Lights! Camera! Homework!

In retrospect, when we first decided that, hey, getting that jet stream over a towering, Godzilla-sized Sean Treacy will look pretty darn cool, we should have asked the lad himself about the light.

Because, as you can see, the jet looks fab agus groovy, whereas young Ashford filmmaker Sean is about as recognisable as Deadpool at a gimp convention.

Yep, one glance at this budding teenage tycoon’s impressive array of short films tells you that this kid knows all about lighting. And framing. And editing. And writing. And directing.

And just to rub Soderbergh into the wounds, the little fecker can act too.

Yep, there’s a generation coming up behind us vinyl-loving, VHS-hugging old fogeys who know how to tell their stories with humour, insight, marketing smarts and the kind of casual digital skulduggery that would have Orson Welles hitting the port with a vengeance.

Having recently wowed them at the Irish Film Fest, the IFI and Limerick’s Fresh Film Festival,and about to head to Seattle for the Northwest Film Forum, Sean’s latest offering, Brother, is about to make its Whale debut on Friday, June 8th, when it plays support to the Greystones Film Club’s screening of the the critically-acclaimed sequel, Blade Runner 2049.

So, naturally, we wanted to find out more about the kid that we’re all going to be working for in years to come. From his online Stellar vlog (currently edging towards 5,000 followers) to that ever-growing CV of acclaimed short films, this 13-year-old is more than ready for his close-up…

You can grab your ticket for Brother and Blade Runner 2049 at The Whale on Friday, May 18th, 8pm, by signing up – for free – to the Greystones Film Club here.