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Kealan O'Rourke graduated from The National Film School, Ireland. He went on to write and direct a series of award-winning live-action and animation short films including Before Sunrise, the IFTA- nominated The Christmas Letter (Universal / Sky) starring Kate Winslet and The Boy in The Bubble, narrated by Alan Rickman, which went on to win the IFTA for Best Animation along with over twenty international awards. Kealan directed a number of successful children's TV animation series which include BB Agus Bella (TG4), Havanimal (RTEjr.) and Peek Zoo (KIKA, SRF, RTEjr). Feature length writing credits for major studios include Bolivar (Warner Bros.), The Houdini Box (20th Century Fox), Emily The Strange (Universal) and Danger Mouse (eOne). The live- action / animation hybrid feature Happy Krampus Day! (The Jim Henson Company / Walden Media) is in development with Kate McKinnon attached to star. The festive stop motion feature Alien Xmas, which Kealan wrote with Jon Favreau producing, was released in 2020 for Thanksgiving on Netflix and broke into the top 5 most watched in the US. Most recently, Kealan directed Lupus Films / Dream Logic's animated special The Ghastly Ghoul (Sky), which was released for Halloween 2022.

Awards

Kealan O'Rourke

Amiens International Film Festival

Galway Film Fleadh

Irish Film and Television Awards

Palm Springs International ShortFest

Celtic Film and Television Festival

Omaha Film Festival

British Animation Film Festival

Royal Television Society Republic of Ireland

Ahmedabad International Children Film Festival

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