Donagh Coleman

Finnish-Irish-American filmmaker Donagh Coleman holds degrees in Philosophy and Psychology and Music and Media Technologies from Trinity College Dublin, and a MA in Asian Studies from UC Berkeley. Previous films with wide international festival and TV exposure include A Gesar Bard’s Tale and Stone Pastures. Donagh’s films have also been shown at museums such as MoMA and the Rubin Museum of Art in New York, and by the European Commission. 

Donagh directs radio documentaries for the Finnish and Irish national broadcasters and has worked as a TV journalist and presenter for the Finnish broadcaster YLE News. He is currently doing a PhD in medical anthropology at UC Berkeley, continuing the research conducted for his 2022 feature documentary on meditative Tibetan Buddhist tukdam deaths.