TRINLEY PICTURES began as an idea in 1997 when Tom used some savings to create, write, produce and host a syndicated public television documentary series. Then and  now, Trinley Pictures has partnered with other creative and talented people to produce documentaries, fundraising videos, and a feature film.

TOM TRINLEY | Executive Producer

Tom Trinley is an Emmy-nominated broadcast documentary film producer, screenwriter, and finance executive. He is equally at ease on location, in an editing suite, or in a board room.

Mr. Trinley co-executive produced, wrote, directed, shot, co-produced, and co-edited Monumental Myths, a one-hour documentary that tells the unspoken stories related to America’s monuments and historic markers. He negotiated the film rights of a book, which the production was inspired by. The film was screened as a work-in-progress at the Independent Feature Project Market, New York, was the first feature film to be screened at select Apple Stores, and was scouted for pickup by HBO Documentaries. The film has streamed on multiple platforms including Amazon Prime Video, Kinema, and Vimeo on Demand.

Tom created, wrote, executive produced, produced, directed, hosted, and coordinated distribution of three seasons of the Notes from the Field environmental history interstitial series, which was distributed to over 75 public television stations nationally. He secured Sears as the corporate national sponsor. The 1999 season was nominated for two Midwest Regional Emmy awards and won two U.S. International Film and Video Festival awards for creative excellence and for editing.

More recently, Tom began writing screenplays. His first, Birds of Feather, is feature-length adaptation of a novel and has been an official selection or award winner at several film festivals.

Tom has acted as a consultant to independent productions, which aired on PBS member stations (The History of Money with James Earl Jones) and The History Channel (Mies Van der Rohe: The Farnsworth House). In his early career, Tom was introduced to broadcast and corporate finance and mentored by the chief financial officer of Tribune Broadcasting. While working as a financial analyst for a major television network, he prepared various reports including profit and loss statements, ratings summaries, sales pacing forecasts, daypart analysis, and television program profitability reports. He acted as liaison between the finance department and news, sales, engineering, and administration departments.