Bio
Eamonn Cogan's Bio
Eamonn Cogan was born in Chicago, Illinois. After seeing Jurassic Park 26 times in the theater at the age of five, he knew he had to make movies.
Eamonn graduated from Drake University's School of Journalism & Mass Communication with a degree in Radio and Television Producing. At Drake, he was a Linebacker on their Division 1-AA Football team. He applied his love for film to his senior thesis project, BEYOND THE BLUE LINE, a short Documentary on which he was a Producer and Lead Videographer.
BEYOND THE BLUE LINE went on to win 2 Silver Communicators, a Bronze Telly, and the Upper Midwest Regional Student Award of Excellence from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
After Drake, he began writing and directing, and in 2015, he wrote and directed his second short film, THE RULES OF LUCK. Upon completion, THE RULES OF LUCK was invited to screen as part of the 2015 HollyShorts Monthly Screening Series at the TCL Chinese Theatre.
Eamonn's screenplays have done well in competition, including a Finalist, two Semi-finalists, and six Second Rounders at the Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition, a Semi-Finalist in the Page Awards, a Semi-Finalist and a Quarter-Finalist in the Emerging Screenwriters Genre Screenplay Competition, and a Semi-Finalist in the ISA Horror & Thriller Genre-Busting Screenplay competition.