Education / Qualifications
(2023) ‘Bonhoeffer’ Feature Film, Shadowing Camera Dept (DOP John Mathieson BSC). National Talent Academies, Screen Ireland.
(2021) Screen Acting, Bow Street Academy, Dublin
(2019) Camera Trainee Workshop, Screen Skills Ireland, Troy Studios, Limerick
(2011) Graduate, City & Guilds, Professional Photography, Limerick College of Further Education, Ireland
(2010) Graduate, FETAC Level 6, Photography, Limerick College of Further Education, Ireland
(2007) Graduate, Media Production, University of Applied Sciences, Hochschule Darmstadt, Germany
(2007) Graduate, Bachelor of Arts in Multimedia, Cork Institute of Technology, Ireland
Shane Serrano is an award winning Director & Cinematographer from Limerick City, Ireland. Through his production company, Crude Media, Shane has been directing, shooting and producing short films, documentaries and commercial work for over 15 years, working on over 130 music videos for Irish and International artists. Many of his films have been selected by acclaimed film festivals globally, including the Newport Beach Film Festival, Irish Film London, Galway Film Fleadh, Dublin International Film Festival, Hollyshorts Film Festival and Chicago Irish Film Festival.
In 2019 he was the recipient of the Special Recognition Award for Outstanding Contribution to Film in Limerick, at the Richard Harris International Film Festival.
Owner and operator of an Sony Venice, Arri Alexa Mini, Sony FX6, as well as a wide range of other equipment.
View full kit list here: 2024 Kit List
Available for Irish & International projects.
Please contact for further details, fill form below or email: shane.serrano[at]gmail.com *(Please replace [at] with @ symbol)
Awards | Nominations
WINNER French Duck Film Festival 2024 - Best Short Film - ‘The Life of Lester Wink’ (DOP)
WINNER Crown Point International Film Festival 2024 - Best Comedy Short Film - ‘The Life of Lester Wink’ (DOP)
WINNER Cannes Independent Shorts 2024 - Best Comedy Short Film - ‘The Life of Lester Wink’ (DOP)
WINNER Waterford International Film Festival 2023 - Best Short Film - ‘The Life of Lester Wink’ (DOP)
NOMINEE Montreal Independent Film Festival 2023 - Best Narrative Short - ‘The Life of Lester Wink’ (DOP)
WINNER Indie X Film Fest 2023 - Outstanding Achievement Award - ‘Haptic’ (DOP)
NOMINEE Indie X Film Fest 2023 - Best Cinematography - ‘Haptic’ (DOP)
WINNER New Jersey Film Awards 2023 - Best Cinematography - ‘Institute: Red Heron’ (DOP)
WINNER Red Cedar Film Festival 2023 - Best Narrative Short - ‘Pints’ (DOP)
WINNER First Hermetic International Film Festival 2022 - Best Cinematography - ‘Imbas Forosnai’ (Director)
WINNER Cult Movies International Film Festival 2022 - Best Symbolic Short - ‘Imbas Forosnai’ (Director)
FINALIST The British Short Film Awards 2022 - ‘Imbas Forosnai’ (Director)
NOMINEE Dublin International Short Film & Music Festival 2022 - Best Irish Short, Best Score - ‘Imbas Forosnai’ (Director)
WINNER Underground Cinema Film Awards 2022 - Best Cinematography, Best Sound Design, Best Costume Design - ‘Imbas Forosnai’ (Director)
NOMINEE Underground Cinema Film Awards 2022 - Best Director, Best Film, Best Score, Best Editor - ‘Imbas Forosnai’ (Director)
NOMINEE Fastnet Film Festival 2022 - Best Art House - ‘Imbas Forosnai’ (Director)
WINNER Richard Harris International Film Festival 2021 - Mid West Category - ‘It Started On The Streets’ (Director)
NOMINEE Richard Harris International Film Festival 2021 - Best Documentary - ‘It Started On The Streets’ (Director)
WINNER Richard Harris International Film Festival 2021 - Newport Beach Award - ‘Imbas Forosnai’ (Director)
WINNER Richard Harris International Film Festival 2020 - Newport Beach Award - ‘Life After Life’ (DOP)
WINNER Catalyst International Film Festival 2021 - Best Irish Short Film - ‘Paddy’ (DOP)
WINNER Independent Shorts Awards Film Festival 2020 - Best Drama Short - ‘Bluebell’ (DOP)
WINNER Indie Short Fest Film Festival (LA) 2020 - Best First Time Director (Sohaila Lindheim) - ‘Bluebell’ (DOP)
WINNER Richard Harris International Film Festival 2019 - Special Recognition Award for Outstanding Contribution To Film in Limerick
NOMINEE Richard Harris International Film Festival 2019 - Best Editing - ‘Imagine Us On The Sun’ (Director, DOP, Editor)
NOMINEE Limerick Film Festival 2015 Nominee - Best Editing - ‘Goodbye’ (Director, DOP, Editor)
NOMINEE Limerick Film Festival 2015 Nominee - Best Camera - ‘Hangin’’ (Director, DOP)
NOMINEE Limerick Film Festival 2015 Nominee - Best Artistic Short Film - ‘Enthralldom’ (Director, DOP)
WINNER Limerick Film Festival 2014 Winner - Best Artistic Short Film - ’Kerosene’ (Director, DOP)
NOMINEE Limerick Film Festival 2014 Nominee - Best Director - ‘Bill Murray’ (Director, DOP)
NOMINEE LIT Film Festival 2013 Nominee - Best Artistic - Crude Films : Episode Two (Director, DOP)
NOMINEE LIT Film Festival 2013 Nominee - Best Factual - Crude Films : Episode One (Director, DOP)
NOMINEE LIT Film Festival 2013 Nominee - Best Sound (Ciaran Culhane) - ‘Opium’ (Director, DOP)
NOMINEE LIT Film Festival 2013 Nominee - Best Camera - ‘Exactly How You Feel’ (Director, DOP)
NOMINEE LIT Film Festival 2012 Nominee - Best Editing - ‘Hatch Sixteen’ (Director, DOP, Editor)
NOMINEE LIT Film Festival 2012 Nominee - Best Lighting - ‘Calms Your Soul’ (Director, DOP)
NOMINEE National Student Media Awards 2011 News Photographer Of the Year
NOMINEE National Student Media Awards 2011 Sports Photographer Of the Year
NOMINEE National Student Media Awards 2010 Photographer Of the Year
WINNER Irish Music Television Awards 2010 - Audience Choice Award - Rubberbandits ‘Bags of Glue’ (DOP)
Filmography
Feature Films / Television:
(2023) The Wayfinders - Pilot Episode (B Camera Operator) (Dir: Glen Winters)
(2022) The Gates (B Camera Operator) (Dir: Stephen Hall)
(2018) Four Kids & It (EPK Cam Op, Music Video Editor)
(2017) Night Shift (B Camera Operator) (Dir: Stephen Hall)
Short Films:
(2024) The Period Drama (DOP) (Dir: Ian Brew)
(2024) Dadboy (2nd Unit DOP) (In post production) (Dir: John Haugh)
(2024) The No Show (DOP) (In post production) (Dir: Grace Dyas & Catherine O’Halloran)
(2024) Jasmine (DOP) (Dir: Ellen Costa)
(2024) Plain Jain (DOP) (Dir: Stephen Barrett)
(2024) Heart of Stone (DOP) (Dir: Tara Doolan)
(2024) Partita (DOP) (in post production) (Dir: Eric Fraad)
(2023) Table For Two (DOP) (Dir: Ian Brew)
(2023) Haptic (DOP, Editor) (Dir: Baz Black)
(2023) Be Cool (DOP) (Dir: Stephen Barrett)
(2023) The Life of Lester Wink (DOP) (Dir: Cassidy Harrison)
(2022) Pints (DOP) (Dir: Mark P. O’Connor)
(2022) Institute: Red Heron (DOP) (Dir: Sohaila Lindheim)
(2021) Should We Bury Him? (DOP) (in post production) (Dir: Philip Shanahan)
(2021) Shamed (DOP) (Dir: Damien Varley)
(2021) Imbas Forosnai (Director)
(2021) Ship of Souls (Drone Op) (Dir: Jean Pasley)
(2019) Mind Monitor (Proof of Concept) (DOP, Editor) (Dir: Sohaila Lindheim)
(2020) Paddy (DOP) (Dir: Roisin Kearney)
(2020) Bluebell (DOP, Editor) (Dir: Sohaila Lindheim)
(2019) Life After Life (DOP) (Dir: Damien Varley)
(2019) Desire For Red (Proof of Concept) (DOP, Editor) (Dir: Sohaila Lindheim)
(2018) Bluebell (Proof of Concept) (DOP, Editor) (Dir: Sohaila Lindheim)
(2015) Clocks (DOP) (Dir: Kevin Kiely Jnr.)
(2013) Crude Films | Ep. 2 - Shane Davis (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2007) Rondo (DOP, Editor) (Dir: David Burns)
(2006) Fear (Writer, Director, Editor)
Documentary:
(2024) Sing Along Social (Director, DOP, Editor) (In Post Production)
(2023) Reimagining Elderhood (Director, DOP)
(2021) ‘It Started On The Streets’ - A Limerick City Skateboarding Documentary (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2021) A Glorious Ruction - Anna’s Anchor, A Love Letter to Limerick (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2020) ‘Eye of the River’ Pat Lysaght | Ormston House (DOP, Editor)
(2019) Crude | Making A Scene | Ep. 1 - Ross Nagle & Allstar Tattoo (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2018) The Butcher (Drone Op)
(2017) Tree Of Life (60sec Doc) (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2015) Love Hate Social Club, Cork (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2015) Mood Poem | The Pigtown Fling Documentary (59mins) (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2015) Crude Films | Ep. 3 - Graham Smith (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2013) Crude Films | Ep. 1 - Cian Eades (Director, DOP, Editor)
Commercial:
(2024) Sheridans Bar & Restaurant at Shannon Airport (Director, DOP)
(2024) JJ Ruddles at Shannon Airport (Director, DOP)
(2023) Limerick Tourism Ad: “A Different Kind of Energy” (Director, DOP)
(2023) University of Limerick ‘First Steps’ (Director, DOP)
(2023) Bridge14 Café (DOP)
(2023) Rascals Brewery (Spec Ad, Director Laura O’Shea) (DOP)
(2023) Parklife Café (Spec Ad, Director Laura O’Shea) (DOP)
(2022) Home to Mayo (Director, DOP)
(2021) Home of Hybrid, Crossings Toyota (Director, DOP)
(2020) Local Authorities Ireland ‘Working For You’ (DOP)
(2020) Crescent Shopping Centre ‘Inspire’ (DOP)
(2020) Nursing Homes Ireland (DOP)
(2019) Why Choose UL? (Director, DOP)
(2019) Touchstore 365 Suite (Director, DOP)
Broadcast / Streaming:
(2023) Other Voices, RTÉ, Interviews (DOP)
(2023) Shannon Region Junior Chef Of The Year Competition
(2023) Subterranean Sessions, Ep 2 (DOP)
(2022) Féile Classical - Live at the 3Arena (DOP)
(2022) Subterranean Sessions (DOP)
(2021/2022) Bringing It All Back Home (16 episodes) (DOP)
(2021) SiegeCast (DOP)
(2021) Siege of Limerick (4 episodes) (DOP)
(2021) Imbolc (DOP)
(2021) Emma Langford - Live at Lime Tree Theatre (DOP)
(2021) Mamo - Live from Bunratty Castle (DOP)
(2021) Killaloe Music Festival (DOP)
(2021) The Coronas - Live at The Olympia (DOP)
(2021) Subterranean Sessions (DOP)
(2021) Wild Atlantic Edge (Director, DOP)
(2020/2021) Castleconnell Autumn Concert Series (DOP)
(2020) Live from Dolans Series (20 episodes) (DOP)
(2020) Nua (3 episodes) (DOP)
(2018) Mary Black - Live at Vicar Street (DOP)
Music Videos:
(2024) The 2 Johnnies - St. Patrick Drove a Honda Civic (Director, DOP, Co-Editor)
(2024) Raging Sons - Black Room (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2023) David Hope - No One To Listen (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2023) Pa Sheehy - These Days (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2023) King Kong Company ft. Bobby Fingers - The Machine (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2023) Pa Sheehy - Meet Me At The Record Store (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2023) Raging Sons – Talk (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2023) David Hope - No One To Listen (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2022) The Puro – Law Of Return (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2022) David Hope – Burning Question (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2022) Mark Daly – Crying Shame (DOP, Editor)
(2022) The Puro – Goodbye (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2022) David Hope – Moon & Back (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2022) Laura Duff – Good Form (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2022) The Last Vinci – Youy Should See Me In A Crown (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2022) The Last Vinci - Adding Water To The Ocean (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2022) David Hope - Whiskey Mornings (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2021) The Coronas - Write Our Own Soundtrack (DOP)
(2021) Mr. Muntz - Turn To Dust (Director, DOP)
(2021) Mr. Muntz - Sunlight (Director, DOP)
(2021) Irish Chamber Orchestra - Yes Sir, I Can Boogie (Director, DOP)
(2021) The Last Vinci - Glitter Slaughterhouse (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2021) Laura Duff - Wayside (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2021) Raging Sons - Square One (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2021) Bicurious - We Are Totally Fucked (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2021) Bicurious - Deconstructed (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2021) Raging Sons - Someone Else’s Love (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2021) Strange Boy - Waiting (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2021) True Tides - I Can’t Wait (DOP)
(2021) Roisín O - Heart + Bones (DOP)
(2021) Bubba Shakespeare - Well (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2021) Bicurious - Palapalapa (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2021) Raging Sons - Breathe Easy (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2021) Anna’s Anchor - Thomond Bridge (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2021) Anna’s Anchor - Derelict (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2020) Raging Sons - Tonight (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2020) Dea Matrona - ‘Make You My Star’ (Editor)
(2020) Van Panther - To Live & Die (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2020) The Winter Passing - Resist (Editor)
(2020) The 2 Johnnies - She Only Rings Me When She’s Locked (Camera Op)
(2020) Hermitage Green - All in All (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2020) Fox Jaw - Sun Goes Sideways (Director, DOP Editor)
(2019) Fox Jaw - Let It Run (Director, DOP)
(2019) The 2 Johnnies - I’m Grand (Camera Op)
(2019) David Idioh feat. Roisín Mitchell - Ayaya (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2019) Rofi James - Love Shot (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2019) Fox Jaw - Madeline (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2019) The New Ravis - Baby That’s On You (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2019) Emma Langford - Goodbye Hawaii (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2019) Rofi James - I Tried (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2019) Jenní - Roses (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2019) The Light - Wild Atlantic Way (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2018) New Valley Wolves - Aloe Vera (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2018) Conor Ward - Hope (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2018) Barry Wilson - Persuasions (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2018) Colette Kavanagh - Miss You (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2018) The 2 Johnnies - Summer Tune (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2018) Anna’s Anchor - White Washed Corridor (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2018) Order of The Mess - Foolish or Wise (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2018) The Wood Burning Savages - I Don’t Know Why I Do It To Myself (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2018) The Hot Sprockets - Imagine Us On The Sun (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2018) Thanks Brother - We Are Different (Camera Op)
(2018) Toucan - We Fell For Miles (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2018) The 2 Johnnies - Shift (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2018) Thanks Brother - We Are Different (co-DOP)
(2017) The Hip-Neck Blues Collective - 2011-2016 (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2017) The Coronas - Give Me A Minute (co-DOP)
(2017) The 2 Johnnies - The Boom is Back (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2017) The 2 Johnnies - Hometown Christmas (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2017) Rusangano Family - Tea In A Pot (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2017) Randolf & The Crokers - Home (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2017) Hermitage Green - My Only Wish (DOP, Editor)
(2017) Fox Jaw - Heel To Toe (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2017) Doh-Ray-Me: Fontaine Zing - Sensual Barbecue (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2017) David Idioh - Spirit Of The Lord (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2017) Colette Kavanagh - Once in a Lifetime (DOP)
(2017) Anna’s Anchor - Summer Camp (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2016) The Flag Listeners - Birds Fly (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2016) Race the Flux - Matty Rusko (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2016) Protobaby - Popstars (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2016) My Empire - Bring On The Noise (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2016) Micky Mean - My Return (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2016) Micky Mean - Inside (DOP, Editor)
(2016) Jerry Fish - Happy Dog (DOP, Editor)
(2016) Fox Jaw - Hit It Off (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2016) Fox Jaw - Do You Want It All? (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2016) Ed Daly - Way Deep Down (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2016) Doh-Ray-Me: Lady Ann St. Clement feat. Luco - Je Suis A La Christmas (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2016) Colette Kavanagh - Last Kiss (Director, DOP)
(2016) Anna’s Anchor - Hampton (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2015) dREA - Lost In The Water (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2015) dREA - Father Is A Drummer (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2015) Shardborne - Room Within A Room (Director, DOP)
(2015) New Valley Wolves - Crooked Sea (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2015) Mongoose - Old Town (Editor)
(2015) Lisa Canny - Toxic (DOP, Editor)
(2015) Iron Mountain - Enthralldom (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2015) Gascan Ruckus - Goodbye (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2015) Fox Jaw - Sirens Call (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2015) Fall Dogs - Waving At Magpies (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2015) Ed Daly - Love Letter (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2014) dREA - Animal (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2014) Randolf & The Crokers - Hangin’ (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2014) Men of Twenty - Water To Sand (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2014) Fox Jaw - Kerosene (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2014) Fox Jaw - Hijack (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2014) Fox Jaw - Falling Debris (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2014) Delorean Suite - Alone (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2013) Tumbledown - Chink In My Armour (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2013) Protobaby - Nobody Knows (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2013) Protobaby - Microchip (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2013) Protobaby - Keep Running (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2013) Hip-Neck Blues Collective - Bill Murray (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2012) Protobaby - Fluorescent (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2012) Parliament Square - Forest Fire (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2012) Iron Mountain - Live at The Franciscan Friary (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2012) Fox Jaw Bounty Hunters - That Old Chestnut (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2012) Fox Jaw Bounty Hunters - Strip The City (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2012) Fox Jaw Bounty Hunters - Hatch Sixteen (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2012) Campaign LK - Rocky Road To Dublin (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2012) Campaign LK - Exactly How You Feel (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2011) Protobaby - State of Affairs (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2011) Fox Jaw Bounty Hunters - Thread The Needle (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2011) Campaign LK - The Wickedness (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2011) Campaign LK - Calms Your Soul (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2010) We Should Be Dead - Up All Night (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2010) The Secret Police - Believe (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2010) Supermodel Twins - One Step Behind (DOP, Editor)
(2009) Rubberbandits - Bags of Glue (DOP)
(2009) Fox Jaw Bounty Hunters - Homeward Bound & Gagged (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2007) We Should Be Dead - Zero Point Five (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2007) Fox Jaw Bounty Hunters - Little Black Marble (Director, DOP, Editor)
(2004) Funbobby - Milk Vending Bastard (Director, DOP, Animator, Editor)
(2004) Funbobby - Fake It (Director, DOP, Animator, Editor)
Exhibitions
(2023) ‘Reimaging Elderhood’ - Self Organised Architecture
(2023) ‘Muintir’ - Limerick School of Art & Design - Limerick, Ireland
(2023) ‘River Residencies’ - Collaboration with Tania Candiani - Ormston House - Limerick, Ireland
(2013) ‘20 Weeks Of Change’ - Limerick Smarter Travel Exhibition & Film Launch - Limerick, Ireland
(2011) ‘Sin é’ - LCFE 9th Annual Group Photography Exhibition - Limerick, Ireland
(2010) ‘Lensism’ - LCFE 8th Annual Group Photography Exhibition - Limerick, Ireland
(2009) ‘Hard Working Class Heroes Festival’ - Dublin, Ireland
(2009) ‘Mediale’ - Dieburg, Germany
(2009) ‘Latin American Week’ - Limerick, Ireland
(2008) ‘En Route’ Graduate Exhibition - Cork, Ireland
(2008) ‘Hard Working Class Heroes Festival’ - Dublin, Ireland
(2008) ‘Work In Progress’ - Cork, Ireland
(2007) ‘Media Event’ - Cork, Ireland
(2007) ‘Media Night’ - Dieburg, Germany