Darragh O’Connell — Creative Director, BBF / 9 Story Media Group
Darragh O’Connell is Brown Bag Films' Dublin-based studio co-founder and creative director, behind Oscar-nominated shorts and hit kids’ series like Octonauts and Olivia.
Co-founder of Brown Bag Films and Group Creative Director at Brown Bag Films and 9 Story Media Group, Darragh O’Connell leads creative content across studios in Dublin, Toronto, Bali and beyond.
About
Darragh O’Connell co-founded Brown Bag Films with Cathal Gaffney in 1994. Darragh produced the short film Give Up Yer Aul Sins, which was nominated for an Oscar® at the 74th Academy Awards® in 2002. He subsequently directed the TV series which went on to become one of the best-selling Irish DVD releases of all time. In 2010, Darragh was nominated for a second Academy Award® as producer of the short film Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty and was invited to join the Academy for Motion Pictures, Arts & Sciences.
Darragh’s director screen credits also include the TV series I’m An Animal (RTE), Olivia (Nickelodeon) and Octonauts (BBC) and most recently Chico Bon Bon: Monkey with a Tool Belt (Netflix). Darragh is currently Group Creative Director at Brown Bag Films and 9 Story Media Group and is responsible for the group’s creative content.
Darragh O’Connell was the director, co-writer, and creative lead on 23 Degrees 5 Minutes, an animated short produced by Brown Bag Films. The film was based on a story by Austin Kenny and scripted by O’Connell himself. It premiered in 2011 and featured voice performances by John Hurt and Stuart Townsend. The short was nominated for an IFTA and funded under the Frameworks scheme by the Irish Film Board, RTÉ, and the Arts Council of Ireland.
