By Michelle Crean

A local actor is hoping his new creative idea will bring the Kerry film industry closer together.

David Coffey Wheatley from Killarney set up Kingdom Studios which he dreams will become a bustling creative hub where people in the industry can work on films together.

This new voluntary service he feels will help people boost their own CVs in the field they specialise in such as acting, directing, hair and make-up, editing etc.

"I just want to help as many people as possible when it comes to films in Ireland and this will be a start," David, who was part of the 2021 Olivia Colman film 'Joyride' in the stag do scene, told the Killarney Advertiser.

David has also made a few short independent films via D&R Productions including 'The Mob'. He also writes a lot of the scripts for D&R including 'Spin on Reality' in 2020 and 'The Mob 2' in 2021.

"I've always felt there needs to be something to help small creative minds in Kerry. We all know it's a struggle to get into that industry of acting and so on, so I felt we definitely needed something in this day and age. I've spoken to several people over the years that have said this. I took it upon myself to do it. I had the idea two years ago because when we had D&R Productions I was being introduced to new people around Kerry that are into acting and movies. The whole idea is the creative hub is a place where people in different fields can come and work together. Everyone will be getting experience from it in the field they are in so the actors that get brought on to help the scriptwriters will get more acting experience and so on."

To find out more check out www.kingdomstudiosireland.com.