Another short, The Carpenter and His Clumsy Wife was screened on RTÉ, and at over sixty international film festivals. It won nine awards including 'Best Comedy' at the 2004 Los Angeles Film Festival and a 'Special Mention' at the 2004 Venice Film Festival.
Since then, Foott has worked primarily in television and comedy. This included roles directing and producing RTÉ's longest-running comedy show Republic of Telly. Foote also won an IFTA in 2010 for 'Best TV Moment’, for directing and producing the Rubberbandits Horse Outside music video. He has also created and produced the hidden camera show The Fear.
In 2016 Foott wrote, directed and produced The Young Offenders, a story inspired by a multi-million cocaine haul off the coast of Cork during 2007. The film was released in September 2016, and had its Irish premiere at the Galway Film Fleadh 2016. The Young Offenders had the biggest opening weekend at the Irish box office of any Irish film in 2016. Its international premiere was held at Fantastic Fest in Austin Texas 2016, and its European premiere was at the BFI London Film Festival in 2016.
