Niamh Gormley

Sundance Collab Community Leader

Niamh Gormley is a Sundance Collab Community Leader, award-winning Northern Irish screenwriter, co-founder of Lír Pictures and member of the Writers Guild of Ireland. 


Her work includes Boa Island, a supernatural epic family drama set in Northern Ireland’s Lakelands, Dippers, a bilingual Irish-English murder mystery series, and Luscus, an adaptation of poet Maureen Boyle’s award-winning memoir. Her 1920s period TV drama Bridget in Manhattan, developed through Sundance Collab’s Outline-to-Pilot programme, is a multi-award-winning script with numerous international Best TV Pilot Screenplay awards. 


Niamh has been a Sundance Collab Community Leader since July 2025 and is passionate about introducing filmmakers to new technologies and using emerging AI technologies to amplify untold stories and bring them from page to screen. 

Courses and Content

Jan29
Story Forum Online
9:00AM - 10:00AM (PST)

Harnessing the Power of Virtual Production for Indie Filmmakers

With: Alyssa Boyle and 2 more

Harnessing the Power of Virtual Production for Indie Filmmakers

January 29, 2026
9:00AM - 10:00AM (PST)
With: Alyssa Boyle, Declan Keeney and Niamh Gormley
Virtual production (VP) offers filmmakers a new avenue to achieve high production value on a smaller budget. In this immersive introduction to the technology, attendees will receive a virtual tour of Studio Ulster, one of Europe’s most ambitious VP studios.

Sundance Institute's Story Forum: Online Event Registration

Join us from anywhere on January 29–30 for 15+ immersive online sessions. Explore the cutting edge of independent filmmaking through deep dives into virtual production, documentary ethics, and sustainable independent workflows.