Ciara Mcllvenny
Ciara has over 25 years experience in drama as a Producer, Story Producer and Script Editor. She lives in Bristol and is currently a Development Producer for Sid Gentle Films’ Bristol office, Sid Wild.
In 2023 she Produced RAIN DOGS for Sid Gentle which was a co-production for BBC and HBO, staring the West Country’s very own Daisy May Cooper. Prior to that, she was Story Producer on Sharon Horgan’s BAFTA winning BAD SISTERS for APPLE TV. Ciara has worked with some of the most successful writers in the UK on multiple hit shows including Channel 5’s hugely successful remake of ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL written by Ben Vanstone, BAPTISTE for the BBC, by Harry and Jack Williams and RAW for RTE with Lisa McGee. She has script edited lots of series over the years; SELECTION DAY written by Marston Bloom, based on the book by Aravind Adiga for Netflix India, MURPHY’S LAW for BBC, WILD AT HEART for ITV and GHOST SQUAD for Channel Four, to name a few.
Ciara cut her teeth in long running drama as a Script Editor and then a Producer on THE BILL. She was also part of the producing team on CASUALTY and her first ever break in TV was with the formidable Lynda La Plante. Ciara has only ever worked in television drama, and is passionate about telling great stories and creating characters that audiences will fall in love with.