Noel Pearson, is a film and theatrical producer, who was born and raised on Bangor road in Crumlin. He began his career in the arts as band manager of the Dubliners. He then moved onto the theatre industry, producing shows in Dublin, Broadway and the West End and serving as director of the Abbey theatre in the 1980’s.
Pearson’s film credits include My Left Foot,(1989) the first film he ever produced, in conjunction with Jim Sheridan, a film about Crumlin native, Christy Brown, which received five Academy Award nominations, and won Oscars for Best Actor (Daniel Day-Lewis) and Best Supporting Actress (Brenda Fricker). The film also won other awards in Europe including a Donatello and a BAFTA.

On the back of the success of my Left Foot he went on to produce The Field, again with Sheridan, which earned the late Richard Harris an Oscar nomination a year later.He also produced Frankie Starlight and Gold in the Streets.

Pearson has produced numerous plays in Ireland, Britain, and the United States. His Broadway productions include Dancing at Lughnasa (a Tony Award winner, by Brian Friel), Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me (by Frank McGuinness) and An Inspector Calls (a Tony Award winner, by J.B. Priestley).

In 1987, Pearson established Ferndale Films, an independent production company based in Ireland.