Steve Carson | |
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Born | Stephen Carson 1968 (age 43–44) Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland |
Alma mater | University of Manchester |
Occupation | Director Producer |
Known for | Director of Television, RTÉ |
Spouse | Miriam O'Callaghan |
Steve Carson (born 1968 in Belfast)[1] is an Irish director and producer of television. He is the editor of current affairs at Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) as of November 2011 and was appointed Director of Television in January 2009.
With his wife, the RTÉ presenter Miriam O'Callaghan, he is co-owner of the successful television production company Mint Productions,[2] whose work has been amongst the nominees and winners at the Irish Film and Television Awards (IFTAs).
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Carson was born in Belfast and trained as a producer/director with the BBC on flagship current affairs programmes such as Newsnight and Panorama before setting up his Mint Productions company in 2000.[3] He continues to direct documentaries alongside his overseeal of Mint's output. Carson has won a number of awards including a Royal Television Society award, two Irish National Media awards[4] and the Jury Prize at the 2008 Celtic Media Festival.[5]
In 2008, he acted as co-executive producer—alongside his wife—on the genealogy series Who Do You Think You Are?.[6]
On 30 January 2009, Carson was named by RTÉ as its new Director of Television.[7]
In 2011, he was made RTÉ's editor of current affairs following RTÉ's defamation of Fr. Kevin Reynolds in "Mission to Prey".[8]
Carson is married to Miriam O'Callaghan and is her second husband following her split from fellow RTÉ host, Tom McGurk, a poet and journalist who is presently the main anchor of live rugby union coverage on the channel.[9] O'Callaghan was noted in the social pages of newspapers for her 2008 attendance at a charity event alongside a number of her many children where she complained that Carson was absent due to him being "still holed up in an editing suite" where he was "chopping and changing" the finishing touches of the final episode of his IFTA-winning documentary series Bertie, a biopic of former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern.[10][11]