Director

Michael Antonio Keane

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Directed movies: 9Directed series: 0All crew credits: 9

TMDB ID: 3247109

IMDb ID: nm12816884

Known for: Directing

Place of birth: Cork, Ireland

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1989 - 2025

Years active: 37

Average TMDB rating: 6.7

Also known as

Antonio Keane • Michael Anthony Keane

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Biography

Michael Antonio Keane is an award-winning Spanish-Irish filmmaker and actor distinguished by his atmospheric storytelling and exploration of youth subcultures. A student of the National Film School at IADT, Keane first gained international recognition with his pandemic-era documentary Covid Éire (2020), which was acquired by Amazon Prime Video and earned the Spirit Award at the IFTA-qualifying IndieCork Film Festival. His follow-up work garnered further accolades, including a Jury Award at the Student World Impact Film Festival and a screening at the AMC Empire 25 in Times Square. Keane’s most ambitious project to date, Into the Silence, is an immersive period drama set against the backdrop of Ireland’s 1990s acid house movement. Originally released as a critically acclaimed short film which won Best Student Film at the Underground Cinema Awards the story follows two young men as they navigate the underground rave scene. Praised for its original electronic score and "gritty, lived-in" aesthetic, the project is in active development as a feature-length film. This expansion aims to further explore the themes of grief, creative resilience, and the power of electronic music that have become hallmarks of Keane’s cinematic voice.