of Modern Art in New York (MOMA.)

Written, Directed and Produced by Conor Maguire & Paul Webster