John Kelleher
- John Kelleher at the 2009 FSFF (photo by Tom Newman
John Kelleher was appointed Film Censor in April 2003 following a publicly advertised competition process. Born in Dublin, he graduated with a BCL degree from UCD and a Masters Degree in Drama from the University of Kentucky. He was called to the Bar in 1971. As a producer/director in RTE, he produced many award winning programmes, including ‘Strumpet City’ and ‘Even the Olives Were Bleeding’. He was appointed Controller of Television Programmes in 1980 and established the ‘Today Tonight’ programme in the same year. He left RTE in 1983 to become Managing Director of The Sunday Tribune.
For over twenty years, he was one of Ireland’s leading independent film and television producers. He has produced six cinema films, including ‘Eat the Peach’, which he co-wrote, as well as six television drama series, numerous documentaries and four series of TV3’s current affairs flagship, ‘Agenda’. His daughter Roisin is a senior producer with BBC Belfast and his son Macdara is a Dublin-based film and television producer.
Bio:
Film Name Director Year
- Bang! You’re Dead Martin Danneels 2002
- The Halo Effect Lance Daly 2002
- Agenda 1999
- The Last Word Sebastien Grall 1999
- Speakeasy 1999
- Joe Dowling at the Guthrie John Kelleher 1998
- Eat the Peach Peter Ormrod 1986
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