Francis Ford Coppola
Atmospheric Genre Filmmaker
Lorcan Finnegan
From Shorts to Cannes
Biography
Irish filmmaker Lorcan Finnegan originally studied graphic design before moving into filmmaking. He launched his career with the supernatural short film Foxes, which premiered at SXSW and was in competition at Tribeca and London BFI, and picked up an IFTA Award from the Irish Film & Television Academy for Best Short Film. His first feature film, the existential folk-horror Without Name (starring Alan McKenna and Niamh Algar), premiered at TIFF in 2016. Finnegan’s second feature, the sci-fi thriller Vivarium, premiered at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival on Critics’ Week and won the Gan Foundation award. His third film, Nocebo ― a psychological thriller starring Eva Green, Mark Strong, and Chai Fonacier ― was a recent Netflix hit that premiered at the Sitges International Film Festival and played in competition at the Gérardmer Film Festival. The Surfer (starring Nicolas Cage) is Finnegan’s fourth film, premiering at the 77th Cannes Film Festival as an Official Selection.
An Eye Beyond the Frame
Street-Level Stories and Published Perspectives
As a photographer, Finnegan’s work has been featured in many international exhibitions and publications (including Mexico City, Paris, and Berlin), and was featured among Time Magazine’s top nine Irish photographers to follow in 2015. In 2014, Finnegan published Granny Fashion with Studio AAD, and in 2022, published Dublin Streets 2012-2022, a collection of candid portraits and scenes taken in Dublin City over a 10-year period (accompanied by a solo show at Hang Tough Contemporary Gallery).
Industry Representation
Finnegan is represented by Jack Thomas at Independent Talent Group and Peter Van Steemburg at XYZ Films Management.
Masters of Cinema
