Dylan Townsend(I)
- Writer
- Producer
- Actor
Dylan Townsend is a multi-award winning creator, actor & director-
who initially began shooting his own projects in Ireland- after a
decade of travel, photographic journalism & completing his university studies in Film
& Journalism, in Rathmines, Dublin.
Initially directing comedy films 'Ignorance Is Bliss', comedy web series 'Slainte' and poetry documentary 'Shadowsmiths'; led to his being invited to join RTE's Docu-reality series 'Exiles: Vancouver'.
While on the show in Vancouver, Dylan was documented creating the coffeeshop comedy Tv sitcom 'Hipsterverse' with Michael Coleman (Once Upon a Time) and bringing Queen Aisha Tyler( Whose line is it anyway, Archer) onto the project as guest director. As showrunner & director of 'Hipsterverse', he pitched the web series & sold it to TAG Channel; which was distributed under DISH network and SONIFI across North America in 2017. The first full season- of Ten half hour episodes of the series- has recently completed production summer 2024, and being brought to market with a new cast of bizarre and ridiculous coffeeshop hipsters.
Dylan has focused much of his energy on Television but has also been blessed to produce 'Bad Suns' with a stellar Irish crew in LA, starring Kevin Ryan( Copper) and Timothy Murphy ( Sons of Anerchy, Snowpiercer), the project won him multiple best film awards as producer; among the films 28 global festival awards. Dylan also negotiated a distribution agreement with US based Sci-fi network 'Dust channel' and screened the film in LA & Dublin with robust Q & A's with film icons , Shane Black & Jim Sheridan.
Working between Los Angeles, Vancouver & Dublin- Dylan has been busy developing Two half hour spiritual satire comedy series pitches- 'Wewoke', a spiritual business incubator concept, created by Dylan and directed by award winning writer and director, Kirsten Sheridan ( In America, August Rush) & most recently- developing 'Intentional', a show with talent including Alexis Knapp (Pitch Perfect) & Jackie Debatin( The Office) about a hippy cult commune in California.
Initially directing comedy films 'Ignorance Is Bliss', comedy web series 'Slainte' and poetry documentary 'Shadowsmiths'; led to his being invited to join RTE's Docu-reality series 'Exiles: Vancouver'.
While on the show in Vancouver, Dylan was documented creating the coffeeshop comedy Tv sitcom 'Hipsterverse' with Michael Coleman (Once Upon a Time) and bringing Queen Aisha Tyler( Whose line is it anyway, Archer) onto the project as guest director. As showrunner & director of 'Hipsterverse', he pitched the web series & sold it to TAG Channel; which was distributed under DISH network and SONIFI across North America in 2017. The first full season- of Ten half hour episodes of the series- has recently completed production summer 2024, and being brought to market with a new cast of bizarre and ridiculous coffeeshop hipsters.
Dylan has focused much of his energy on Television but has also been blessed to produce 'Bad Suns' with a stellar Irish crew in LA, starring Kevin Ryan( Copper) and Timothy Murphy ( Sons of Anerchy, Snowpiercer), the project won him multiple best film awards as producer; among the films 28 global festival awards. Dylan also negotiated a distribution agreement with US based Sci-fi network 'Dust channel' and screened the film in LA & Dublin with robust Q & A's with film icons , Shane Black & Jim Sheridan.
Working between Los Angeles, Vancouver & Dublin- Dylan has been busy developing Two half hour spiritual satire comedy series pitches- 'Wewoke', a spiritual business incubator concept, created by Dylan and directed by award winning writer and director, Kirsten Sheridan ( In America, August Rush) & most recently- developing 'Intentional', a show with talent including Alexis Knapp (Pitch Perfect) & Jackie Debatin( The Office) about a hippy cult commune in California.
