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Showrunners doc for IFI Dublin and Galway screens

Person of Interest (starring Michael Emerson, above) producer Jonathan Nolan features in the documentary film, Showrunners
Person of Interest (starring Michael Emerson, above) producer Jonathan Nolan features in the documentary film, Showrunners

Feature documentary about US TV showrunners featuring J.J. Abrams, Joss Whedon, Ronald D. Moore opens exclusively at Light House Cinema Dublin and EYE Galway on October 17.

Showrunners is the first ever feature length documentary film to explore the fascinating world of US television showrunners and the creative forces aligned around them.

Produced by Irish company Black Sheep Productions, Showrunners opens exclusively at Light House Cinema Dublin on October 17, and will be available on VOD on Volta and iTunes from October 31.  

The film will also have featured as the closing presentation of the Stranger than Fiction documentary film festival at the IFI in Dublin on September 28.

The film features contributions from Joss Whedon (Buffy The Vampire Slayer/Firefly), J.J. Abrams (LOST, Alias), Kurt Sutter (Sons Of Anarchy), Damon Lindelof (LOST, The Leftovers), Ronald D.Moore (Battlestar Galactica, Outlander), Bill Prady (The Big Bang Theory), Jane Espenson (Once Upon A Time, Husbands), Jonathan Nolan (Person Of Interest).

Other contributors include Terence Winter (Boardwalk Empire), Robert & Michelle King (The Good Wife), J.H. Wyman (Fringe, Almost Human), Hart Hanson (Bones), Steven S. DeKnight (Spartacus) Shawn Ryan (The Shield) Matthew Carnahan (House of Lies) and many more. 

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