Adam O'Keeffe
- Writer
- Director
- Producer
Adam is an IFTA Nominated, multi-award-winning writer, director and producer. He is the co-founder of WaveWalker Films.
Adam's debut feature film (as writer, co-director and co-producer) Horseshoe, was awarded Completion Funding by Screen Ireland and premiered in July 2025 at the Galway Film Fleadh where it won Best Irish First Feature and Underground Cinema International Film Festival where it won Best Irish Feature. It received critical acclaim with four and five star reviews from The Irish Times, Sunday Independent, Irish Examiner, Rte Guide and Arts Review. It was nominated for two awards at the 2026 Iftas including Best Direction (for Adam and his co-director Edwin Mullane) and Best Actress (for Carolyn Bracken).
He has also just been selected as one of Screen Ireland's Phase One Perspective candidates as director/co-writer for his horror project, Watchtower. Additionally, his rom-com TV series, Long Hot Summer, has just entered international co-development with Canada's Project 10, the team behind hits such as Schitt's Creek and Son of a Critch, and is in receipt of Screen Ireland Tv Development Phase One Funding. In 2026 Adam has also been selected to participate in Screen Ireland’s Post-Graduate Diploma in Advanced Producing and their Screen Mentorship Programme.
Adam's debut feature film (as writer, co-director and co-producer) Horseshoe, was awarded Completion Funding by Screen Ireland and premiered in July 2025 at the Galway Film Fleadh where it won Best Irish First Feature and Underground Cinema International Film Festival where it won Best Irish Feature. It received critical acclaim with four and five star reviews from The Irish Times, Sunday Independent, Irish Examiner, Rte Guide and Arts Review. It was nominated for two awards at the 2026 Iftas including Best Direction (for Adam and his co-director Edwin Mullane) and Best Actress (for Carolyn Bracken).
He has also just been selected as one of Screen Ireland's Phase One Perspective candidates as director/co-writer for his horror project, Watchtower. Additionally, his rom-com TV series, Long Hot Summer, has just entered international co-development with Canada's Project 10, the team behind hits such as Schitt's Creek and Son of a Critch, and is in receipt of Screen Ireland Tv Development Phase One Funding. In 2026 Adam has also been selected to participate in Screen Ireland’s Post-Graduate Diploma in Advanced Producing and their Screen Mentorship Programme.
