Gerard Lough

Gerard Lough is an Irish film director best known for Night People, Spears and the short film The Boogeyman, based on a story by Stephen King.

Career After graduating from the North West Institute in Derry, he took an internship in a U.S. advertising agency where he directed his first professional music video. Since then he has directed a dozen music videos as well as several short films such as the Stephen King adaption The Boogeyman which received extensive press coverage. His first feature film as director was Night People, was released in cinemas in November 2015. It was met with mostly positive reviews but a limited audience due to a short theatrical run. His second feature, a mystery / thriller called Spears, was released in 2022.

Filmography Feature Films 2022: Spears 2015: Night People

Short Films 2026: All She Wants Is 2024: Waiting for Magic Hour 2012: Ninety Seconds 2010: The Boogeyman 2009: The Stolen Wings 2009: The Scanner 2008: Deviant 2007: A Long Term Effect 2007: Ulterior

Music Videos 2019: Counterfeit, Le Groupe Fantastique 2017: It Feels So Good, Michael O'Boyce 2017: Warped, Electro Kill Machine 2016: Exoself, Voynich 2016: Rush of Blood, AustenEx 2015: Night People, Voynich 2008: Life In The Big City, Cian Furlong 2007: Baby Boom Boom, Cian Furlong 2006: I Lift My Hands, Lise and The Scarbrough Affair 2006: Karma & Destiny, The Scarbrough Affair 2005: The Divine Beat, Robbie Mc Donald 2005: Demon, First On 2003: Rachel Hates The Sun, Dan Anderson Band