Neil completed his PhD in Composition with Donnacha Dennehy at Trinity College Dublin, where he also holds a Masters in Music and Media Technology in 2011. Beginning his career as a filmmaker (B.A in Film – National Film School, IADT, Dun Laoghaire), Neil has been involved in a diverse range of musical activities including folk, jazz, rock, contemporary, experimental, electronic and electro-acoustic music and has toured extensively in Ireland, Europe, Australia, Asia and the US. Neil has also scored a number of documentaries, shorts and feature films for Irish Film Board, some of which have won international prizes. His work has been shown/performed at the Dublin Electronic Arts Festival, Fringe Festival, Resonances Festival @ IRCAM Paris, 60 X 60 NYC, Kunsthalle, Berlin, Massachusetts Museum of Modern Art and the ICA, London. Neil has also been participant in the Bang On a Can Summer School at MASS MOCA. Neil has written for solo, duo, string quartet, large ensemble and orchestra along with mixed media projects.
Films have been official selection at SXSW Film Festival, Tribeca Film
Festival, Seattle International Film Festival, Athens International Film
Festival, Moscow International Film Festival. Foxes recently won the
Irish Film and Televison Awards Best Short Film.
