Damien Byrne

Damien Byrne is an animation producer and educator with over 20 years' experience in animation production. He lectures at the National Film School at IADT (Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology), where he chairs the 3D Animation programmes and leads the postgraduate Certificate in Production Management for Animation; he holds a master's in Creative Production and Screen Finance from IADT. He produced the short film A Coat Made Dark, directed by Jack O'Shea, nominated for a Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, and is IADT's academic lead for the FilmEU European Universities Alliance.