Irish Film Board CEO to step down

Rod Stoneman, CEO of the Irish Film Board, is to take up the position of director at the newly-established Huston School of Film and Digital Media at the National University of Ireland, Galway.
Stoneman will leave the Film Board early in the Autumn.
The Huston School has been established by NUIG in tribute to John Huston and with the support of his family and private donors. The Hustons' family home from the 1950s to the early 1970s was not far from Galway city and Anjelica Huston and her two brothers received much of their schooling in the area.
Stoneman, a former commissioning editor at Channel 4, was appointed chief executive when the Irish Film Board was reconstituted in 1993. The agency has since part-funded approximately 90 feature films, together with documentaries, animation and short films.
The Huston School will offer postgraduate training and education in aspects of film and digital media, with a special emphasis on the potential of new technologies for cinematic storytelling and documentary production.
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