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Comment: The references are not written correctly. To be useful for the reader, the references have to include some information about what the source is, and it's important that the reference title is correct. I have edited the first five references to show what they should look like. WP:REFBEGIN has more information. bonadea contributions talk 16:05, 6 August 2026 (UTC)
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Kate Dolan (born 1991) is an Irish director and writer. She is best known for her films You Are Not My Mother (2021) and SOULM8TE (2026). She has also directed TV and music videos.
Early Life and Education
[edit]Dolan grew up in North Dublin, Ireland. She graduated from IADT in 2012 with an Honours Degree in Film & Television Production.[1] [2] Her graduate film Breathe In was selected for a number of Irish and international film festivals. [3]
Career
[edit]Following University, Dolan worked on Commercials as well as making short films and music videos.[4] [5] [2] Little Doll, was written and directed by Kate Dolan and premiered at the 2016 Berlinale.[6] [7] Dolan wrote and directed the short Catcalls which premiered at the Cork Film Festival in 2017. [5] Dolan won the Emerging Director Award for best short film in 2018 for Catcalls. [5]
Dolan’s first feature, You Are Not My Mother, premiered at the Toronto Film Festival Midnight Madness programme in 2021.[8] The cast includes Haxel Doupe, Carolyn Bracken and Ingrid Craigie. [9] You Are Not My Mother was the first runner up in the TIFF 2021 People’s Choice Midnight Madness Award after Julia Ducournau’s Cannes Palme d’Or winner ‘Titane’. [10] The film also won various awards for Dolan, including the Jury Prize for best film at the 2022 Gérardmer Film Festival. [11]
In 2023, Dolan directed two episodes of of the second season of Kin.[12] For this work she won an IFTA.[13] In 2024, she directed two episodes of the second season of The Tourist. [14]
Dolan was brought on to rewrite and direct Soulm8te, a spin off of the M3GAN universe.[15] Lily Sullivan, David Rysdahl, and Claudia Doumit were cast in lead roles.[16] Principal photography began in September 2024 in Dublin, Ireland, and was completed by that November. Due to M3GAN 2.0 being a commercial disappointment, it was decided to release Soulm8te straight to digital on 1st August 2026. [17] [18]
Personal Life
[edit]Filmography
[edit]| Year | Title | Director | Writer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Soulm8te | Yes | Yes |
| 2021 | You Are Not My Mother | Yes | Yes |
| Year | Title & Episode | Director | Writer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | The Tourist S2 Ep 5&6 | Yes | No |
| 2023 | Kin S2 Ep 5&6 | Yes | No |
| Year | Title | Director | Writer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Catcalls | Yes | Yes |
| 2016 | Little Doll | Yes | Yes |
| 2012 | Breath In | Yes | Yes |
| Year | Band | Song | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Pillow Queens | Heavy Pour | Yes |
| 2022 | Pillow Queens | Be by your side | Yes |
| 2020 | Pillow Queens | Handsome Wife | Yes |
| 2020 | Pillow Queens | Holy Show | Yes |
| 2019 | Pillow Queens | Brothers | Yes |
| 2018 | Pillow Queens | Gay Girls | Yes |
| 2018 | Bitch Falcon | Prime Number | Yes |
| 2017 | Bitch Falcon | Of Heart | Yes |
References
[edit]- ↑ "National Film School Graduate Success with POV Film, You Are Not My Mother". iadt.ie. Institute of Art, Design + Technology.
- 1 2 "Kate Dolan". First Cut! Youth Film Festival.
- ↑ "Breathe In". Berlinale-talents.de.
- ↑ Mullally, Una (17 February 2020). "Kate Dolan: 'Working in film can be a struggle. You get a lot of rejection'". The Irish Times.
- 1 2 3 "Podcast: In Conversation with Kate Dolan". filmireland.net. 10 January 2019.
- ↑ "Berlinale".
- ↑ "Berlinale programme (Berlinale)".
- ↑ "You Are Not My Mother: Official Selection, Midnight Madness, 2021 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)".
- ↑ McIntyre, Sarah (4 March 2022). "You Are Not My Mother director Kate Dolan: 'Horror is my happy place'". rte.ie/.
- ↑ Neglia, Matt (18 September 2021). "The 2021 TIFF Award Winners". nextbestpicture.com.
- ↑ Linehan, Alice (31 January 2022). "Queer Irish filmmaker Kate Dolan wins Jury Prize at French film festival". gcn.ie.
- ↑ "FIRST LOOK AS HIT DRAMA "KIN" STARTS PRODUCTION ON SEASON 2 date=13 July 2022". rte.ie.
{{cite web}}: Missing pipe in:|title=(help) - ↑ "Lisa Mulcahy & Kate Dolan Win at IFTAS date=22 April 2024". sdgi.ie.
{{cite web}}: Missing pipe in:|title=(help) - ↑ Yossman, KJ (13 April 2023). "Jamie Dornan Starrer 'The Tourist' Starts Production on Season 2, Adds New Cast (EXCLUSIVE)". variety.com.
- ↑ Jackson, Angelique (20 June 2024). "'M3GAN' Universe Expands With Erotic Thriller 'Soulm8te,' Dated for 2026". variety.com.
- ↑ Grobar, Matt (19 August 2024). "'The Boys' Alum Claudia Doumit Latest To Join 'M3GAN' Spin-Off 'SOULM8TE'". deadline.com.
- ↑ Chitwood, Adam (8 July 2026). "'M3GAN' Spinoff 'SOULM8TE' to Skip Theaters, Will Be Released Directly to VOD". thewrap.com.
- ↑ Carson, Lexi (4 August 2026). "'Soulm8te' Director Kate Dolan on Her Twisty Journey After 'M3GAN 2.0' and What That Ending Could Mean". hollywoodreporter.com.
- ↑ Tsirbas, Christos (13 September 2021). "Irish filmmaker Kate Dolan harnessed family trauma and mental illness to make a genuinely scary horror film". xtramagazine.com.
- ↑ McNeice, Katie (26 July 2016). "IFTN talks to Guiding Lights participant and 'Little Doll' director Kate Dolan". iftn.ie.
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