About
Hugh is a highly respected, prolific writer for film, TV and theatre. He is a graduate of The Huston School of Film (M.A. in Screenwriting). He received a scholarship to The Professional Programme in Screenwriting at UCLA and has been Screenwriter in Residence at Maynooth University and University College Cork.
Film & TV
Hugh wrote the screenplay for Dutch comedy-drama feature Your Mother Should Know produced by Lemming Films in The Netherlands. Other screen credits include Trial of the Century, a landmark drama series produced by Treasure Entertainment & Loosehorse for TV3 and episodes of Red Rock a long running police procedural drama series broadcast on TV3, BBC 1 and Amazon Prime. Most recently he co-wrote episodes of The South Westerlies for Deadpan Pictures, RTE and Acorn and and wrote on the upcoming Dutch-Taiwanese feature film Dead & Beautiful directed by David Verbeek.
He is currently developing TV series with Twelve Town, Riff Raff Entertainment, BBC Studios and Deadpan Pictures as well as a feature-length screenplay based on his award winning short film Crossword with Treasure Entertainment and Screen Ireland.
Theatre
Hugh’s critically acclaimed play These Stupid Things premiered at The Festival of Curiosity in 2019. Previous plays include LAMBO (Dublin Fringe Festival and national tour. Adapted it for RTÉ Radio 1 and it won the PPI Drama Award for Best Radio Play) and Clear The Air (Theatre Upstairs and the Electric Picnic Arts Festival).
Lemming Film
Director: Jeroen Houben
Producers: Erik Glijnis, Leontine Petit
Cast: Ariane Schluter, Slimane Dazi, Georgina Verbaan
TV3 / Virgin Media TV
Loosehorse Television / Treasure Entertainment
Director: Maurice Sweeney
Cast: Tom Vaughan Lawlor, Denis Conway, Andrew Bennett
Filmbase
Director: Vincent Gallagher
Producers: Claire McCaughley
Cast: Louise Lewis, Mark O'Shaughnessy
Hugh is currently developing Crossword into a feature-length screenplay with Treasure Entertainment and Screen Ireland.
Edmonton International Film Festival
Audience Award (Winner) Best Short
International Short Film Award (Winner)
Best International Short
Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia
Audience Award (Winner)
Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin
Director: Sarah Baxter
Set & Costume Designer: Sarah Foley
Lighting Designer: Bill Woodland
Composer & Sound Designer: Vincent Doherty
Cast: Rachel O’Byrne, Ian Toner
“Travers … has taken witty and intelligent approaches to human nature before … Here, in a piece that combines science, psychology and storytelling … he depicts the thin divide between logic and intuition in everyone’s makeup.” The Irish Times