Dublin actor Michael Mullen's stage credits include his role as James Nutt in The Devil Himself with AboutFACE in Smock Alley, and Orson Welles’s A Christmas Carol. For Dublin’s Culture Night 2025, Michael took on the role of Jean in Miss Julieby August Strindberg. Michael’s screen career began with the independent feature Blue Dawn, followed by a supporting role as Father Brennan in the The Problem with People, directed by Chris Cottam & starring Sheila Flitton, Colm Meaney & Paul Reiser.
Shannon Cotter speaks with Alan Hopkins and Michael Mullen about fear, misinformation and filmmaking, from researching online radicalisation to recreating a riot for this timely Irish short.
Ahead of their World Premieres, filmmakers Alan Hopkins, Jaro Waldeck & Thomas Bennett chat about their shorts at the Galway Film Fleadh
In this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Chris Cottam, Director and Producer ofThe Problem With People, plus Gemma checks in with Co-Writer, Actor & Producer Paul Reiser and Executive Producer & Actor Colm Meaney.