Directing
Zoe Kavanagh
Dublin, Ireland
Zoe Kavanagh is an Irish writer, director and editor from Dublin. A graduate of the National Film School at IADT, where she earned a BA (Hons) in Film & Television, Kavanagh has built a career as an independent filmmaker known for ambitious genre storytelling and a hands-on approach to filmmaking. She began directing music videos for international artists including Clan of Xymox, Julien-K, The Birthday Massacre and Restive Nation, before moving into narrative filmmaking with a series of short films including Tides, Wounded Ella, and the psychological horror short Inexorable. Kavanagh made her feature directorial debut with Taryn Barker: Demon Hunter, an independently financed action-horror film that earned multiple festival awards, including Best Director at the HorrorHound Film Festival, and launched the Taryn Barker franchise. She later wrote and directed the sequel, Demon Hunter: Time 2 Kill, expanding the series with a blend of supernatural horror, action, slasher, dark comedy, and time-travel adventure. Her films draw inspiration from cult genre cinema while emphasizing practical effects, character-driven storytelling, and ambitious world-building on independent budgets.
Acting credits
4.0Tenth exploitation anthology from the twisted minds of established and up and coming directors from across the globe.
Grindsploitation 10: Milkin' It
2022
4.0A director puts out social network feelers to produce a 'Day in the Life' documentary. It turns out that the filmmaker did something very bad in his first outing as a director, and now he is about to pay.
Don't You Recognize Me?
2017
Behind the camera
NRElla lives her life in fear of the world, she hides her damaged features from society. She finds herself at the mercy of delinquents in her area. One day her friend invites her out to a party and tries to find the light in Ella's darkness.
Wounded Ella
2018
NRElla lives her life in fear of the world, she hides her damaged features from society. She finds herself at the mercy of delinquents in her area. One day her friend invites her out to a party and tries to find the light in Ella's darkness.
Wounded Ella
2018
5.5A young girl tormented by the tragedies of her past is brought in for questioning by the police over the death of a man, who she claims to be a demon. Detective Beckett realizes this is the same girl he made a broken promise to seven years ago that he'd find the monster that raped and murdered her 12 year old sister.
Taryn Barker: Demon Hunter
2016
5.5A young girl tormented by the tragedies of her past is brought in for questioning by the police over the death of a man, who she claims to be a demon. Detective Beckett realizes this is the same girl he made a broken promise to seven years ago that he'd find the monster that raped and murdered her 12 year old sister.
Taryn Barker: Demon Hunter
2016
7.0Two people from different worlds collide and converse about the things that connect them in life, death, and air hockey. Tides deals with grief and loss with the kind of dark humor reserved for those bleakest moments, and attempts to shed some light on certain issues not talked about often enough.
Tides
2020
NRA horror short film.
Meat Cute
2019
NRA horror short film.
Meat Cute
2019
4.0Tenth exploitation anthology from the twisted minds of established and up and coming directors from across the globe.
Grindsploitation 10: Milkin' It
2022
8.0On the hunt to find the pieces of a medallion that can end the demonic control over Earth, Taryn is forced to go through time to save the future.
Demon Hunter: Time 2 Kill
2026
8.0On the hunt to find the pieces of a medallion that can end the demonic control over Earth, Taryn is forced to go through time to save the future.
Demon Hunter: Time 2 Kill
2026
NRInexorable is a psychological horror film that focuses on the fears we have at night.
Inexorable
2017
NRInexorable is a psychological horror film that focuses on the fears we have at night.
Inexorable
2017