Matthew Shiell

• Storyboarded a Short Film that won 8 'European Cinematography Awards' in 2023
• Storyboarded short films which came in the finals of the ‘European Heritage in Motion Awards’ in 2019 & 2021
• 1st Class Honours Graduate in Fine Art degree
• Volunteers weekly for ADHD Ireland as an online facilitator, for a series of adult support groups
• Continue to teach extracurricular activities intermittently to all-age groups since finishing school
• Partnered with an Architect to design the exterior of an outdoor seating area for Foxrock Village, Dublin in 2021

• 1st Class BA Hons in Fine Art
• Certified Extracurricular Teacher with the CDETB

English (native)

Portuguese (advanced)

Bear Print Media & Screen Ireland

2023

• 'Callus'. Live-action short Irish Folklore Film set in rural Kildare, directed by Ciarán Hickey

Swandive Productions

2021

• 'Croí'. Live-action short film, set in Antarctica in the 1800s, directed by Mícheál Fleming

Buckled Cranium (Luke & Mark Leslie)

2020

• 'Home'. Animated Short Film, set in the Carrickmacross Workhouse in Co. Monaghan. Responsibilities included a full storyboard of the 25 minute short-film, featuring the tragic story of a family struggling through the 1847 Irish Famine.

2019

• 'Ormond Castle'. Two Animated Short Films used as introductions to Ormond Castle, commissioned by the OPW.

2017

• An as-yet unreleased short period film, featuring a runaway train

Kite Entertainment

2016

• Storyboards for a comedy skit for ‘The Deirdre O’Kane Show’, directed by Stephen Bradley & starring Dierdre o’Kane

Little Seed Films

2014

• Prologue to unreleased short crime film, directed by Mikael Thierry

Pala Pizza

2022-23

• Completed a series of Illustrations to be used as promotional material for the Pala Pizza brand in Foxrock. For their website, t-shirt, pizza box design etc.

White Buffalo Films

2022

• Produced a series of Illustrated Concept Art in the style of a Children's Storybook, that was presented and pitched to be part of a Documentary about Women's rights. The clients were very happy with the work but ultimately decided to go a different direction than the Storybook style for the final outcome.

Foxrock Village

2021

• Outdoor seating visualisation drawing
• Partnered with an Architect to design the exterior of an outdoor seating area for Foxrock Village, that was ultimately approved and constructed last Summer.

My Cookie Sandwich

2021

• Ongoing freelance illustrations for their website

Euston Square

2018

• Partnered with Euston Square on a ‘Roche Company Teamwork Day’, when asked to draw up mock presentations from various teams, also contributed various graphic designs to their Group Presentations

Sweet Media

2017

• Submitted a collection of drawings of Ballerinas to be used as artwork and B/G details in a Music Video, where the main actor was playing an Artist.

Online Adult Group Co-Facilitator, ADHD Ireland

2021 - present

• Help to run 4 adult support groups online for 2 hours each, every 2 weeks

• Acting (current)
• Currently attending the 'Acting for Camera - Level 1' course, with the Gaiety School of Acting, and also scheduled to take the Level 2 course afterwards

Screenwriting

• Completed a 5 Week Screenwriting Course, organised by Pulse College

College

• Set up two Societies while in College - ‘Basketball’, & ‘Comic Book’ - and also acted as the Treasurer for the Mindfulness Society.
• Participated in the Drama & Debate Societies; the former leading to a few roles in plays, and the latter of which receiving the award once for ‘Debater of the Year’.

Sports

• Competed in international tournaments for my Secondary School Basketball at the Varsity division
• Also played Volleyball & Hockey at school team levels

Life Drawing

• Have attended Life Drawing events for many years, and have also set up my own a few times; hosted at home with guests & a live model.

2022

• Created a 'Cartooning' weekend course that I hosted online and in-person for specifically Chinese children, in partnership with BeeArt

2022

• Created and ran two Summer School workshops (each a week long) for children at the Teresian School, Dublin in partnership with the Columbus School.

2019

• Created and ran a 10 week 'Comics and Cartooning' evening course for adults, for the Ballsbridge College of Further Education.

2016

• Hosted a talk on 'Comics and Cartooning' related to my own work, as part of the student's college elective on the subject, at IADT, Dun Laoghaire

2011 - 14

• Taught Art and Drama as an assistant for my old Art teacher, intermittently for 3 years after Summer Break. (80 days one year, then 30 days each block, afterwards) at Oeiras International School (OIS), Portugal