Michael Lavelle

Movies

Float Like a Butterfly
Director of Photography
Irish Traveller Frances has to fight for the right to pursue her passion... boxing. She is determined to make her idol Muhammad Ali proud, as well as her father who has recently been released from prison. But when she wants to show him just how tough she is, she soon comes to realise he's got other plans for her.
Cardboard Gangsters
Director of Photography
A group of young Cardboard Gangsters attempt to gain control of the drug trade in Darndale, chasing the glorified lifestyle of money, power and sex.
Gråtass redder gården
Cinematography
Gustav and his friend Gråtass have to save their farm from evil bureaucrats who are trying to close it down.
The Truth Commissioner
Cinematography
Set in a post-Troubles Northern Ireland, The Truth Commissioner follows the fictional story of Henry Stanfield, played by Roger Allam, a career diplomat who has just been appointed as Truth Commissioner to Northern Ireland. Eager to make good as a peacemaker, the Prime Minister urges a commission following the South African model of Truth and Reconciliation. But, though Stanfield starts bravely, he quickly uncovers some bloody and inconvenient truths about those now running the country; truths which none of those in power are prepared to have revealed.
Cherry Tree
Second Unit Director of Photography
Faith’s world is turned upside down after she finds out that her beloved father is dying. When the mysteriously alluring Sissy Young becomes her field hockey coach, Faith finds a compassionate spirit and much-needed mother figure. Little does she know that Sissy is the head of a centuries-old witches’ coven that uses the fruit of an ancient cherry tree in a secret ritual that restores life to the dead and dying. Offering to cure her father in exchange for a child, Sissy strikes a bargain with Faith, who suddenly finds herself pregnant with a baby that’s growing at an alarming rate. But with the clock to the child’s birth ticking down and the true intention of Sissy’s plans for humanity becoming more apparent, Faith and her father must stand together in order to save both their lives.
From the Dark
Producer
A couple on a trip through the Irish countryside find themselves hunted by a creature who only attacks at night.
From the Dark
Director of Photography
A couple on a trip through the Irish countryside find themselves hunted by a creature who only attacks at night.
Patrick's Day
Director of Photography
A young man with mental health issues becomes intimate with a suicidal air hostess but his obsessive mother enlists a dysfunctional cop to separate them.
Stitches
Second Unit Cinematographer
The clumsy and unfunny clown Richard "Stitches" Grindle entertains at the 10th birthday party of little Tom, but the boy and his friends play a prank with Stitches, tying his shoelaces. Stitches slips, falls and dies. Six years later, Tom gives a birthday party for his friends at home, but Stitches revives to haunt the teenagers and revenge his death.
Cluck
Writer
Feathers are ruffled when a new arrival upsets the pecking order.
Cluck
Director
Feathers are ruffled when a new arrival upsets the pecking order.
His & Hers
Director of Photography
A documentary which chronicles a ninety-year-old love story, through the collective voice of seventy ladies.
Farewell Packets of Ten
Cinematography
Two ladies discuss the pros and cons of their mutual addiction to cigarettes.
Undressing My Mother
Director of Photography
The filmmaker's mother, Ethel Wardrop, talks about her own body and the role it played in her loving relationship with her dear husband.