Steve Carson (born 1968 in Belfast)[1] is an Irish director and producer of television.
With his wife, the RTÉ presenter Miriam O'Callaghan, he was co-owner of the very successful television production company Mint Productions,[2] whose work has been amongst the nominees and winners at the Irish Film and Television Awards (IFTAs).
Carson was born in Belfast where he attended Methodist College and subsequently was an undergraduate at Manchester University.
His father Tom Carson was the long standing Features Editor of the Belfast Telegraph and his mother Patricia Carson was elected as a Belfast Councillor in 1973 for the Alliance Party, but died a few weeks later that year from cancer before she could take up her seat on the council.
Carson trained as a producer/director with the BBC on flagship current affairs programmes such as Newsnight and Panorama before setting up his Mint Productions company in 2000.