People

The studio provides the necessary production expertise to bring a project through from development to production and into post-production.

JOHN BRADY
John Brady John Brady is CEO and Head of Production of Studio Solas. He is responsible for all productions. He brings a wealth of experience in the producing arena to Studio Solas, as a Producer, Line Producer and Production Manager of numerous Feature Films, Telefilms, and TV Drama Series. John Brady also has significant experience in international production and co-productions. He has been involved with productions for Showtime, Trimark, Minds Eye Pictures, RTE, TG4 and Concorde New Horizons. Additionally, the productions produced under his direction have garnered numerous awards and nominations. John is a graduate of the College of Communications at Dublin Institute of Technology and he also holds a degree in Law from the National University of Ireland, Galway. John lives locally with his wife Siobhán.

PAUL CUMMINS
Paul Cummins As a graduate in commerce from University College Dublin, Paul spent his early career working in accountancy, finance and investment management. In 1998, together with RTE and Údarás na Gaeltachta, Paul established Telegael Media Group and has been the Group’s managing director since its foundation.

Paul is an award winning executive producer and has fulfilled this role on every production made by Telegael, including Tutenstein, an animation series which won an Emmy Award in 2007 in the category 'Outstanding Special Class Animated Programme', and Aifric, a teenage comedy drama series which won an Irish Film and Television Academy Award for ‘ Best Children’s/Youth Programme’ in 2007.

Paul is a director of Zoogon Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Telegael, which was established in Belfast in 2005. Paul is also a director of Scannáin Telegael Teo, Anam Físe Teo and Aontel Teoranta which is a joint venture between Telegael and Welsh television group Barcud Derwen which provides television outside broadcast facilities in Ireland and the UK. Paul is also a director of Teffy Entertainment Ireland Ltd, a television distribution company which is a subsidiary of the Los Angeles based distributor. Paul lives in Spiddal in Connemara with his wife and three children and is a fluent Irish speaker.

MICHEÁL Ó DOMHNAILL
Micheál Ó Domhnaill Micheál O Domhnaill has been Head of Development for Telegael Media Group since 2002.

He co-created, developed and produced 'Aifric', a thirteen part teenage comedy drama series for Irish language broadcaster TG4 which won an Irish Film and Television Academy Award for 'Best Youth Programme' in 2007. He also produced the highly acclaimed documentary 'Tall, Dark and Ó hAilpín' which achieved the record audience figures when broadcasted in 2007 by RTÉ.

He is currently developing over twenty television and feature film projects for both the national and international television market. A native Irish speaker, Micheál has also directed the long-running TG4 series "Ros na Rún" and several successful animation series for Telegael.

Micheál is the managing director of Fíbín Teo, an Irish language theatre company based in Connemara. He lives in Carraroe, Connemara with his wife and two children.