After graduating from Trinity College where she was also Entertainments Officer, Edwina lived in San Francisco for five years working in the Music business. Returning with a new ambition to work in film she quickly graduated from the EAVE, Media Business School and subsequently from the ACE producers program. She set up Zanzibar Films in 2002. Edwina’s debut Feature HEADRUSH (2003) has four international awards to its credit. Her second feature SUGAR premiered in Sundance 2005 and screened in competition at Edinburgh & Thessaloniki film festivals. She is also involved as co-producer on feature films DOT.COM (2006) & JOHNNY WAS (2005) SWANSONG – the story of Occi Byrne and associate producer on SOUL BOY (2009)and in post-production on feature film 2 GRAVES – director Yvonne McDevitt, composer Michael Nyman. – her feature length documentaries are AIDAN WALSH - MASTER OF THE UNIVERSE (2002) and Breaking Boundaries – the Irish Cricket team’s world cup (2008) and is in post production on Shimmy Marcus’s Documentary Good Cake Bad Cake. She is working on numerous features THE STRAITS – director Johnny Gogan production late 2009 shooting in Spain & Morocco starring Omar Sharif and LINGLING - director Patrick Jolley due for production early 2010 while also co-producing and SCOTTISH DOCTOR due for production 2010 & IT TAKES THREE TO TANGO – director Audrey O’Reilly, due for production Spring 2010. Also Zanzibar film – NEW BOY was nominated for an Academy Award for Best short film 2009.
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