Emer Reynolds

Emer Reynolds is an Irish film editor and director, based in Dublin, Ireland.^[1][2][3]

Emer Reynolds
Nationality	Irish
Occupation(s)	Film editor and director
Years active	1992 - present

Career

Reynolds' editing career began in 1992 with the independent film The Visit. She subsequently edited features including The Most Fertile Man in Ireland and The Actors.^[4] Reynolds was awarded with five IFTA Film & Drama Awards for Best Editing across several films. These awards were received in the years 2004, 2005, 2011, 2014, and 2015.^[5]

Reynolds' directorial debut in documentary film directing was Here Was Cuba, co-directed with John Murray. This collaboration marked their third project together, following Broken Tail and Crossing the Line. In 2007, she directed the six-part drama series Trouble in Paradise for RTE.^[4]

In 2017, Reynolds directed and wrote the feature documentary The Farthest, which received the George Morrison Feature Documentary Award at the 19th Irish Film & Television Awards.^[6]

In 2020, she directed Phil Lynott: Songs for While I'm Away, a documentary film about the life of singer-songwriter Phil Lynott.^[7]