Faculty Bio
 | Imelda O'ReillyDepartment of Graduate Film |
Biography
Imelda O'Reilly is a filmmaker, poet and playwright. Although a native of Ireland she has worked and been based in London, Paris, New York, Seville and Fez, Morocco. She has been the recipient of numerous grants including the following: a Fulbright Fellowship to Morocco, New York Foundation for the Arts, New York Women In Film & TV and the Irish Arts Council.
Independent screenings include: Student Academy Awards, Anthology Film Archives, IFC, Festival International de Films de Femmes de Creteil among others. Awards for her films include Eastern Region Finalist for Student Academy Awards, Remi Award Winner at the Houston International Film Festival and Best Cinematography at the Lady Springtime Film Festival.
Screenwriting awards include Moonstone International Screenwriter’s Lab for Beneath the Boy’s Cry. This screenplay was also a finalist for the Sundance Screenwriters and Director’s lab. Her published books include; I Wake in Half Dream (Lapwing Press,) and Shenanigans (Sceptre UK). She has also written and directed numerous plays, including the most recent, Song For New York which was commissioned by Mabou Mines. This play was selected for the Sundance Theater Lab. Imelda is currently in development for two feature projects entitled Beneath the Boy’s Cry set in Ireland in the 1970’s with producer Barbara Defina and Midnight Crisis set in Morocco.
O’Reilly has served as a jurist for the Dusty Springtime Film Festival and as a panelist for the Columbia University Undergraduate Film Festival. She has worked as a producer and story consultant on independent films.
She has an M.F.A in film from Columbia University. Prior to New York University, she taught at Barnard College, the School for Visual Arts and Hunter College.
