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| Film credits |
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| EXCALIBUR / THE KNIGHTS OF KING ARTHUR / MERLIN LIVES | US, 1981 | creative associate |
| TRAVELLER | Eire, 1981 | screenplay |
| ANGEL / DANNY BOY | Eire/UK, 1982 | director; screenplay |
| THE COMPANY OF WOLVES | 1984 | director; screenplay |
| MONA LISA | 1986 | director; screenplay |
| THE COURIER | Eire, 1987 | executive producer |
| HIGH SPIRITS / GHOST TOURS | US, 1988 | director; screenplay |
| WE'RE NO ANGELS | US, 1989 | director |
| RED HOT + BLUE | 1990 | director |
| THE MIRACLE | UK/Eire, 1991 | director; screenplay |
| THE CRYING GAME | UK/Japan, 1992 | director; screenplay |
| INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE THE VAMPIRE CHRONICLES | US, 1994 | director |
| LUMIERE ET COMPAGNIE | France/Spain, 1995 | cast member |
| MICHAEL COLLINS | US, 1996 | director; screenplay |
| THE BUTCHER BOY | Eire/US, 1997 | director; screenplay; executive producer |
| IN DREAMS | US, 1999 | director; screenplay |
| THE LAST SEPTEMBER | UK/Eire, 1999 | executive producer |
| THE END OF THE AFFAIR | Germany/US, 1999 | director; screenplay; producer |
| BECKETT ON FILM: Not I | Eire/UK, 2000 | director |
| THE GOOD THIEF / DOUBLEDOWN | UK/France/Eire, 2002 | director; screenplay; executive producer |
| THE ACTORS | UK/Eire/US, 2002 | screenplay; producer |
| INTERMISSION | UK/Eire, 2005 | producer |
| BREAKFAST ON PLUTO CHAPTERS FROM MY LIFE BY PATRICK 'KITTEN' BRADEN | Eire/UK/US, 2003 | director; screenplay; producer |
| THE BRAVE ONE | Australia/US, 2007 | director |
| A FILM WITH ME IN IT | Eire, 2008 | director |
| ONDINE | US/Eire, 2009 | director; screenplay; producer |
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| Television credits |
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| MIRACLES AND MISS LANGAN | RTE (Eire) tx 1/11/1979 | script |
| NIGHT IN TUNISIA | RTE (Eire) tx 1983; Channel 4 tx 2/2/1984 | screenplay and original story |
| FILM 84 | BBC1 tx 17/9/1984 | interviewee |
| VISIONS | Channel 4 tx 17/10/1984 | on-screen participant |
| DID YOU SEE...? | BBC2 tx 25/11/1984 | on-screen participant |
| VISIONS: Annecy, Animation and Blimp | Channel 4 tx 24/7/1985 | director / presenter |
| FILM 86 | BBC1 tx 22/4/1986 | on-screen participant |
| NEWSNIGHT | BBC2 tx 9/5/1986 | interviewee |
| HOORAY FOR HOLYROOD | Channel 4 tx 13/8/1986 | interviewee |
| BREAKFAST TIME | BBC1 tx 4/9/1986 | interviewee |
| SATURDAY REVIEW: Review of the Year | BBC2 tx 1/1/1987 | interviewee |
| THE SOUTH BANK SHOW: Neil Jordan | ITV tx 4/12/1988 | subject of programme |
| MOVING PICTURES | BBC2 tx 1011/1990 | interviewee |
| THE LATE SHOW | BBC2 tx 18/4/1991 | interviewee |
| THE LATE SHOW | BBC2 tx 18/2/1992 | interviewee |
| OMNIBUS: Angela Carter's Curious Room | BBC1 tx 15/9/1992 | on-screen participant |
| ART ON FILM: Between Heaven and Woolworths | BBC1 (Northern Ireland) tx 25/1/1993 | on-screen participant |
| MOVING PICTURES | BBC2 tx 6/2/1993 | interviewee |
| THE LATE SHOW: Telling the Troubles | BBC2 tx 21/9/1993 | on-screen participant |
| MOVING PICTURES SPECIAL: Who's Crying Now? | BBC2 tx 19/12/1993 | interviewee |
| THE LATE SHOW | BBC2 tx 17/1/1995 | interviewee |
| THE LITTLE PICTURE SHOW | ITV tx 18/1/1995 | interviewee |
| THE CENTURY OF CINEMA: Irish Cinema - Ourselves Alone? | Channel 4 tx 27/6/1995 | interviewee |
| THE SOUTH BANK SHOW: Michael Collins | ITV tx 27/10/1996 | interviewee |
| THE SOUTH BANK SHOW AWARDS | ITV tx 2/3/1997 | guest |
| FILM CLUB: Ossessione | BBC2 tx 21/11/1997 | introduction |
| MOVIEWATCH | Channel 4 tx 16/2/1998 | on-screen participant |
| OMNIBUS: Jim Sheridan | BBC1 tx 22/2/1998 | on-screen participant |
| CITIZEN CAINE: The Man Who Would Be Caine | BBC2 tx 7/3/1998 | interviewee |
| BEHIND THE CAMERA: Roger Pratt | BBC2 tx 14/11/1999 | interviewee |
| EXCLUSIVE! | Channel 5 tx 19/12/1999 | interviewee |
| LATE REVIEW | BBC2 tx 3/2/2000 | interviewee |
| LIQUID ASSETS: Bono's Millions | BBC Three tx 23/2/2003 | interviewee |
| THE BORGIAS | Showtime (US) tx 3/4-22/5/2011 (9 eps) | creator; script |
| THE BORGIAS: The Poisoned Chalice | Showtime (US) tx 3/4/2011 | director |
| THE BORGIAS: The Assassin | Showtime (US) tx 3/4/2011 | director |
