Bus Stop Films
Dónal Brady's work experience includes various roles in different companies. Dónal is currently working as the Chief Financial Officer at Bus Stop Films, where they are involved in scaling the organization and making the film industry more inclusive. Prior to this, they co-founded and served as the Head of Product at Work From Anywhere, a software company that focuses on solving tax and compliance challenges for global mobility and talent acquisition. Dónal also worked at Smart Communications as a Commercial Business Partner and Financial Controller APAC, where they drove efficiencies and was involved in the merger of Intelledox entities. Dónal Brady also has experience as the Group Financial Controller at Intelledox and as a Financial Controller and Financial Planning & Analysis Manager at International SOS. Dónal started their career at PricewaterhouseCoopers as an Assistant Manager, where they successfully led audit teams.
Dónal Brady has a BComm International degree from the University College Dublin, with a focus on Accounting, Financial Management, and German. Dónal also has a Master's of Accountancy from UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business. Dónal Brady obtained their ACA certification from the Institute of Chartered Accountants Ireland in 2009. In addition, they completed a Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.) at Universität Passau in 2004.
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Bus Stop Films
Bus Stops Films is an award winning, disability led NFP organisation which has been in operation since 2009. With a primary focus supporting those living disabilities and others from marginalised communities, we use film studies education, filmmaking and the film industry to change community attitudes globally around the rights and contribution to society of and by people with disability and other marginalised groups. Bus Stop Films produces amazing films. We show that being inclusive doesn’t impact budgets, shoot times or the quality of a film, however enhances the experiences of cast, crew and audiences and changes community attitudes for the better. With now almost 65 short films made, winning more than 100 awards and screening in festivals and on streaming services around the world, to an audience to date of over 45M people, we are a viable and dynamic creative organisation. How do we do we achieve this? We EDUCATE We deliver our Accessible Film Studies Program for adults living with disability in partnership with Australia's leading film schools. The 40-week film studies course teaches students key aspects of filmmaking – story development, script writing, lighting, sound, costume, camera techniques, producing and directing. Students work with their film studies tutor and support workers to develop a film idea which they shoot as part of the course. We CREATE Our students work with award winning industry professionals to create amazing short films. We ADVOCATE We drive disability confidence in the screen industry and support people with disability into employment. Winner Breakthrough Business of the Year - Screen Producers Australia Awards. Winner, HESTA Excellence Awards - Outstanding Disability Services, 2021; finalist in the 2016 National Disability Awards and we won the 2016 Human Rights Award in the Community Organisation Category: