Tonyia is a versatile media professional
with expertise in story editing, creative development and sustainability. She started as a television producer/director in current affairs, documentary and factual entertainment before becoming a commissioning executive with Irish Pubcaster RTÉ. She exec-produced local versions of Masterchef and Don’t Tell the Bride before becoming the broadcaster’s first Head of Development for unscripted tv. She was responsible for piloting several original Irish tv formats and promoting them globally. With an MA in Film, she wrote and directed
her first short film Spanx & Eve screened at Fantasporto and Solas Nua Festivals, and directed 32 multi-camera episodes of Ireland’s popular serial drama Fair City. Tonyia has previously studied script editing and analysis with NFTS UK, John Yorke, Emmanuel Oberg and Beth Serlin. She has shadowed on HETV drama series The Stranger (Netflix) and Blood (Virgin Media). A climate change advocate, she co-hosts the award-winning sustainable living podcast EcoMomics.