Dominic O'Riordan

Dominic O’Riordan is a freelance film director specialising in performance, comedy, sport and scripted fashion films. He is also very comfortable directing high-profile actors, sports stars and celebrities.

Dominic is based in London and has shot commercial campaigns all over the world ranging from L.A, New York, Tokyo, Sydney, Jakarta, Lagos, Jaipur, Ibiza and Dubai to name just a few.

Dominic started his career as a self-shooting documentary director and has a huge passion for shooting stills as well as directing.

He has won various awards that range from a yellow D&AD pencil and a silver Promax for my work on Channel 4’s ‘Meet The Superhumans’ campaign films. The music video ‘From Above’ for The Beach won ‘Best Music Video’ at the IMVA’s and his short film ‘Breakdown’ won ‘Best Short Film’ 2020 at the Toronto AF Festival, and ‘Best Film Direction’ and ‘Best Comedy Short’ at the London Short Film Festival 2020.

Dominic O’Riordan’s extensive directorial client list includes Guinness, BAFTA, EE, Visa, NHS, Coca-Cola, Alzheimer’s Research UK, Huawei, Visa, Canon, Adidas, Nike, Puma, Mercedes, River Island, Sony Electronics, Auto Trader, Ann Summers, Westfield, Remington, ASOS, Expedia, UEFA, Trojan, AIG, Boots, Bacardi, Bridgestone, Kodaline, Nintendo, Karcher, Garnier, GU, SKY, BEIN, Unibet, Purina, OTRO, Smoke-Free South West, Sony Music, XFactor, Epic, Ministry of Sound, Diplo ft Craig David, Polydor, Universal, Karmarama, Leona Lewis, ITN Creative, V3, Saatchi & Saatchi, McCann Erickson, Iris, Octagon, AMV BBDO, Publicis and M&C Saatchi.

Summer 2022 brought Dominic’s talents to a floral extravaganza in the guise of the hit horticultural campaign for Westland Boost, shot on location in South Africa.