Arthur Lappin has been a leading film and stage producer in Ireland for twenty five years, following a career as Drama and Dance director of the Irish Arts Council. He has been a producer on fifteen feature films, two TV drama series and several documentaries. He has also produced over twenty stage productions.

His collaborations with Jim Sheridan include: line producer on 'My Left Foot' and 'The Field'; co- producer of 'In The Name of the Father'; and producer of 'Some Mother's Son', 'The Boxer','Agnes Browne', 'Borstal Boy', 'On The Edge' and 'In America'. He was also executive producer on 'Bloody Sunday', 'Laws of Attraction', 'Omagh', and 'Get Rich or Die Tryin'.

Arthur Lappin is managing director of Hell's Kitchen, the production company he established in 1992 with Jim Sheridan. He was founding Chairman of Ireland's National training body for Film and Television (now called Screen Training Ireland) and was founding Chairman of The Ark, a unique cultural centre for children in Dublin, from 1994 - 2002. He was Chairman of the Flanders International Film Festival Jury in 2005. He is currently Chairman of KCLR 96fm. He is married with five children.