Irish filmmakers get a piece of the action in Hollywood

Luc Besson has produced Stephen St Leger and James Mather’s debut feature, hard-man flick Lockout, starring Guy Pearce, says Pádraic Killeen

IRISH writer-directors Stephen St Leger and James Mather came to attention in 2004 when their short film Prey Alone was a hit.

The Dubliners, friends since college in Dun Laoghaire, were carving out impeccable careers — St Leger as a director of slick TV adverts, Mather as a cinematographer on films such as Adam and Paul. Their punchy action short, and its expert special effects, earned them the attention of Hollywood.