Ciarán Foy (born 1979) is an Irish film director and screenwriter, best known for directing and writing Citadel and directing Sinister 2 and Eli.
Early life Foy was born in Northside Dublin in October 1979 and graduated from the National Film School.
Career In 2006, Foy directed an award-winning short film The Faeries of Blackheath Woods based on his own script.
In 2012, Foy wrote and directed his feature film debut, an Irish psychological horror Citadel, starring Aneurin Barnard in the lead role. The film premiered at the South by Southwest festival on 11 March 2012 and won several awards.
Foy next directed the supernatural horror film Sinister 2 for Blumhouse Productions, starring James Ransone and Shannyn Sossamon. The film was written by Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill, and was released on 21 August 2015 by Focus Features' label Gramercy Pictures. Derrickson secured Foy the directing job of the film after watching Citadel.
Foy directed a number of commercials for clients such as Samsung and Bord Failte. He won a YDA Award at Cannes, a D&AD nomination and a Kinsale Shark Award for his PlayStation spot "Our Shoes". In 2019 Foy directed the Netflix horror Eli and soon after directed two episodes of The Haunting Of Bly Manor.
In 2020 Foy and co‑writer Kyle Ward originated a pitch to adapt American Reaper, a graphic novel by Pat Mills and artist Clint Langley (originally in Judge Dredd Megazine), into a feature film. The project was optioned by Amblin Partners with Intrepid Pictures producing.https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/amblin-to-adapt-comic-american-reaper-with-mike-flanagan-sinister-2-director-ciaran-foy-exclusive-4048583/
In 2022 and 2023 Foy directed three episodes of the Netflix show Sweet Tooth.
Filmography Feature films Year Title Director Writer2012 Citadel 2015 Sinister 2 2019 Eli
Short films Year Title Director Writer Editor Notes2001 1902 Also producer2001 Wired 03:36 Also producer2002 The Puppet 2006 The Faeries of Blackheath Woods 2007 Scumbot 2009 The Chronoscope 2009 Lonely Heartshttps://www.iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&only=1&aid=73&rid=4282729&tpl=archnews&force=1 Segment of Hotel Darklight2015 Mikayla W.M.D.https://www.patrickjordan.ie/archive/mikayla-wmd Unreleased
Television Year Title Director Notes2016 The Wilding Unaired pilot2020 The Haunting of Bly Manor 2 episodes2023-24 Sweet Tooth 3 episodes
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