Client details
Finn McGough
Director
Agent
| Michelle Archer |
About
Finn is a writer/director. He did art school, then did documentaries, then made docu-dramas, then drama, then commercials. He now does bits of each. Finn made several critically acclaimed documentaries, including Summer With The Johnsons (BBC 3) which won a PRIX EUROPA for BEST NON-FICTION FILM in 2005. In the same year he was nominated for a Royal Television Society ‘Breakthrough Talent’ Award. His short drama Flak was nominated for Best Film and Best Cinematography in the Soho Rushes Film Festival 2011. To view a showreel click here: http://www.finnmcgough.com or here: http://www.roguefilms.com/directors/item/431/finn-mcgough/#0 |
Television
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| ALIVE (2010) | Darlow Smithson for Discovery and ITV | 2 x 50'. Shot in Iceland. |
| KIDNAPPED ABROAD: HOSTAGE TO TERROR (2008) | Raw Television for National Geographic and C5 | Writer/ Producer/ Director 1 x 50 Drama-doc British national, Omar Saeed Sheikh, kidnapped and beheaded American journalist, Daniel Pearl, and is the alleged ‘paymaster’ behind the 9/11 attacks. In 1994, at the age of 22, he kidnapped 4 tourists in India in a bid to exchange them for Kashmiri militants held by the Indian authorities. This film dramatically reconstructs the terrifying ordeal of the hostages. |
| ALIVE: STRANDED IN GRIZZLY COUNTRY (2007) | Darlow Smithson for Discovery and C4 | Writer/ Producer/ Director 1 x 50 Drama-doc A father & son are stranded in an Alaskan wilderness when their raft hits an unexpected ice flow. Having narrowly avoided drowning and hypothermia, the son faces a terrible dilemma: stay with his 65 year old father and wait for a rescue that may never come, or leave him alone and hike out through 60 miles of bear infested-terrain for help. |
| DOM JOLY'S HAPPY HOUR: USA (2006) | Princess Productions for Sky One | Producer/ Director 1 x 50’ Comedy doc Dom Joly ‘investigates’ American drinking habits. At Sky’s expense, Dom essentially embarks on a piss-up around the southern states of America with his best mate, Pete. They quaff moonshine with hillbillies, talk abstinence with Baptist ministers and help celebrate New Orleans’ first Mardis Gras since Hurricane Katrina. |
| THE TOWERS OF LONDON (2006) | Nifty Films for Vascha Bravo | Director 10 x 30’ Raucous observational doc series about hapless punk rockers Towers Of London (lead singer Donnie was in Celebrity Big Brother). Filmed over 15 months as the band kicked, punched and screamed their way across the globe. |
| BANGED UP ABROAD: THE SANDRA GREGORY STORY (2005) | Raw Television for C5 | Producer/ Director 1 x 50’ Drama-doc Underpinned by a moving testimony, this film recounts the tragic story of British backpacker, Sandra Gregory, who was sentenced to 25 years in a Bangkok prison for attempting to smuggle 89 grams of heroin out of Thailand. |
| COMING UP: THE ANIMATOR (2005) | IWC Media for C4 | Director 1 x 24’ Drama Seamlessly mixing live-action and animated elements, this film tells the chilling tale of an animator haunted by his own violent creations. |
| KILROY'S WEEK WITH THE GYPSIES (2005) | Mentorn and Raw Television for C4 | Producer/ Director 1 x 50’ Robert Kilroy-Silk, the outspoken MEP and former king of daytime TV, spends 5 days living with a gypsy family facing eviction. Will they challenge his prejudices before being thrown off their land? * Pick-of-the-day in The Independent, The Guardian, The Times, The Telegraph, Time Out, The Observer… |
| SUMMER WITH THE JOHNSONS (2004) | Raw Television for BBC 3 | Producer/ Director/ Camera 1 x 60′ Cock-fighting, child-baiting and pyromania – it follows the Johnsons, a notorious gypsy family, as they endeavour to redeem themselves following their arrest for allegedly stealing millions of pounds worth of antiques from the affluent Lord Rothschild. * Winner: Prix Europa for Best Non-Fiction Film, Berlin 2005 |
| NOTORIOUS: THE PROFESSIONAL CHARMER (2003) | Blast! Films for BBC 2 | Director 1 x 40′ This film attempts to unravel the true identity of convicted ‘con-man’ and legendary womanizer, Guiy de Montfort. Is he the aristocratic heir to a French Resistance heroine or simply Graham Leaver of Dartford in Kent? * Pick-of-The-Day in The Independent, The Times, The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Daily Express, Time Out, The Evening Standard, TV Times, Radio Times |
Short Films
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| FLAK (2010) | Nifty Films | Short Film. Adapted from A START IN LIFE by Alan Sillitoe. * Nominated Best Film and Best Cinematography, The Rushes Soho Film Festival, UK, 2011 * Screened at Zero Film Festival, UK, 2011 |
Commercials
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| TERRITORIAL ARMY "DO MORE, BE MORE" | Rogue Films | Director |
| TEACHER DEVELOPMENT AGENCY "THINK AGAIN ABOUT TEACHING" | Rogue Films | Director |
| CANCER RESEARCH UK "PLAIN PACKAGING CAMPAIGN" | Rogue Films | Director |
| REMEMBER A CHARITY "ROCKY" | Rogue Films | Director |
| PHILLIPS "JEREMY" | Rogue Films | Director |
| LURPAK "CURRY", "CASSEROLE" AND "TACO" | Homecorps | Director |
| VISIT WALES "SUN LOUNGER" AND "DIARY DAY 3" | Homecorps | Director |
| SAINSBURYS " FAMILY LIFE" | Homecorps | Director |
