"North Circular" director.
Luke McManus is an Irish director and producer based in Dublin. He has directed numerous award-winning documentary and drama projects for RTE, TV3, TG4, Al Jazeera, the Irish Film Board and Channel 4, winning three IFTAs, one Celtic Media Award and the Radharc Award in the process. Directing credits include North Circular, Jump Girls, I Am Immigrant, Crainn nah Eireann, Jump Boys, Arkle, Making a Museum, Dermot Bannon & The Big Build and Féile Dreams. His first documentary as producer The Million Dollar Deal (dir. John Butler) his film on professional poker in Las Vegas, was broadcast in 14 countries including Channel 4 in the UK. His debut feature as producer was The Lonely Battle of Thomas Reid, which premiered in the Main Competition at IDFA in 2018, won the George Morrison Award for Best Feature Documentary at the Irish Film & Television Awards and the Best Irish Film Award at the Dublin International Film Festival.
