Nora has been part of Cartoon Saloon since it set up in Kilkenny in 1999.

She directed award winning short films such as From Darkness before going on to co-directing ACADEMY AWARD® nominated The Secret of Kells with Tomm Moore. She was creative producer on the Netflix pre-school series Puffin Rock and Head of Story on ACADEMY AWARD® nominated Song of the Sea.

Most recently, Nora directed The Breadwinner, based on Deborah Ellis's acclaimed YA novel about a young girl growing up in Afghanistan. The film was nominated for an ACADEMY AWARD® & GOLDEN GLOBE, and won the Audience & Jury Awards at Annecy 2018.

Nora is married with two boys, one cat and (at the time of writing) 5 fish.