In this podcast, Madeline Di Nonno is joined by Emmy award-winning director Dearbhla Walsh, Jennie Stacey, Director of Development at Brown Bag Films, for an Innovators panel moderated by acclaimed Irish actor, Ger Ryan.
The panel came together to talk about the technical and creative innovations they are witnessing in their fields and the issues facing the media industry, particularly in film and television. This was recorded live on location at Women in Film and TV's Innovation event.
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Ger Ryan
Ger Ryan is a Dublin actress who's films include The Commitments, War of the Buttons, The Van, Moll Flanders, A Love Divided, Intermission, Dorothy Mills, Love, Rosie, Hummingbird, The Man Who Invented Christmas and Rialto. She won an Irish Film and Television Award (IFTA) for her performance in RTÉ's Stardust (2007) and received nominations for Amongst Women, Intermission and The Return. Television credits include Queer as Folk, The Street, Raw, Little Dog, The South Westerlies and Three Families.
Dearbhla Walsh
Born in Tubbercurry, County Sligo, Dearbhla Walsh is an award-winning Irish film and television director. Her directing credits include Shameless, The Tudors, Little Dorrit, Penny Dreadful, Borgia, Fargo, The Handmaid’s Tale, The Punisher, Tales from the Loop, Sunny and Bad Sisters. She won a Primetime Emmy Award for directing Little Dorrit (2009) and multiple IFTA Awards for The Silence, Fargo, The Handmaid’s Tale and Bad Sisters. She also won a BAFTA for Bad Sisters (2023), which she lead-directed and executive produced.
Madeline Di Nonno
Madeline Di Nonno is an American media executive, producer and advocate for gender equality and representation in entertainment. She is President and CEO of the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, leading research and initiatives to improve diversity and inclusion on screen. Her producing credits include the documentary This Changes Everything(2018) and the television series Mission Unstoppable. She has held senior executive positions at Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Hallmark Channel, Nielsen Entertainment and Starz Media. She received the Lilly Ledbetter Lifetime Achievement Award from Advertising Week, and under her leadership the Geena Davis Institute received the Television Academy's Governors Award Emmy in 2022.
Jennie Stacey
Jennie Stacey is a television and animation executive and producer best known for her work with Dublin-based animation studio Brown Bag Films. She joined the company in 2008 and oversees the development and production of original television series and international co-productions. Previously, she worked in independent film production in London, Universal Pictures International and RTÉ, where she developed and commissioned programming for Young People’s and Entertainment departments. Her production credits include Angela’s Christmas Wish, Lu & the Bally Bunch and Open Season: Call of Nature.
Women in Film and Television Ireland (WFT.I) is a voluntary organisation established in 2014. It is a branch of Women in Film and Television International, a voluntary foundation promoting greater representation of women on screen and behind the camera, with a membership of over thirteen thousand professionals worldwide. The Irish branch is ran by film and TV professionals of international standing. Our committee members represent the creative, business and technical divisions of the Irish audiovisual sector.
