Pearse Elliott

Pearse Elliott is a screenwriter who hails from West Belfast and was nominated for the IFTA Best New Talent Award for his 2004 feature film, Man About Dog.

The following year, he made his second feature, The Mighty Celt, starring Robert Carlyle and Gillian Anderson. The film was nominated for Best Script and Best Film at the IFTAs and was a critical success.

Pearse also penned 2007's cult horror flick, Shrooms, which was nominated for an IFTA for Best Film.