Úna Ní Dhonghaíle graduated with an Honours Degree (Trinity) in Communications (Film and Media Studies).

Úna went on to specialise in Film Editing for three years at the National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield, England. There she worked under the guidance of Mick Audsley (Editor of ‘Twelve Monkeys’, ‘Interview with a Vampire’), Tom Priestley (Editor of ‘Deliverance’, ‘1984’) and Stephen Frears (Director of ‘The Queen’, ‘High Fidelity’), amongst others.

In 1999, three of Úna’s graduation films premiered at The Cannes Film Festival, two of them in official competition in the Cinefondation Section, one of which came first, “Second Hand”, Director Emily Young. Since then Úna has edited a number of award winning feature length documentaries and short fictions. She is currently editing a feature length drama for the BBC to be shown later this year.