Direction: Maurice Sweeney

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Maurice Sweeney. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Secrets of Great British Castles (TV Series)

2015 · Documentary · 45 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Maurice Sweeney · Gerry Hoban

Plot Historian Dan Jones explores the millennium of history behind six of Great Britain's most famous castles: Warwick, Dover, Caernarfon, the Tower of London, Carrickfergus, and Stirling.

6.9

69 votes

6.9

69 votes

Saving the Titanic (TV)

2012 · Movie · 104 min. · Ireland

Direction Maurice Sweeney

Cast Liam Cunningham · David Wilmot · Ciarán McMenamin · Owen McDonnell

Plot Saving the Titanic is is the first feature length HD drama documentary to focus on the work of the engineers below deck as they struggle to maintain power and endeavour...

5.5

35 votes

5.5

35 votes

Barbarians Rising (TV Series)

2016 · Documentary · 60 min. · United States

Direction Simon George · Declan O'Dwyer · Maurice Sweeney

Cast Michael Ealy · Tom Hopper · Steven Waddington · Richard Brake

Plot This docu-drama focuses on legendary warriors as they’re engaged in one of mankind’s most timeless struggles – the fight for freedom. Barbarians Rising is not a story about the glory...

5.4

207 votes

5.4

207 votes

After Braveheart (TV Miniseries)

2015 · Documentary · 60 min. · Ireland

Direction Maurice Sweeney

Cast Jamie Biddulph · Stuart McMillan · Ciaran Davies · Heather Jane Peacock

Plot Epic film ‘Braveheart’ ends with the Battle of Bannockburn, in which the Scots finally defeat their English oppressors. It was a victory that should have ensured Scottish freedom – but...

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Penance (TV Series)

2020 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Maurice Sweeney

Cast Julie Graham · Nico Mirallegro · Neil Morrissey · Tallulah Greive

Plot The lives of grieving mother Rosalie and her daughter Maddie are changed forever when they meet Jed. A spark of hope for the future is rekindled within the household. But...

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I, Dolours

2018 · Documentary · 82 min. · Ireland

IRA

Direction Maurice Sweeney

Cast Lorna Larkin

Plot Documentary about Dolours Price, one of very few women who rose to the top of the IRA and who was involved in bombings during the Troubles in the 1970s.

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