Andrew Lowe

Academy Member

Andrew Lowe jointly runs Element Pictures with Ed Guiney with whom he founded the company in 2001. Andrew’s focus is on managing the financing and business affairs of Element’s own slate of projects and the overseeing of Element’s co-production activity in both film and television.

Lowe has worked across numerous award winning projects, including Mark O'Halloran Adam & Paul (2004), The Wind that Shakes the Barley (2006) starring IFTA Winner Cillian Murphy. Lowe also worked across Oscar nominated film Room and recently on Killing of a Sacred Deer with Colin Farrell and Barry Keoghan which recieved high praise at Cannes 2017.

Andrew is also a board member of the Screen Producers Ireland (SPI) and Vice Chair of the IBEC Audiovisual Federation. Prior to setting up Element Pictures with Ed Guiney, Andrew was head of Business Affairs at the Irish Film Board (1999-2001) and a freelance production accountant in feature film from 1993 to 1999.

Awards & Recognition

Room
  • Oscar Nominated,Best Picture (2016)
  • Golden Globes Nominated,Best Picture (2016)
  • AFI Awards,Movie of the Year (2016)
  • British Independent Film Awards,Best International Independent Film(2015)
  • Irish Film and Television Awards,Best Film(2016)
The Lobster
  • BAFTA Nominated,Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film(2016)
  • British Independent Film Awards,Best British Picture (2016)
  • AFI Awards,Movie of the Year (2016)
  • British Independent Film Awards,Best International Independent Film(2015)
A Date for Mad Mary
  • Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards,Best Irish Film(2016)
  • Irish Film and Television Awards,Best Film (2016)
What Richard Did
  • Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards ,Best Irish Film,(2012)
  • Irish Film and Television Awards ,Best Film (2013)
  • Istanbul International Film Festival,Best Film (2013)
  • Writers' Guild of Great Britain,Best First Feature-Length Film Screenplay (2013)
The Guard
  • Berlin International Film Festival,Best Debut Film - Honorable Mention(2011)
  • Irish Film and Television Award, Audience Award (2011)
  • Dinard British Film Festival,Best Film (2012)
  • Dinard British Film Festival,Coup de Coeurs (2012)
  • Evening Standard British Film Awards,Peter Sellers Award for Comedy(2013)
  • Irish Film and Television Awards,Best Film(2012)
Garage
  • Cannes Film Festival,C.I.C.A.E. Award(2007)
  • Dinard British Film Festival,Coup de Coeurs (2007)
  • Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards,Best Irish Film (2007)
  • Irish Film and Television Awards,Best Film(2008)

Key Credits

  • Normal People (2020)
  • Rosie (2018)
  • The Favourite (2018)
  • The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
  • A Date for Mad Mary (2016)
  • Ripper Street (TV Series) (2012-2016)
  • Room (2015)
  • The Lobster (2015)
  • Charlie (TV Mini-Series) (2015)
  • Red Rock (TV Series) (2015)
  • Glassland (2014)
  • Jimmy's Hall (2014)
  • Frank (2014)
  • What Richard Did ( 2012)
  • This Must Be the Place (2011)
  • The Guard (2011)
  • Garage (2007)
  • The Wind That Shakes the Barley ( 2006)
  • Boy Eats Girl (2005)
  • Adam & Paul (2004)
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