Keith O'Grady

'Keith O'Grady' (qv) is a director who also regularly works in other disciplines. He began his career as an actor in 1999, training for a year in Dublin, after studying film in England. He acted in theatre, and on screen, and then from 2002 to 2005, he took a break away from film/TV entirely due to the birth of his first child. He taught full-time for a year, and then continued to do it part-time, and spent time with his child. In 2005, having taken four years out without doing anything, he returned to film-making, producing and shooting the micro-budget feature 'Hamlet', an Ireland-set version of the Bards play, adapted and directed by Stephen Cavanagh. The cast included Stephen Cavanagh, Simone Kirby, James Lecky, Chris Patrick-Simpson and PJ Gallagher. He continues to work in both documentary and drama.::'Keith O'Grady' (qv)