Irish specialist unscripted production company Indiepics has announced it has hired the formerly London based showrunner, Eoin O’Shea for the new role of Head of International.
O’Shea will be responsible for developing a new slate of films and series for international networks and streamers. Building on Indiepics’ strong position in the Irish market, he will develop relationships with international distributors and co-production partners. O’Shea will also assume Executive Producer duties. He will report into indiepics’ MD, Conor Moloney.
After an early career working in-house at Irish national broadcaster, RTE, Eoin spent 15 years in London and Bristol working with some of the UK’s biggest independent unscripted producers, including Century Films, Arrow Media, Windfall Films, Raw TV, Blast TV and Icon Films.
Initially making his name with Archie Films, as the producer and director of BBC 2’s award winning history series, Britain’s Flying Past and the access- doc series Red Arrows – Inside the Bubble, Eoin went on to produce Channel 4 series Flying to the Ends of the Earth, Hidden Britain by Drone and Escape to Costa Rica.
O’Shea then developed and directed several specialist factual and access-led series, for US networks including, Terror in the Skies (Smithsonian Channel), Unseen Rivers with Jeremy Wade (National Geographic /Disney + ) , Border Rico (Travel Channel) and Wild World with Patrick Aryee (Love Nature).
Having returned to Ireland in 2020, O’Shea commuted internationally to showrun the six-part, National Geographic/Disney + adventure series, Lost Cities Revealed with Albert Lin, which was recently shortlisted for a US critics’ choice award.
Eoin O’Shea, head of international at Indiepics says, “Ireland is bursting with amazing stories, epic landscapes, and world-class storytellers. It’s the perfect place for making films and television shows. Indiepics has been doing it domestically for over 30 years. Drama has already proved it can be done on a global level. And there are great strides being made in studio-based shows for the international market – why not factual and factual entertainment? I’m convinced there is space for new, world class, unscripted producers, in Ireland. I’ve been fortunate enough to work with some of the best doc and factual producers in the world. And I hope a little bit of their magic has rubbed off. There is every reason to think Ireland can be a significant player in this market. We have all the ingredients.”
Conor Moloney, MD at Indiepics adds, “We are hugely optimistic for the future of unscripted and Indiepics’ potential in a big global market. Eoin’s creative experience on premium content for some of the world’s biggest players make him a standout hire for us. Couple that with those wily Kilburn-to-Kerry roots and you have someone well placed to find, develop and produce great Irish content with truly global appeal.”
