piersmcgrail@gmail.com / +353 86 379 5719

I am a freelance cinematographer. Below you can see a selection of my work.

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KELLY & VICTOR [feature]

Directed by Kieran Evans

Produced by Janine Marmot & Andrew Freedman

Shot on Alexa with Zeiss Superspeeds

* Screened at the London Film Festival 2012 *

'With its stylishly underlit and washed-out palette, Kelly + Victor certainly looks striking. Evans and his cinematographer Piers McGrail share a painterly eye for both urban decay and rural landscape, often pausing to linger on small details in tight close-up'

'Victor's nature-boy inclinations are of a piece with the stylishly organic digital lensing by Piers McGrail, which makes attractive use of such Liverpudlian landmarks as the historic Sefton Park'
OUT OF HERE [feature]

Directed by Donal Foreman

Produced by Emmet Flemming

Shot on Epic with Zeiss Superspeeds

Currently in post production

GHOSTLANDS [feature promo]

Directed by Joseph O'Malley

Produced by Juliette Bonass

Shot on RedOne with Nikon lenses

THE TREE [short]

Directed by David Freyne

Produced by Rachel O'Kane

Shot on Epic with Zeiss Superspeeds

* Screened at the Cork Film Festival 2012 *

* Screened at the Galway Film Fleadh 2012 *

DOGHOUSE [short]

Directed by Morgan Bushe

Produced by Rory Dungan

Shot on Epic with Lomo Anamorphics

* Screened at the Cork Film Festival 2012 *

FORECLOSED [short]

Directed by Eoin Heany

Produced by Nora Windeck

Shot on RedMX with Zeiss Superspeeds

* Screened at the Cork Film Festival 2012 *

ALIA [short]

Directed by Claire Dix

Produced by Nodlag Houlihan

Shot on Alexa with Panavision lenses

* Screened at the Cork Film Festival 2012 *

BLINK [feature promo]

Directed by Cathy Brady

Produced by Neil Wallace

Shot on Epic with Ultra Primes

DUBLIN / BERLIN [feature promo]

Directed by Robert Manson

Shot on Epic with Zeiss Superspeeds

MOON ROOSTER [short]

Directed by Niall Sheerin

Shot on RedOne with Nikon lenses

HOMEMADE [short]

Directed by Luke McManus

Produced by Anne Marie Naughton

Shot on Epic with Zeiss Standard Speeds

DOWNPOUR [short]

Directed by Claire Dix

Produced by Nodlag Houlihan

Shot on RedOne with Zeiss Standard Speeds

* Best Cinematography * Fasnet Film Festval 2012

* Best Irish Short * Fastnet Film Festval 2012

* Best Irish Short * Foyle Film Festval 2011

Nominated for an IFTA for Best Irish Short

UNSAID [short]

Directed by Stevie Russell

Produced by Michael Donnelly

Shot on RedOne with Zeiss Super Speeds