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Ivan Kavanagh

Ivan Kavanagh

Film director · 2 films (2014–2019)

Ivan Kavanagh is a director whose work here spans The Canal (2014) to Never Grow Old (2019), across horror and mystery. 2 of those films were photographed by Piers McGrail. The work runs low-key — 62% of frames across the 2 films indexed here, against 40% library-wide. All 116 frames from 2 films are indexed here, searchable by lighting, lens, shot size, colour and mood.

Ivan Kavanagh is a writer-director, best known for his psychological horror film "The Canal" (2014) and his revisionist Western "Never Grow Old" (2019).

Dublin, Ireland

Directing style

Kavanagh crafts a tense, ominous atmosphere by staging intimate, shallow-focus medium and wide shots almost exclusively at an eye-level perspective. His interiors and night scenes rely on organic, localized motivation, sculpting the darkness with practical fixtures, firelight, and window light. This low-key illumination is rendered in a predominantly cool, desaturated color grade, punctuated by a somber palette of slate blues, muted teals, and earthy, dark browns.

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Films directed by Ivan Kavanagh

About Ivan Kavanagh

What films has Ivan Kavanagh directed?

FrameThrower holds stills from 2 of them: The Canal (2014) and Never Grow Old (2019).

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All 116 indexed frames from 2 films directed by Ivan Kavanagh — searchable by lighting, lens, shot size, mood or plain language.