Zoe Kavanagh
9 movies
- Known for
- Directing
- Place of birth
- Dublin, Ireland
Biography
Zoe Kavanagh is an Irish writer, director and editor from Dublin. A graduate of the National Film School at IADT, where she earned a BA (Hons) in Film & Television, Kavanagh has built a career as an independent filmmaker known for ambitious genre storytelling and a hands-on approach to filmmaking.
She began directing music videos for international artists including Clan of Xymox, Julien-K, The Birthday Massacre and Restive Nation, before moving into narrative filmmaking with a series of short films including Tides, Wounded Ella, and the psychological horror short Inexorable.
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Kavanagh made her feature directorial debut with Taryn Barker: Demon Hunter, an independently financed action-horror film that earned multiple festival awards, including Best Director at the HorrorHound Film Festival, and launched the Taryn Barker franchise. She later wrote and directed the sequel, Demon Hunter: Time 2 Kill, expanding the series with a blend of supernatural horror, action, slasher, dark comedy, and time-travel adventure.
Her films draw inspiration from cult genre cinema while emphasizing practical effects, character-driven storytelling, and ambitious world-building on independent budgets.
Known for
Zoe Kavanagh: movies and TV shows
Acting (2)
- 2022 Grindsploitation 10: Milkin' It
as Cra-Knyar
- 2017
Behind the camera (8)
- 2026 Demon Hunter: Time 2 Kill
Director, Writer, Cinematography
- 2022
- 2020 Tides
Director, Editor
- 2019 Meat Cute
Producer, Editor, Director of Photography, Director
- 2018 Wounded Ella
Writer, Director
- 2017 Inexorable
Director, Writer
- 2017 I'm Talking to You
Colorist
- 2016 Taryn Barker: Demon Hunter
Director, Writer, Editor