Together with John McDonnell, McCarthy runs the Oscar-winning production company Fantastic Films (Ireland).

Brendan McCarthy is a Film Adviser to Arts Council of Ireland, where he consults on both policy and project related issues.

Brendan McCarthy is a graduate of EAVE, ACE, Media Film School and Scale Strategics Marketing.

After receiving 1st Class Hons MA in Screenwriting from Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology, in 2006, McCarthy’s screenplay for the horror film Wake Wood was produced by www.fantasticfilms.ie, in partnership with the legendary studio Hammer Films.

[1] Other films include The Last Days on Mars (2013),[2] the debut feature film from Oscar-nominated Irish director Ruairí Robinson, selected for Directors' Fortnight at Cannes Film Festival, 2013; the award-winning Stitches (movie) 2012,[2] directed by Conor McMahon and starring Ross Noble and Tommy Knight, the Bollywood hit Ek Tha Tiger 2012, directed by Kabir Khan (director) and starring Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif, the critically acclaimed Hammer Horror Wake Wood 2011,[2] directed by David Keating and starring Timothy Spall, Aidan Gillen and Eva Birthistle.