Born August 2000, Cathal Fitzpatrick is an Irish writer, director and producer.
At 20 years of age, Cathal adapted his short film 'The Pooka' into his debut feature, 'Pooka' which he wrote and directed during his time in university.
His short films, 'Antlers' and 'A Hollow Tree' screened in multiple film festivals around the world.
He is currently in pre-production on his second feature, a film set during the Irish civil war.
Amid the barren landscape of post-famine Ireland, a father and daughter struggle to survive the brutal winter as caretakers of a remote mansion, only to be driven to the edge of sanity by the horrors lurking within.
Two detectives begin an investigation into a disastrous secret military experiment where five prisoners were kept awake for thirty days in a sealed gas chamber.