Vincent Hyland

Vincent Hyland is a multi-award-winning underwater filmmaker, publisher and digital broadcaster.

He was an early adopter of digital technology, establishing Ireland's first digital design bureau in the mid-1980s.  He spent ten years working in technology at Microsoft. He established and published Ireland's first Wildlife magazine "Wild Ireland", has filmed the underwater marine life of Galapagos and Antarctica and worked for the BBC's Natural History Unit.  He has appeared on BBC, RTE, TV3 and TG4 television including directing and narrating the recent series "Call of the Wild" for RTE One television.

His practice combines music, art and outdoor education and he is currently completing a PhD with SMARTlab UCD. His recent discoveries include night-time fluorescence in underwater temperate marine life. He has just published his life's work "Wild Derrynane" - all about the wildlife of Iveragh and the Skellig Coast. He lives with his partner Mo and son, Neil in Caherdaniel, Co. Kerry.