George
Kane

Writer and director for television

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

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

George’s self-produced comedy pilot Cinephilia led him to direct Channel 4 Comedy Lab piece Headwreckers. Since then, George has directed Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Channel 4 series Crashing for Big Talk and after directing Daniel Lawrence Taylor's comedy pilot, George directed the full series of Timewasters S1, which was commissioned by ITV2. George's other recent work includes Comedy Blap Lives of the Infamous, and ITV's Newzoids.  Most recently George directed Oli Lansley's Flack starring Anna Paquin and returned to direct Series 2 of Timewasters.

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Comedy Blap: Lives of the Infamous

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Discoverdale

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George Kane Directs Timewasters

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George Kane directs Crashing

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Comedy Blap: Lives of the Infamous

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Discoverdale

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George Kane Directs Timewasters

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George Kane directs Crashing

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Comedy Blap: Lives of the Infamous

Michael Smiley: Something To Ride Home About

Sketchy: Series 2

Crashing

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Oliver Lansley's Flack premieres on the W Channel
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2018 BAFTA Nominations
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Adelayo Adedayo leads George Kane’s Timewasters for ITV2
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George Kane directs series two of Newzoids
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frank, filthy, sad and weird – a millennial flat-share comedy with edge

Richard Vine
The Guardian on Crashing

Crashing deserves to be a big hit, and I can imagine it having a long and happy life... The series only gets funnier and smarter

Kasia Delgado
Radio Times on Crashing

CV

Television

Director

Timewasters S2
Creator Daniel Lawrence Taylor
Starring
  • Adelayo Adedayo
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    Comedy about a jazz band who are sent back in time.

    Big Talk for ITV2
    Flack
    Creator Oliver Lansley
    Director George Kane

    Comedy set in the world of PR

    Hat Trick
    Timewasters
    6 x 30'
    Creator Daniel Lawrence Taylor
    Producer Josh Cole
    Director George Kane
    Starring
  • Adelayo Adedayo
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    Comedy series

    Big Talk for ITV2
    Crashing
    6 x 30'
    Creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge
    Producer Josh Cole

    Comedy

    Big Talk for Channel 4
    Newzoids Series 2
    6 x 30'
    Producer Sarah Morris

    Second series of the topical comedy sketch show

    Citrus for ITV
    Newzoids
    6 x 30'
    Producer Bethan Gorman and Giles Pilbrow
    Writer Various

    Animated comedy sketch show

    Citrus Television for ITV1
    See Now
    Comedy Blap: Lives of the Infamous
    3 x multiple
    Producer James Dean
    Writer David Crow, Jim Howick and Oliver Maltman
    Starring
  • Jim Broadbent
  • David Crow
  • Jim Howick
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    Comedy blap
    Big Talk Productions for Channel 4
    See Now
    Michael Smiley: Something To Ride Home About
    3 x 30'
    Producer Chris Jones
    Starring
  • Michael Smiley
    •
    Award-winning actor and comedian Michael Smiley cycles around Northern Ireland
    BBC for BBC1 Northern Ireland
    Live at the Electric
    8 x 30'
    Avalon Television for BBC3
    The Last Broadcast: Series 6
    Title Sequence
    Headwreckers
    1 x 30'
    Producer Keith Martin
    Part Of The Comedy Lab Series for Channel 4
    Green Inc Film and Television for Channel 4
    Tonightly
    Producer Nathan Eastwood
    Boris Johnson inserts
    Objective Productions for Channel 4
    Fright Shorts
    Bounty

    Writer & Director

    Best Laid Plans
    1 x 25'
    Documentary
    IADT-DL
    Ape
    Starring
  • Comedy short featuring a mix of sketches and hidden-camera stunts.
    Green Inc Film and Television for Channel 4
    Touching People
    1 x 30'
    Producer Keith Martin
    Green Inc Film and Television for RTE 2

    Executive Producer & Director

    Sketchy: Series 2
    6 x 30'
    Writer Diarmuid Corr, George Kane, Keith Martin
    Starring
  • Diarmuid Corr
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    A modern mix of bright new stand-up comedy performance and sharp character sketches, co-written and directed by George Kane and starring Diarmuid Corr.
    Green Inc Film and Television for BBC Northern Ireland
    Sketchy with Diarmuid Corr
    3 x 30'
    Producer Keith Martin
    Writer Diarmuid Corr, George Kane, Keith Martin
    Starring
  • Diarmuid Corr
    •
    Sketch comedy show
    Green Inc Film and Television for BBC Northern Ireland

    Writer & Director & Producer & Editor

    Cinephelia
    1 x 25'

    Film

    Writer & Director

    Nightlight
    Tailored Films Ltd
    In Development
    Trainwreck
    Samson Films
    In Development
    Death and Other Clerical Errors
    Producer Ciaran McCormack
    Screened in competition Cork International Film Festival.

    Writer & Director & Producer & Editor

    Craic Whores
    Craic Whores 2: The Ballad of Slutmagic
    See Now
    Discoverdale
    Best of the Festival: at the LA Comedy Festival
    Producer Chris Carey
    Starring
  • Dead Cat Bounce
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    Mocumentary

    Welded Tandem Picture Company/2 Entertain

    Director

    Send In The Clowns
    Feature
    Writer Demian Fox, Shane O'Brien, James Walmsley

    Feature 

    Fastnet Films