Address:
Teach Indreabhain, Inverin, Galway.
Telephone:
+353 91 505100
Fax:
+353 91 505135
Website: http://
www.abumedia.com
Email: info@abumedia.com
Personnel:
Pierce Boyce - Managing Director
Brid Seoighe - Producer
Eileen Seoighe - Producer
Jerry Twomey - Financial Controller
Adrian Ferry - Sound Engineer/Sound Design
Daithi Keane - Senior Editor
Gearóid Ó Dubhghaill - Editor
Eoin Collins - Sound Recordist
Paraic O Cearbhaill - Sound Recordist / Mixer
Síle Nic Chonaonaigh - Irish Language Director
Alastair Mac Aindreasa - Development Officer
Company Description:
Company Description:
Production and facilities company. Established in December 2000. Abu Media main personnel consist of and credits include:
Pierce Boyce - Managing Director
Comedy, "Fear a'Phoist" (Silent Comedy), TG4 & S4C documentaries, feature films, sports.
Credits - RTE, "Cheltenham 99" TG4, "Channel 4 Racing", Feature film co-producer. "Connemara"
Bríd Seoighe - Head of Production Telegael Teo.
Credits - RTE, TG4, S4C, ITV, BBC, American Networks. Co-Producer "Sanbarbe", France Animation, Mike Young Productions, Scholastic Inc., "Horrible Histories" etc
Eileen Seoighe - Former Editor/Director, News, Nuacht TG4. Producer "Bangladesh", "Malawi", "Lebanon", News/Documentaries. "Nationwide Opt Out". Credits RTE, TG4.
Genre:
Documentary, feature, comedy, news, animation, dubbing
Facilities/Services:
Extensive range of Post Production facilities with fully integrated Video and Audio post available. AVID Symphony, AVID Media Composers, AVID Xpress, Pro Tools Mixing suites, Pro Tools recording studios, FOley rooms, Graphics, Final Cut Pro, DVD Duplication, Subtitling.
Languages:
English, Irish
In Development:
"Fair Oaks"
Feature film, shooting March 2003. You don't have to be nuts to rob a bank. But it helps!
"Astro Passions"
13 X 30 mins. A light-hearted series that sets about teaching people
how to revamp their lives and behaviours to attract their perfect
partner.
"Wreckers", "Missionary Man", "Wallup" and "Nobody's Child"
Factual Documentaries
"Foreign Fields"
3 X 1 hour documentaries about the Irish soldier abroad.
Missionary Monks"
3 X 1 hour historical series about the influence of Irish monks in medieval Europe.
Pre Production:
"Backpackers"
13 X 30 min cutting edge adult animation series. Pilot exhibited at Cartoon Forum 2003.
"Fear an Phoist 2"
6 X 26 min silent comedy series for TG4
Current Production:
"Fear a'Phoist"
6 X 26 min silent comedy series for TG4, January 2003.
"Nuacht"
ENG News Gathering Service for Nuacht TG4/RTE.
"Tootuff"
Children's animation for RTE/TG4.
"Red Roses and Petrol"
Feature film adaption of Joseph O'Connor's play of the same name.
Previous Production:
"Henry Ó Donnell"
1 X 40 min documentary for TG4.
"Seidean Staire"
Historical documentary series for TG4.
"China Wings"
Animation for RTE/TG4.
"Razzoheil"
Animation for RTE/TG4.
"Nationwide"
20 X 15 min primetime news magazine for RTE.
"A Journey's End"
1 X 30 min documentary of one man's search for the mother he never knew, and the family he never met.
"Lebanon"
1 X 30 min documentary recounting the story of Stephen Griffin, the first Irish soldier to die in the Lebanon.
Animation:
"The Violins"
26 X 30 min children's animation series.
"Pet Alien"
26 X 26 min co-production with Mike Young Productions (USA), Ante Film (France).