Stephen Shields is an Irish screenwriter. After winning RTE STORYLAND 2010 with Zombie Bashers, he wrote for The Republic of Telly, Callan's Kicks, Des Bishop: This Is Ireland, and created 32 episodes of Tim's Tactical Tips. His first feature, The Hole in the Ground, co-written with Lee Cronin, premiered at Sundance. His horror feature Abigail was released in cinemas 2025.
In this Film Ireland podcast Gemma Creagh talks to Modern Lanternist Jeremy Brooker who is performing in Dublin as part of the Bloomsday Film Festival & we welcome Irish screenwriter Stephen Shields on to the pod for a chat about all things comedy horror!
Matthew Briody examines the stakes of clever vampiric comedy 'Abigail'.
In this podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Irish writer Stephen Shields about his debut feature film The Hole in the Ground.
David Prendeville is not your boy.
Ahead of his Comedy Writing Weekend at Filmbase (8 – 9 April), Stephen Shields gives us his top ten tips for Comedy Sketch Writing.