Matthew Eloy McMenamin
Legend and the American Frontier
My final-year project is a video essay comparing Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973) and Horizon: An American Saga, Chapter 1 (2024).
I examine the contrasting approaches to ideology and mythology in Western genre storytelling in both films.
Major Project Video Essay
A spec advertisement I directed during my Erasmus semester at Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School in Katowice, Poland
My latest short film which was based on a treatment I wrote as part of an assignment for Narrative Theory in First Year. Before Your Eyes was an Official Selection of the Amsterdam New Cinema Festival back in October 2025.
Matthew Eloy McMenamin
BA (Hons) New Media Studies
From Skerries, County Dublin, with a strong passion for filmmaking. I've found that these last four years at IADT have helped me hone my skills in writing, filmmaking, film and media criticism, and public speaking. I got to study a wide variety of modules, which really broadened my awareness of the contemporary media landscape.
