Alan Gilsenan
Directing
Alan Gilsenan is an Irish writer, filmmaker and theatre director. His documentaries, which range from robust investigation to essayistic reverie to sensitive observation, are distinguished by intellectual rigour and creative innovation, allied to a seemingly unquenchable curiosity about history, literature, culture and society – both in Ireland but also in the wider world. His highly eclectic oeuvre of over 40 films for cinema and television also provides an invaluable compendium of reflection on Irish minds and Irish matters over four decades.
Known for
Directing21
movieWe Only Want the Earth
2026
Director
movieThe Days of Trees
2024
Director
movieThe Irish Question
2024
Director
movieThe United Irishmen
2023
Director
movieGhosts of Baggotonia
2022
Director
movieThe Meeting
2018
Director
movieMeetings with Ivor
2017
Director
movieUnless
2016
Director
movieTimbuktu
2004
Director
movieZulu 9
2001
Director
movieAll Souls' Day
1997
Director
movieThe Yellow Bittern
Director
Writing5
Acting2
Crew2
movieThe Journey of Weather-Exposed Bones
2026
Cinematography
movieGhosts of Baggotonia
2022
Cinematography
Camera1
movieThe Days of Trees
2024
Director of Photography