As a kid, Oscar Ballyvolane tended to be quite obsessed with film, tv, and all things moving imagery. His surroundings were always nudging him in the direction of other creative passions and he never considered filmmaking an actual possibility. Never, until all changed at 16 years of age when he picked up a camera for the first time with an explicit creative goal in mind.

After completing his high school education, he took a gap year to ponder where he wanted to study, work on submissions necessary to get into said universities, and freelance as a filmmaker. He ended up securing places at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and Ringling College of Art and Design, receiving a Dean scholarship for the latter.

Though honoured for getting into two top 25 ranking film schools of the USA, he decided to decline both offers, choosing to instead pursue a self-taught filmmaking education, following a more creatively undefined path.

As a director, Oscar is tech and gen-z focused, visually technical, and tries to put the talent’s performance first. He does the utmost to make sure that no aspect of a piece is random, and no decision is made without reason.

His aim as a writer is to develop a modern flavour of dialogue-heavy storytelling, catered to the times we live in. Specifically, he’s been exploring stylised dialogue in hyperrealist cinema, inspired by writers such as Quentin Tarantino, David Mamet, Aaron Sorkin, Guy Ritchie, and Martin McDonagh, to just name a few.