Booming business for film and TV extras

Based at Ardmore Studios, Movie Extras is Ireland’s leading provider of film, television, and advert workers to the industry since 2002. The company is a sound barometer of the industry’s general health.

“2013 has been very busy for us, practically from January onwards,” said managing director Derek Quinn. “At one point, we were involved in 11 reasonably sized projects simultaneously, so it certainly has been an all-go year for the company.

“Productions like Ripper Street and Moone Boy, which are both filming second series in Dublin, are added to new productions like Quirke and Life Of Crime, which have kept us going flat out at times.”