Sunny Cooling
DUBLIN BASED
Filmmaker, Assistant Director, Actor
Select Works
2025
Role: DIRECTOR & ACTOR
Simon is taken on an unforgiving tour of his own mind by a mystic. They wish to resolve his abusive relationship with Hogarth.
Seminar Augmentum
2026
Role: DIRECTOR & ACTOR
Amy and Griff have killed.
In an effort to find funding for their screenplay, they fell victim to a powerful sexual predator. Their sense of self crumbles.
Budget Honey
*During my studies, I have written & directed 7 short films. I consider these particular works to be worthy of publication.
I have additionally written 11 short plays, and directed 9 of them. More on that can be found below.
TO BE SHOT IN JULY-AUGUST 2026
Role: DIRECTOR & ACTOR
Caspar is sent to find a runaway mourner while attending a client’s funeral.
He gets lost in a strange fantasy estate, which he suspects of something sinister. As his investigation continues, the only thing he discovers is the weight of his own grief.
Dorlindon
TO BE FILMED
ABOUT
I am a Director, assistant director, writer, and actor. I’m currently in the process of completing my Bachelors in Film Production under the University of Wolverhampton. I’m very excited to create and collaborate.
I’m currently expanding my own filmography in addition to furthering my industry work within the assistant director’s department.
At present, I’m independently directing “Dorlindon”, a short drama about grief. A logline can be found above. I’m actively scheduled to work within RTE Sport as a production assistant from May to June. I will also be working as a trainee assistant director of the second unit for Amazon’s “Bloodaxe” from the months of August to November.
INDUSTRY:
CREDITS [CREW]
PROJECT MJOLNIR - Producer & Sound Recordist
SIBLING RIVALRY - Assistant Director
ALONE TOGETHER - Assistant Director
FRESH BLOOD - 2nd Assistant Director
SPILL MY GUTS - 2nd Assistant Director
FLEETING BREATHS - Sound Recordist & Engineer
BETWEEN THE LINES - Sound Recordist
ROLL FOR LIFE - Production assistant
BLOODAXE Season 2 - Trainee Assistant Director, Second Unit. (To be complete)
RTE SPORT - Production Assistant. (To be complete)
NEAR FM - Producer. (One-time, work experience program)
BLOODAXE Season 1 - Featured Extra (Initiating/leading crowd performances)
student/independent
SKILLS
Leadership - Outside of film I work as a Project Manager with GRO Fieldwork Market Research. From the months of September to April I work as a Team Coordinator and Ski Instructor with the Ski Club of Ireland
Communication - All of my professional experience requires me to express instructions and complex information in a friendly, clear and concise manner. I regularly deal with difficult personalities and individual needs.
Radio Etiquette (Set)
Set Etiquette
Video Editing (Adobe Suite and Davinci Resolve)
Sound Mixing (Adobe Suite and Davinci Resolve)
Audio-Technica Sound Equipment
Gaffing, Equipment Safety and Competency.
biography
I began acting at the age of 9 with the Dublin Academy of Dramatic Arts. I trained with them for 9 years, at present I have 13 years of acting experience, I’ve been in 16 plays, with 13 major roles. I have also acted in 6 short films.
At the age of 15, I began playwrighting. I have written 11 plays, and directed 9 of them. They were performed for short play festivals between the Civic Theatre, the Hunter Theatre, and most notably: The Abbey Theatre, our national stage. Through the the “Young Playwrights” festival.
I began to study film production in 2023, and I’m currently aiming to complete my Bachelor as of this year. In this time I have directed 7 short films, and collaborated on 8 others. This crew work was across a variety of different roles.
Theatre
There are substantial differences between directing for film, and directing for theatre. But there’s also substantial overlap.
My time spent putting together stage shows has been instrumental in advancing my skillset as a director and writer. Communicating with actors, blocking, narratology, dialogue, structure… All of these things are transferrable.
One of my plays was performed at our national theatre; The Abbey. I participated in the first Young Playwrights festival after the Covid-19 lockdowns, so there was a much longer backlog of applicants. I’m incredibly grateful for this experience, and I hope that having done it reflects my capacity as a writer and as a director.
Performance
I have been acting since I was 9, at 22 years of age; that’s more than half my life. With 9 years of training under DADA, I have performed in 16 plays, 13 of which were major roles, 9 of which were commercial productions, across both Smock Alley stages and the Civic Theatre.
I say with certainty that this has benefited my directorial ability. I understand acting in an intimate and comprehensive way. Such prolonged exposure to characters, their narratives, and the techniques needed to convey them, has thoroughly prepared me for the world of filmmaking.
