GLENN
MCQUAID - Writer/Director
Irish writer director Glenn McQuaid was born and raised
on the North side of Dublin. As a teenager he was a member of The
Dublin Youth Theater and worked as an extra on several productions
going on in Ireland at that time.
From 1999 on, he has worked in the post production field as a
visual effects artist and title designer in both New York and Dublin. McQuaid's first Collaboration with Larry Fessenden came
about when he came on board to coordinate the visual effects on the
Ti West directed indie THE ROOST. Since then he has worked on several
of Fessenden's Glass Eye Pix productions including THE OFF SEASON and TRIGGER MAN.
In 2005 he worked as 2nd unit director and visual effects coordinator
for Larry Fessenden's THE LAST WINTER. He also designed the
credit sequence for the film. Also in 2005, McQuaid wrote and directed the short
film THE RESURRECTION APPRENTICE which premiered in Montreal
at the Fantasia film festival.
Inspired by classic ghost stories, gallows humor and murder ballads; I
Sell The Dead marks McQuaid's feature film debut; It's a love letter
to the fog drenched classics of years past and showcases McQuaid's love
for fantasy and story telling..