TJ O’Grady-Peyton first gained industry recognition in 2013 when he was shortlisted at the Young Director Award in Cannes for his Adidas “Super” film after graduating from the London Film School’s filmmaking MA program. Since then, he’s directed an array of work all over the world for clients such as Asics, GoreTex, Volkswagen, Gatorade, Diesel, Peloton and BMW.

He has been recognised by the Webby Awards, the Clio’s, as well as the Art Director’s Club Award in Germany and the AICP. TJ was awarded the Discovery Award in his home town of Dublin by the Dublin Film Festival. His short film “Wave”, which TJ starred in and co-directed, was picked up by The New Yorker after winning the Irish Film and Television Award for Best Short. “Wave” played in over 75 film festivals around the world in places such as Tribeca, BFI, Melbourne, Aspen and Clermont Ferrand.

In 2018, TJ was invited to take part in a filmmaking masterclass with Werner Herzog in the Amazon, Peru. He was also a participant in Les Nuits en Or 2019 hosted by the French Academy of Film, The Cesars, along with 30 other filmmakers from across the globe that won their nations top prize for Best Short Film. In 2020 he became a member of the Directors Guild of America.