Our Team
As a small company, Frontline Films has developed strong relationships over the years with freelancers and other filmmakers, here are some of the people regularly involved in our productions:
KIM BARTLEY
WRITER, DIRECTOR & DOP
COLM O’MEARA
SOUND RECORDIST
Colm O’Meara has worked as a location sound recordist since 2001. Most of his work is TV documentary with a number of documentary feature credits including Alex Gibney’s NO STONE UNTURNED, MEA MAXIMA CULPA and Pamela Drynan’s WHERE I AM. He has worked with director Kim Bartley on each of her documentaries for the last 10 years.
Martin Warde
Martin is a Production and development assistant for Frontline Films and has a background in Stand-up comedy, Theatre, Writing, researching, and Podcasting. He was a Story/character consultant on Jack Taylor- Shot down (2010). Martin has a BA in Sociology and Politics through NUIG and is currently completing his MA in Journalism at UL. He occasionally writes for the Irish Times and he has been active on Irish Television and radio in various capacities since 2005.
ROSS BARTLEY
With over 18 year experience in the field, Ross Bartley is one of Ireland’s leading freelance cameramen and directors specialising in travel, wildlife and observational documentaries. As one of the original founders of Frontline Films Ross still works regularly with the company although his first love is wildlife filming.
PAUL MULLEN - EDITOR
Paul is a freelance editor who has been editing in Ireland for over 15 years. His work spans many disciplines including feature films, documentaries, TV shows and commercials. Previous work includes the multi award winning feature film ‘Once’. He is currently working on Frontline Film’s feature documentary Pure Grit with Kim.
JANICE TOOMEY - EDITOR
Janice is an accomplished in-house editor with Windmill Lane and has over 15 years post-production experience. Janice excels in cutting factual documentaries and enjoys creative collaborations having worked on many projects over the years with director Kim Bartley, they have recently completed post on The Unteachables, a two part documentary on The Cork Life Centre- a school for teenagers who didn’t fit into mainstream education