Zoe Kavanagh
Directing
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.
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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.
Known for
Behind the camera8
- 2026Demon Hunter: Time 2 Kill Director, Writer, Cinematography
- 2022Grindsploitation 10: Milkin' It Writer
- 2020Tides Director, Editor
- 2019Meat Cute Producer, Editor, Director of Photography, Director
- 2018Wounded Ella Writer, Director
- 2017Inexorable Director, Writer
- 2017I'm Talking to You Colorist
- 2016Taryn Barker: Demon Hunter Director, Writer, Editor
Acting2
- 2022