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Fergal O'Byrne

  • Writer
  • Producer
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Fergal is an award winning playwright for his works including; A Dragon's Tale (Eamon Keane Award 2013), Folie-a-Deux (Listowel 2015) and Extremophiles (Eamon Keane Award 2018, Papatango Longlist 2018 and NEWvember Festival 2017). Extremophiles will be followed by the second play of his Location Trilogy when That Theatre Company presents Rub-a-dub-dub in early 2021, and the third play, Martian Toothache, in Spring 2021.

Work on movie includes The Spectator (co-written with the late Liam O'Neill) and a feature movie Exo with OSCAR winning writer/director Laurits Munch-Petersen. Season 1 of his sitcom Hipsterverse is being aired on PCEN across North America and TikTok globally.

Fergal's novel, Trolley Ride in Manhattan (Mentor Books, 2000) has become a cult classic. Short story success includes, Silvercup, Shortlisted - Colm Tóibin International Short Story Award and Ribeye - Longlisted, Alpine Fellowship 2020.
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Patrick Joseph Byrnes and Grace Fitzgerald in Bio (2016)
Bio
9.2
Short
  • Writer
  • 2016
Peter Vollebregt, Mary Alexandra Woods, William Morgan, and Fergal O'Byrne in Eyes Wide Open (2017)
Eyes Wide Open
9.0
Short
  • Writer
  • 2017
William Morgan in Inside Joke
Inside Joke
TV Series
  • Writer
    Hipsterverse (2019)
    Hipsterverse
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Writer

    Credits

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    Writer

    • Abducted?
      • Writer
      • Pre-production
      • TV Series
    • Hipsterverse (2019)
      Hipsterverse
      • creator
      • executive story editor
      • written by
      • TV Series
      • 2019
    • Double Denim (2018)
      Double Denim
      • co-writer
      • TV Short
      • 2018
    • Peter Vollebregt, Mary Alexandra Woods, William Morgan, and Fergal O'Byrne in Eyes Wide Open (2017)
      Eyes Wide Open
      • Writer
      • Short
      • 2017
    • Patrick Joseph Byrnes and Grace Fitzgerald in Bio (2016)
      Bio
      • Writer
      • Short
      • 2016
    • Clelia Murphy and William Morgan in Clean Slate (2015)
      Clean Slate
      • Writer
      • TV Series
      • 2015
    • Tisvilde - Broken Down (2014)
      Tisvilde - Broken Down
      • Writer
      • Music Video
      • 2014
    • Patrick Joseph Byrnes, Gemma Doorly, William Morgan, and Fergal O'Byrne in Glass Ceiling (2014)
      Glass Ceiling
      • Writer
      • Short
      • 2014
    • William Morgan in Taximan Frank (2013)
      Taximan Frank
      • Writer
      • Video
      • 2013
    • Patrick Joseph Byrnes in The Cotton Tree Project - Walls (2013)
      The Cotton Tree Project - Walls
      • writer
      • Music Video
      • 2013
    • William Morgan in Taximan Frank (2013)
      Taximan Frank
      • Writer
      • TV Series
      • 2013

    Producer

    • Abducted?
      • executive producer
      • Pre-production
      • TV Series
    • Double Denim (2018)
      Double Denim
      • executive producer
      • TV Short
      • 2018
    • Peter Vollebregt, Mary Alexandra Woods, William Morgan, and Fergal O'Byrne in Eyes Wide Open (2017)
      Eyes Wide Open
      • producer
      • Short
      • 2017
    • Patrick Joseph Byrnes and Grace Fitzgerald in Bio (2016)
      Bio
      • producer
      • Short
      • 2016
    • Des Tobin - Irish Stone (2016)
      Des Tobin - Irish Stone
      • producer
      • Music Video
      • 2016
    • Clelia Murphy and William Morgan in Clean Slate (2015)
      Clean Slate
      • executive producer
      • TV Series
      • 2015
    • Tisvilde - Broken Down (2014)
      Tisvilde - Broken Down
      • producer
      • Music Video
      • 2014
    • Patrick Joseph Byrnes, Gemma Doorly, William Morgan, and Fergal O'Byrne in Glass Ceiling (2014)
      Glass Ceiling
      • producer
      • Short
      • 2014
    • William Morgan in Taximan Frank (2013)
      Taximan Frank
      • executive producer
      • Video
      • 2013
    • Patrick Joseph Byrnes in The Cotton Tree Project - Walls (2013)
      The Cotton Tree Project - Walls
      • producer
      • Music Video
      • 2013
    • William Morgan in Taximan Frank (2013)
      Taximan Frank
      • executive producer
      • TV Series
      • 2013
    • The Cotton Tree Project - Copenhagen Girls (2013)
      The Cotton Tree Project - Copenhagen Girls
      • producer
      • Music Video
      • 2013
    • In-development projects at IMDbPro

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      Before becoming a writer Fergal was a well-known leader in the internet industry in Ireland and was recognized for this by being inducted into the IIA Internet Hall of Fame in 2017.

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