Selected editing credits
Documentary
Michael Lynn – The Fugitive
Documentary | UK & Ireland | 2 x 50″ | 2025
The true story of an epic hunt to bring one of Ireland’s most notorious fugitives to justice.
Winner of the Justice Media Award 2025
Director Trevor Birney
Producers Jim O’Hagan, Seán Mullan and Andrew Tully
Editors Michael Barwise
Production Company Fine Point Films for RTE
Murder of a GAA Chairman
Documentary | UK & Ireland | 50″ | 2024
Murdered locking up his GAA club in 1997, Sean Brown’s inquest revealed the involvement of state agents. As the UK Legacy Act shuts down cases like Sean’s, his family fight on.
Director Trevor Birney
Producers Jim O’Hagan and Andrew Tully
Editors Michael Barwise and Claire O’Neill
Production Company Fine Point Films for RTE
Taking Back Control
Documentary | UK & Ireland | 50″ | 2023
In July 2022, a member of An Garda Síochána was convicted of the offence of Coercive Control. In Taking Back Control his victim gives up her anonymity to tell of the horrific abuse she suffered while pregnant and fighting terminal cancer.
Winner of Best Factual Single RTS Awards Ireland 2024
Director Trevor Birney
Producers Jim O’Hagan and Andrew Tully
Editors Michael Barwise
Production Company Fine Point Films for RTE
Short Film
Gael Force
Documentary | Ireland | 12″ | 2024
In 1999, the Irish national broadcaster, RTÉ, announced that its weather forecasters, who were trained meteorologist and household names, would be replaced by attractive young television presenters.
But the people of Ireland had something to say about that.
Dublin International Film Festival 2025
Docs Ireland 2025
Venezia Shorts 2025
Cork International Film Festival 2024
Director Tara Hegarty
Producer Roisin Geraghty
Editor Michael Barwise
Production Company Little Rose Films
Funded by Screen Ireland’s Real Shorts Scheme
Never Mind Walnut Street
Documentary | UK | 13″ | 2023
Never Mind Walnut Street is the intimate story of Marta Dyczkowska’s life and loss, set against the backdrop of the sweeping gentrification of Belfast.
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2023
Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival 2023
Inverness Film Festival 2023
Belfast Film Festival 2023
London Short Film Festival 2023
Director Marta Dyczkowska
Producer Angel Cranney
Editor Michael Barwise
Executive Producers Alison Miller, Jackie Doyle, Flore Conquer and Christine Morrow
Production Company Erica Starling Productions
Funded by Scottish Documentary Institute’s Bridging The Gap Programme
Echo
Documentary | UK & Ireland | 13″ | 2023
An operation 10 years ago left Allister with damaged vocal chords and an obstacle to communication. His unusual solution reminds us that community thrives in surprising places.
Winner of The Listening Pitch with Audible & Aesthetica
True/False Film Fest 2023
Sheffield DocFest 2023
IDFA 2023
Kerry Film Festival 2023 – Short Doc Competition Winner
Docs Ireland 2023 – Short Doc Competition Special Mention
Director & Producer Ross McClean
Editors Michael Barwise and Ross McClean
Story Editor Phil Harrison
Production Company Nightstaff
HYFIN
Documentary | UK & Ireland | 12″ | 2022
Jordan-Lee Brady-James aka HYFIN, a young Derry-Londonderry man in-between places, is told that a Northern Irish accent can’t rap.
A Netflix Documentary.
Galway Film Fleadh 2023
Irish Film Festa 2023
Scéal Eile Irish Film Festival Belgium 2023
Docs Ireland 2023
Director Seán Mullan
Producers Michael Barwise & Seán Mullan
Editor Michael Barwise
Production Company Haus Eight Films for Netflix UK
Artist’s Film
Making Dust
Artist’s Film | Ireland | 45″ | 2023
Making Dust is a portrait of the demolition of Ireland’s second largest Catholic Church. A film essay based on research by architectural historian Ellen Rowley.
IFI Documentary Festival 2023
Five Lamps Arts Festival 2024
Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam 2024
Director Fiona Hallinan
Based on an essay by Ellen Rowley
Producers Ellen Rowley, Fiona Hallinan and Kate Strain
Editor Michael Barwise
Few Can See
Artist’s Film | Ireland | 40″ | 2023
Broadcasters across these islands have entered into a blackout strike. The workers are transmitting a programme bringing censored voices back onto the airwaves.
An EVA Platform Commission for the 40th EVA International – Ireland’s Biennial of Contemporary Art
Winner of the Tiger Short Award at International Film Festival Rotterdam 2024
Winner Second Diamond Award at Alcine 53
Special Mention from the jury at FILMADRID 2024
Director Frank Sweeney
Editors Michael Barwise & Frank Sweeney
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