Patrons

Lenny Abrahamson is an Irish film and television director, known for his films Adam & Paul (2004), Garage (2007), What Richard Did (2012), Frank (2014), the multi Oscar-winning Room (2015), and The Little Stranger (2018).

His work in television includes the incredibly successful Normal People and its sequel Conversations with Friends.

Lenny is one of the original patrons of Irish Film London

New York born, Saoirse Ronan, moved back to Dublin in 1997 when she was three, and is proud of her dual citizenship. She made her TV debut aged nine in RTE medical drama, The Clinic (2003) and her first film role in Joe Wright's Atonement (2007), which brought her critical acclaim and Oscar, BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations, aged only thirteen.  

An outspoken social advocate and fashion icon, we are proud to have Saoirse as a patron and look forward to working with "one of the most formidable actors in movies today."  

Fiona Shaw is not only regarded as the greatest stage actress of her generation, she is also a respected theatre and opera director as well as beloved by film and TV fans the world over, not least for her roles in the Harry Potter films, the BBC’s Killing Eve and Season 4 of HBO's True Blood (2011).  

Fiona Shaw is our fifth patron, joining us in 2020.

Dungarvan native Moe Dunford is one of the rising stars of a new generation of Irish acting talent, an IFTA and EPF Shooting Star award winning actor currently best-known for playing Aethelwulf in acclaimed TV series Vikings.

Moe Dunford is Irish Film London’s fourth patron, joining us in 2019, and you can read more about him here.

Colin Farrell is one of Ireland’s leading actors, first appearing in the BBC drama Ballykissangel in 1998. He made his film debut in the Tim Roth-directed drama The War Zone in 1999, and was discovered by Hollywood when Joel Schumacher cast him in the lead role in the war drama Tigerland in 2000. He went on to star in Phone Booth (2002), S.W.A.T. (2003) The Recruit (2003), Minority Report (2002), Daredevil (2003), Alexander (2004), and Miami Vice (2006)

Colin Farrell is Irish Film London’s third patron, joining us in 2018.

Ros Hubbard is a world renowned Casting Director. At 17 years of age she went to Los Angeles, but kept returning back to Dublin where she settled in a model agency and learned to never give up until she had the right person for the job. Together with her husband John Hubbard they created Hubbard Casting and between them have brought several well-known actors to fame, including Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Colin Farrell, Orlando Bloom, Sienna Miller and Kate Winslet. This amazingly talented family has found cast members for international hit films such as The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The Bourne Ultimatum, The Bourne Supremacy, Green Zone, United 93, Evita and the Da Vinci Code.

Ros Hubbard is one of the original patrons of Irish Film London