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Quin Films Limited was established in Dublin in 1975, as Bailebeag Film and Television Enterprises, by Jim Quin and Bill Russell, to produce a bilingual (English/Irish) stopmotion series on 16mm for Radio Telefís Éireann (R.T.E.). The first series was called ‘Bailebeag’ (Smalltown) and 4 x 15 minute episodes were produced.
Jim Quin renamed the company as Quinfilms Limited in 1977 and he continued to produce stopmotion programmes for R.T.E. – series like Bailebeag and Lug na Lacha and hundreds of inserts for other RTE childrens’ programmes, especially Muintir na Móna (The Bog People) for R.T.E.’s Dilín Ó Deamhas and Tongue Twister, Faherty’s Garden and Gregory Gráinneog inserts for R.T.E.’s Bosco.
In 1982, production was moved from Dublin to County Tipperary, where a large, purpose-built stopmotion studio was constructed in 1987. David Quin joined the company in 1984, as an animator/director and James M. Quin joined in 1990 as a director.
Quinfilms continued to produce series and inserts in Tipperary for RTE until 1999, switching from 16mm production to digital video in 1995. From 1999, the company started to concentrate on CGI production. David Quin then freelanced in Brown Bag Films in Dublin from 1999 until 2006, working on tv commercials, short films and corporate projects, while still producing some short films with Quinfilms (‘Florida War’ and ‘Forest’).
In 2007, David Quin closed Quinfilms Limited. The Tipperary studio continues to function – in 2008, David Quin produced a stopmotion short film (‘T’was a Terrible Hard Work’). Since 2009, David Quin has begun testing a stopmotion series for the internet (‘cutbacks’) (www.dailymotion.com/cutbacks).

Quin Films Limited Productions...

1975 – Bailebeag series for R.T.E. (stopmotion) 4 x 15 minutes
1977 – Bailebeag series for R.T.E. (stopmotion) 16 x 7 minutes
1978 – Bailebeag series for R.T.E. (stopmotion) 13 x 7 minutes
1979 – Bailebeag series for R.T.E. (stopmotion) 13 x 7 minutes
1979 – Gregory Gráinneog inserts for R.T.E.’s Bosco (claymation) 28 x 2 minutes
1980 – Gregory Gráinneog inserts for R.T.E.’s Bosco (claymation) 48 x 2 minutes
1980 – Lug na Lacha series for R.T.E. (stopmotion) 13 x 10 minutes
1981 – Aesop’s Fables (for Kilkenny Design, with Monica Mc Cormack) 3 x 15 minutes
1981 – Fox’s Tales 22 episodes for R.T.E.’s Bosco
1981 – Tongue Twisters (stopmotion) inserts for R.T.E.’s Bosco series 40 x 30 seconds
1982 – Faherty’s Garden for R.T.E.’s Bosco 13 x 5 minutes
1982 – Tongue Twisters (stopmotion) inserts for R.T.E.’s Bosco series 40 x 30 seconds
1983 – Muintir na Móna inserts for R.T.E.’s Dilín Ó Deamhas 35 x 4 minutes
1983 – Tongue Twisters (stopmotion) inserts for R.T.E.’s Bosco series 33 x 30 seconds

1984 – Bailebeag series for R.T.E. (stopmotion) 10 x 5 minutes

Jimin and Sergeant Pat from Bailebeag 1984

1984 – Tongue Twisters (stopmotion) inserts for R.T.E.’s Bosco series 33 x 30 seconds

1984 – Muintir na Móna inserts for R.T.E.’s Dilín Ó Deamhas 35 x 4 minutes

1985 – Bailebeag series for R.T.E. (stopmotion) 13 x 5 minutes

1985 – Tongue Twisters (stopmotion) inserts for R.T.E.’s Bosco series 13 x 30 seconds

1985 – Muintir na Móna inserts for R.T.E.’s Dilín Ó Deamhas 35 x 4 minutes

1986 – Bailebeag series for R.T.E. (stopmotion) 13 x 5 minutes

1987 – Bailebeag series for R.T.E. (stopmotion) 13 x 5 minutes

1987 – Floradora series for R.T.E. (stopmotion) 12 x 5 minutes

1988 – Floradora series for R.T.E. (stopmotion) 14 x 5 minutes

1988 – 1990 Long Long Ago series for R.T.E. (stopmotion) 26 x 15 minutes

1989 – Floradora series for R.T.E. (stopmotion) 13 x 5 minutes

1991 - Arts Council Film and Video Award for ‘To Forget’ short film (stopmotion) 15 minutes

The Fool - To Forget 1991

1990 – 1991 Neddy series for R.T.E. (stopmotion) 26 x 10 minutes

1992 - Arts Council Film and Video Award for ‘Darkness of Death’ short film (stopmotion)

1993 – 1994 ‘Suzi’ series for R.T.E. (stopmotion) 26 x 10 minutes

1994 - 1995 The Daisy Shoe series for R.T.E. (stopmotion) 26 x 5 minutes

1995 - Irish Film Board Development Award for ‘This Terrible Visitation’ animation (stopmotion)

1996 - 1997 Dunín series for R.T.E.’s Morbegs (stopmotion) 26 x 3 minutes

Dunín series for R.T.E.'s Morbegs - 1996

1997 - 1998 Circus series for R.T.E.’s Morbegs (stopmotion) 26 x 3 minutes

1999 - Machines series for R.T.E.’s Morbegs – (CGI) 26 x 3 minutes

2000 - Frameworks Award for ‘Florida War’ short film - (CGI) 5 minutes

Florida War - 2000

2002 - ‘Forest’ short film – (CGI) 3 minutes

2006 - ‘Press p To Play’ short film (machinima) 5 minutes

2007 – Quin Films Limited closes

2007 - ‘biography (of DT Finn)’ short film (machinima) 5 minutes

2008 - Frameworks Award for ‘T’was a Terrible Hard Work’ short film (stopmotion) 5 minutes

2009 - ‘cutbacks’ internet series (stopmotion) 15 x 1 minute episodes