Des Doyle is a D.I.T. graduate who spent 15 years working in the Camera Dept in the Irish Film Industry before moving to directing. He is the writer/director of the critically acclaimed feature documentary Showrunners: The Art of Running a TV Show, featuring JJ Abrams (Alias, Lost, Fringe), Robert and Michelle King (The Good Wife), Ronald D. Moore (Outlander, Battlestar Galactica) and Bill Prady (The Big Bang Theory) amongst others.
He has created a number of courses in conjunction with Screen Skills Ireland which provide breakdowns of all the major US & International Streaming networks and what their programming needs may be.
He also initiated the "Pitching Programme for TV Drama and Comedy" with Screen Skills giving a selected group of writers the opportunity to pitch directly to some of the major Irish production companies based on briefs they provide and created the "LA Writers Room Placements" which allowed Irish writers to travel to LA and spend time in real world US TV series writers rooms.
He has also lectured on Showrunning, US TV Production and the Future Of Content at USC Los Angeles, Rowan University Philadelphia, Scriptmakers Berlin, APIT TV Producers Conference Lisbon, Northern Ireland Screen , IADT Dublin, Writers Guild Of Ireland and Galway Film Centre.
He is currently developing a new documentary series which is a US/Irish co-production as well as providing consultancy services to Irish Producers & Writers with projects targeting the US or Global streaming markets.