Professional advertising creative. 
Semi-professional screenwriter.
Retired amateur 5-a-side footballer.
Aspiring stationary cyclist.




Michael is a Senior Creative and Screenwriter who finds it very uncomfortable referring to himself in the third person.

I'm currently a Copywriter at Boys + Girls, part of by the Network, where I work on some of Ireland's biggest brands: Three, NOW, Skoda, Diageo, Bord Bia, SuperValu, among others. Over the past 9 years, I've worked at all types of Dublin agencies, including Folk Wunderman Thompson and Publicis.

The first film script I wrote, Room Taken, is 


Agencies

Boys + Girls
Folk Wunderman Thompson
Publicis Dublin
The Public House
In The Company of Huskies




Selected Clients

Vodafone, Cadbury, Jameson, Guinness, Three, NOW, Kellogg's, SuperValu, Lucozade, Heinz, An Post, Škoda, Irish Cancer Society, Nestlé, AXA, Tullamore Dew, RTÉ, Visa, Roe & Co, Just Eat, TG4, Mazda, Bord Bia, Ryanair, Liberty Insurance, Paddy Power, Permanent TSB, Smithwick's, Depaul, SMA, Tourism Ireland, Fáilte Ireland, Dublin City Council, Ulster Bank, Hornitos Tequila.


Contact

   




Oscars 2025 Long-list
'Room Taken' - Officially Qualified for 97th Academy Awards Contention

Best Short Film
'Room Taken' - Cleveland International Film Festival 2024
(Oscar Qualifying)

Best Irish Short Film
'Room Taken' - Dublin International Film Festival 2024

Best Screenplay
'Room Taken' - Fastnet Film Festival 2024

Best Short Film (Jury Award)
'Room Taken' - Noci cortin festival 2024

Best Short Film (Student Jury Award)
'Room Taken' - Noci cortin festival 2024

Best Short Film (Audience Award)
'Room Taken' - Noci cortin festival 2024

Best Short Film (Audience Award)
'Room Taken' - Postira Seaside Film Festival 2024

Best International Short
'Room Taken' - Pop Corn Festival del Corto 2024

Special Mention
Bloomsday Film Festival 2024

Awards & PR



1x Bronze (Intl.)  Shark
Three - Jeff's World

2x Silver ICADs
Three - Jeff's World

1x Bronze (Intl.)  Shark
Three - Jeff's World

2x Silver & 1x Bronze ICAD
Irish Cancer Society - Still
Here

Bronze ICAD
Integrated & Earned: Paddy Power - Mischief

Bronze ICAD
Experience & Activation: St. Vincent de Paul - Hidden Homeless

Commended (2020) ICAD
Digital Experience:  Vodafone - Ireland's Ball

BestAds: Best Outdoor of the Week
Saint Vincent de Paul - Hidden Homeless

BestAds: Best Web Film of the Week
Vodafone Ireland - Ireland's Ball

ESA Awards 2020 Shortlist
Best Use of PR: Vodafone Ireland - Ireland's Ball




Muse by Clio
#WFH Diaries: Michael Whelan and Dean Ryan of JWT Folk

Promonews.net
Featured Music Video: Meltybrains? - 'Sensitivity'

Exhibitions
OFFSET: 'Bill Murray - Chasing the White Whale' (2014)

OFFSET x Hunt&Gather: 'Just My Type' (2015)

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