Jonty Ross

Jonty Ross is a Galway and Limerick based writer, director, and multi-department filmmaker with a prolific background in no-budget independent filmmaking and is currently studying Film at the University of Galway. Having written and directed over 20 short films, primarily focused on crime thrillers and coming of age drama, he has been a 3x Fresh Film Festival Finalist, a Chicago Filmmaker Awards Semi-Finalist, and an award winner at the Happenstance Horror Fest. Beyond directing, Jonty is also an actor, having over 40 acting and extra credits, including a minor role in the David Gleeson feature film ‘Once Upon A Time In A Cinema’. They also serve on the committee of the National Young Filmmakers Council of Ireland.

Filmography

• 2026I Stared The Devil In The Eye — Lad
• 2026Once Upon a Time in a Cinema — Fighting Teen #2, Stunts
• 2026One Friday Night — Party Extra, Producer, Third Assistant Director, Extras Casting
• 2026The Debt Collectors Son — Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Casting Director, Extras Casting, Sound
• 2026Thomas’ Promotion — Thomas, Assistant Director, Producer, Sound Recordist
• 2026Work Friends — Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
• 2025I Fear The Man I’ve Become — Funeral Extra, Extras Casting Assistant
• 2025Picture Girl — School Student
• 2025Songbird — Friend, Director, Writer, Producer, Assistant Camera, Costume Coordinator, Casting Director, Extras Casting, Costume Supervisor, Post Production Supervisor, Location Manager
• 2025The Trophy — Decky
• The Wayfinders — Student, Vedric Soldier
• 2024Addiction — Extra, Director, Writer, Producer, Location Manager, Boom Operator, Costume Supervisor, Graphic Designer, Assistant Camera, Extras Casting, Post Production Supervisor, Casting Director
• 2024Death to All — Gang Member, Stunts, Boom Operator, Visual Effects, Assistant Camera
• 2024Expresso Depresso — Supportive Friend, Writer
• 2024Free Fall — Arthur Hartman, Co-Director, Executive Producer, Co-Writer, Location Manager, Extras Casting, Script Supervisor
• 2024Getting Lain — Additional Lain Voiceovers (uncredited), Director, Boom Operator, Writer, Graphic Designer, Costumer, Casting, Lighting Technician, Location Manager
• 2024He Killed Barry (My Plant) — Cinematography
• 2024I Cant Open My Eyes — Graphic Designer, Script Editor
• 2024Imaha — O’Neill
• 2024Lily’s Box — The Brother, Graphic Designer, Assistant Director, Sound
• Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints — Forester (uncredited)
• 2024Mission Improbable — Tony Crude, Director, Writer, Storyboard Artist, Casting, Stunt Coordinator
• 2024Rat King — Production Runner
• 2024The Cry Of O’Neill — Director, Producer, Writer, Casting Director, Location Manager, Assistant Camera, Sound, Art Direction, Graphic Designer, Post Production Supervisor
• 2024The Lads — Mark, Assistant Director
• 2024The Plan — Brother, Assistant Director, Camera Operator
• 2024The Slasher — The Woods Killer, Director, Producer, Writer, Graphic Designer, Cinematography
• 2024Whispers in the Dark — The Boy, Graphic Designer
• 2023A Swan Song — Extra, Assistant Script, Assistant Director, Location Assistant, Casting
• 2023Killer Krush — Extra
• 2023One Week — Self, Assistant Director, Cinematography
• 2023Stream 2 — The Victim, Director, Writer, Producer, Graphic Designer, Costumer, Lighting Technician, Location Manager, Casting Director
• 2023Witness — Smith, Boom Operator, Graphic Designer, Lighting Technician
• 2022Stream — Director, Writer, Costume Supervisor, Lighting Technician, Casting Director
• 4 Kids Walk Into a Bank — Ethel Punter (uncredited)
• Bear — Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
• Blood/Stream — Thanks
• Custard — Director, Writer, Idea, Casting Director
• Moloch — Student
• The Break In — James