Hugh McGrory

Current

• Research Consultant at Banjax
• Film Director at Cineclectic

Past

• Visiting Filmmaker in Residence, CINEMA microscopy lab at Yale University School of Medicine
• Production Executive at Northern Ireland Screen
• Founder, Creative Director at Make Films Limited

• Teaching Fellow, Film Studies Department at Queen's University Belfast
• Film Acting Tutor at The Gaiety School of Acting, Dublin

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Education

• Olsberg SPI
• University of Ulster

Recommended

6 people have recommended Hugh

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Media Production

Websites

• My Portfolio
• banjax
• cineclectic

Hugh McGrory’s Summary

Award-winning director/producer, exploring all forms of Imaging.

Research Consultant. Delegate on International Digital Media Trade Missions as Creative Entrepreneur.

Commissioned as a writer/director/producer/executive producer on over 30 short films - film+digital, live-action+CG, doc+drama.

My goal is to continue to experiment with Imaging and help to network my collaborators who seem at first glance to have little or nothing in common.

Hugh McGrory’s Specialties:

Film-making, imaging, social networking, online video and communication, video for mobile and other handheld devices, experimentation, innovation, motivation, positive energy, an open mind, seeing new connections between traditionally separate things.

Hugh McGrory’s Experience

• Research Consultant

  Banjax

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Animation industry)

  2008 — Present (less than a year)

  Consultant on Digital Imaging Projects - from Medical Imaging (Microscopy, etc) to Film / TV / Web. Creating mechanisms whereby things that were separated can get mixed. Focusing specifically on new market / marketing opportunities for companies who are prepared to Cross-Sector Cluster - i.e. leave their comfort zone and start innovation dialogues.

• Film Director

  Cineclectic

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Media Production industry)

  1998 — Present (10 years)

  Cineclectic is a one-word description of my approach to film, video, web, etc. Cineclectic is a catalogue of my experiences as a Digital Content Creator, trying to make sense out of flux.

• Visiting Filmmaker in Residence, CINEMA microscopy lab

  Yale University School of Medicine

  (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Research industry)

  July 2007 — September 2007 (3 months)

  Working with Dr Derek Toomre and Franziska-Maria Apprich collecting and creating biomedical (still and moving) images using a range of microscopy techniques.

• Production Executive

  Northern Ireland Screen

  (Government Agency; 11-50 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)

  September 2004 — January 2007 (2 years 5 months)

  Executive Producer for 'Deviate' - 16 x Digital Short Films financed by NI Screen and the UK Film Council. Also responsible for the delivery of 'Shortsteps', 2 x 6 month training schemes for writers, directors and producers.

• Founder, Creative Director

  Make Films Limited

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)

  2003 — 2006 (3 years)

  'Make' mixed film, animation, music and design while exploring the blurring boundaries between these disciplines. Make was commissioned by Panasonic Japan and Guinness for commercials, BBC NI, IFB and NI Screen for short films, BBC and C4 for soundtracks, Peter Gabriel and Ninja Tune Records for music promos and secured a place on the prestigious Jumpstart program with Adobe. We tried to question the tools we were given, seeing digital technology as it was and still is - at a very early stage of development.

• Teaching Fellow, Film Studies Department

  Queen's University Belfast

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  2000 — 2002 (2 years)

• Film Acting Tutor

  The Gaiety School of Acting, Dublin

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Performing Arts industry)

  1996 — 1998 (2 years)

Hugh McGrory’s Education

• Olsberg SPI

  Creative Entrepreneurship Programme 2004 — 2005

• University of Ulster

  BA, Media, 1989 — 1993

Additional Information

Hugh McGrory’s Websites:

• My Portfolio
• banjax
• cineclectic

Hugh McGrory’s Interests:

Film-making, Imaging, Art, Nanoart, Writing, Social Networking, New Technologies, Convergence, Innovation, Innovation Journalism, Traveling, Music

Hugh McGrory’s Groups:

New York Festivals - International Judge (Commercials), LION, e-scension, OpenID, Film and TV Professionals, Digital Cinema, ThinkLink!, Speakers & Panelists, Twitter

•    Northern Irish Professional People Living in Exile
•    Digital Cinema
•    OpenID Community Group
•    Microsoft Office Specialist Network
•    Speakers and Panelists
•    Leading International Open Networkers (LION)
•    The 4-Hour Academy
•    Semantic Web
•    GroupLinked.com
•    e-Scension.com
•    Filmmakers
•    Film TV Professionals
•    Music Industry Forum

Hugh McGrory’s Honors:

2006 Datatransfer Festival, Prague - Work Retrospective

2005 Adobe Systems Incorporated - Presenter (IBC), Holland

2000 Belfast Arts Award - Film, TV & Video Category

2000 Belfast Film Festival - Kodak Prize, Best Irish Short

2000 Aspen Shortsfest (Colorado) - Finalist

1998 Foyle Film Festival - Best Irish Short (Joint)

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