Nora Twomey

Nora is Partner & Creative Director at Cartoon Saloon.

Nora’s passion for visual storytelling began at an early age and has led her to explore the medium of animation with Paul Young and Tomm Moore, her partners in the internationally renowned animation studio Cartoon Saloon. From her early professional years, directing award winning short films & commercials, she went on to co-direct Tomm Moore’s ACADEMY AWARD® nominated The Secret of Kells while also guiding the development processes on a number of series including the preschool show Puffin Rock. Nora was Head of Story and Voice Director on the ACADEMY AWARD® nominated film Song of the Sea. She directed The Breadwinner, which was nominated for an ACADEMY AWARD® & GOLDEN GLOBE and won several international awards including the Best Indie Feature Annie and the Audience & Jury Awards at Annecy. Nora most recently directed My Father’s Dragon, a Netflix original animated feature, inspired by the Newbery Award winning children’s book by Ruth Stiles Gannett. Nora is currently developing and producing a slate of original films and projects at Cartoon Saloon.