Declan Cassidy

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Declan Cassidy is an Irish film director. A founding member of the Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA Awards), his documentary work includes War on Waste (2003), a documentary looking at vermiculture as a waste disposal alternative to landfill and The Crew Cut (2006), a documentary charting the voyage of the Irish Naval flagship L.E. Eithne on its voyage to South America.

In 2005 Cassidy teamed up with three-time ESB Media Award winning journalist Bill Tyson of the Irish Independent to establish Timesnap, a film production company. Cassidy directed the company's first film, Mrs Friendly, in 2007 starring Sara James (Boy Eats Girl). - - In 2001 Cassidy founded a philanthropic organisation, Community Media Associates (CMA), aimed at building media capacity for charitable groups in Ireland. As chairperson of this organisation Cassidy was at the head of a bid to secure a broadcasting licence for Ireland's first community arts television station in 2007.

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