BAFTA-winning director and writer Neasa Hardiman began her career with a Double First at the National College of Art and Design Ireland. Her visionary work won her a postgraduate scholarship in creative film at Berlin's Universität der Künste. She pursued her fascination with screen storytelling through a Masters in Aesthetics and Politics and then a PhD in Film at Trinity College Dublin. Neasa wrote and directed successful theatre, as well as making investigative documentaries and original dramas with RTÉ, before her strong cinematic sensibility catapulted her to international prominence as a screen director and writer focused on emotionally compelling and visually acute storytelling. Neasa has made numerous prestige television projects, winning a slew of international awards. Her début feature film Sea Fever premiered in Discovery at the opening night of TIFF 2019. Neasa is a member of the DGA, the WGA and BAFTA.