George
Kane

George Kane is a a BAFTA-nominated director, writer and a graduate of the National Film School in Dublin. 

George’s self-produced comedy pilot Cinephilia led him to several Green Inc projects, including an E4 Funny Cut, Channel 4 Comedy Lab Headwreckers and both series of Sketchy With Diarmuid Corr for BBC NI. He then directed sketches for BBC/Avalon’s Live at the Electric and Seann Walsh's Late Night Comedy Spectacular on BBC Three.

In 2012, George directed multi-award-winning feature mockumentary Discoverdale, starring comedy rock band Dead Cat Bounce, which won Best International Feature at the Galway Film Fleadh 2013. 

In 2014, George directed his first project with Big Talk, Channel 4 Comedy Blap Lives Of The Infamous, starring Jim Broadbent. He has since gone on to direct many more Big Talk projects, including the BAFTA & RTS-nominated ITV2 series Timewasters, Simon Blackwell's Back with Mitchell & Webb and Channel 4's acclaimed comedy-drama Crashing, written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge. He also directed BBC One NI travelogue Michael Smiley: Something To Ride Home About, two series of ITV's topical puppet satire Newzoids for Citrus Television and Oli Lansley's Flack (Hat Trick for Pop) starring Anna Paquin.

George directed series 3 of acclaimed Sky comedy Brassic which aired in 2021 and he is now leading brand new Disney+ series Wedding Season, for a 2022 release. His feature film comedy - Apocalypse Clown - is due to enter production in early 2022, supported by Screen Ireland and produced by Fastnet Films.