www.kimbartleydirector.com I am a multi award-winning director and shooting PD based in Ireland with dual Irish/ US citizenship. I specialise in documentary and speak fluent English, French and Spanish.Since my first report from Kosovo in 1998 I have been involved in making documentaries with a strong focus on human interest stories. My early car... Read More

www.kimbartleydirector.com I am a multi award-winning director and shooting PD based in Ireland with dual Irish/ US citizenship. I specialise in documentary and speak fluent English, French and Spanish.Since my first report from Kosovo in 1998 I have been involved in making documentaries with a strong focus on human interest stories. My early career was spent filming off the beaten track, on frontlines and in post conflict & emergency response. Having grown up in Paris, I am now based in Ireland.I shoot and direct many of my own films and my area of focus remains intimate human interest stories and current affairs.Over the course of my career I have received 6 IFTA nominations and won multiple international awards including the Grierson and IDA awards for Best Feature Documentary, Banff’s Global Television Grand Prize for Best Information & Current Affairs Programme, The Silver Hugo at the Chicago International Film Festival and the TV Iris Award Prix Europa for Best Documentary Series amongst many others.My most recent feature documentary PURE GRIT received the award for Best Documentary at the Galway Film Fleadh 2021 and was released theatrically in October 2022. I run a small production company, Frontline Films. Read Less