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name: "Ciarán Donnelly"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ciaran-donnelly"
roles: ["Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-18T08:17:51.698262+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Ciarán Donnelly

Director.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Also known as:** Киаран Доннелли
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciar%C3%A1n_Donnelly_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5119134, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1012772/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1233099

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Spooks*](https://film.one/tv/spooks.md) (77)

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## Biography

Ciarán Donnelly is an Irish film and television director. He directed two episodes of the BBC series *Spooks* in 2003, and has worked on multiple episodes of *Cold Feet* (2001–2003), including one that contributed to the series winning a BAFTA for Best Drama Series.

Donnelly is known for directing on major series including *The Tudors* (2007–2010), *Camelot* (2011), *Vikings* (2013–2019), *Altered Carbon* (2018), *The Wheel of Time* (2021) and *Vikings: Valhalla* (2022). He served as showrunner and director on *Titanic: Blood and Steel* (2012) and co-created the Irish series *Kin* (2021–).

He has won multiple IFTA awards, including for *Stardust* (2006) and *Vikings*, and a BAFTA. Donnelly is also a producer and writer.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, sdgi.ie.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Spooks* (2002), Fi1m 77, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/spooks.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Vikings: Valhalla* (2022), series, Director
- *The Wheel of Time* (2021), series, Director, Executive Producer
- *Kin* (2021), series, Screenplay, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Resurrection* (2021), Director
- *Professionals* (2020), series, Director
- *Krypton* (2018), series, Director
- *Altered Carbon* (2018), series, Director
- *Harley and the Davidsons* (2016), series, Director, Executive Producer
- *The Bastard Executioner* (2015), series, Director
- *A.D. The Bible Continues* (2015), series, Director
- *Crossbones* (2014), series, Director
- *Once Upon a Time in Wonderland* (2013), series, Director
- *Vikings* (2013), series, Director
- *Titanic: Blood and Steel* (2012), series, Director, Story, Executive Producer
- *Once Upon a Time* (2011), series, Director
- *Camelot* (2011), series, Director
- *Trust Me* (2009), series, Director
- *Inspector George Gently* (2008), series, Director
- *The Tudors* (2007), series, Director
- *Robin Hood* (2006), series, Director
- *Big Dippers* (2005), Director
- *Spooks* (2002), series, Director — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/spooks.md)

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