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Director
Des Doyle
Credits
Producers: John Wallace, Rock Shaink Jr. Writer: Des Doyle
Category
Documentary
This film lifts the lid on the fascinating world of U.S. television showrunners and the creative teams that combine to make some of the leading series on TV. These women and men instigated the writer-led revolution and battle daily between art and commerce, managing every aspect of a show’s development and production.Featuring interviews with the showrunners behind Lost, Boardwalk Empire, The Big Bang Theory, The Good Wife, Sons of Anarchy, Spartacus, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Battlestar Galactica and Persons of Interest, this is a film for the box-set generation.
Notes by Ross Whitaker.
90 minutes, Ireland/USA, 2014, Colour
AMÉLIE (25th ANNIVERSARY) 13.10
BACKROOMS 16.00 18.20
FAIRYLAND 11.10, 20.20
HEN (2026) 11.00
MYSTERY MATINEE MAY 2026 13.00
OBSESSION 18.00
PARIS 75: THE EUROPEAN CUP FINAL FOOTBALL TRIED TO FORGET 13.45
PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE (4K RE-RELEASE) 15.30, 20.30
POWER BALLAD 15.45, 20.40
THE CHRISTOPHERS 10.50, 18.10
The IFI is supported by The Arts Council