Meet The Team
IWR Media is an Irish media production company of broadcast television, radio and podcasts. It was founded by Mary Brophy and Neal Boyle, to make great stories, imagine new worlds real, and have better conversations about the world we live in now. In whatever format, we aim to tell stories that are captivating and nuanced, that widen perspectives while bringing great characters to your screens and headphones. IWR work with freelance crew and presenter talent across our projects – you can find them listed on our production credits. We don’t use unpaid interns.
Mary Brophy
Mary is an award winning filmmaker, radio producer and co-founder of IWR Media. Over two decades, she’s directed and produced TV such as ICA, Nation Builders and radio shows Here be Dragons, In the Wind, Ireland Portrayed. A 2018 recipient of a New York Festivals Award, her obdoc
Magic on a Winter’s Night was an official selection at Tribeca Festival in 2023. Most recently Mary has directed TV series Caomhnóirí na Talún / Custodians of the Land.
She is deep into directing a second series of Custodians, coming Autumn 2026. And is currently developing a series of stories that considers our relationship with gardens and the earth in these crisis times.
mary at iwrmedia dot com
Neal Boyle
Neal is a documentary filmmaker, DOP and co-founder of IWR Media. Recent Director credits include feature TV documentary Rún na Bóinne, the search for a second chamber in Newgrange, Celtic Torc nominated TV documentary Son of Kerry, Son of Sam, Tunnel Tigers Thír Chonaill, for TG4 and producer and co-director of two TV documentary series of Caomhnóirí na Talún for TG4.
Neal is Exec Producer across all of IWR’s audio work, radio and podcast.
neal at iwrmedia dot com
Environmentally sustainable programme making is an active commitment of our practice as documentary makers. Since 2021, our TV productions have engaged in the BAFTA Albert process to reduce the carbon footprint of our work. Our creative focus is increasingly directed towards projects on nature, environment and biodiversity loss with an emphasis on solutions storytelling.