Article: Inside Gabriel’s Trumpet: Director Thomas Bennett on Building a Belfast Mystery
As Gabriel’s Trumpet is about to premiere at Belfast Film Festival, Assistant Editor June Butler sat down with Writer/Director Thomas Bennett.
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McCloskey, ADG, is a NI–based film practitioner working in the AD department since 2021. Passionate about film, he has built his career across major productions including Game of Thrones: The Hedge Knight (2025), The Woman in the Wall (2023) & Hope Street (2022). He is a member of theAD Guild UK and is developing long-term ambitions to direct and produce. His short films have screened widely, including In Wake of John Doyle (co-directed with Tom), selected for Belfast Film Festival.
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