Having graduated from the Dublin Institute of Technology in Communications (Film Production), Martha worked her way through film production hierarchies from assistant directing to location management, production management and latterly producing.
She served as a member of the Board of The Irish Film Board from 2001-2005, was a member of the Board of the Irish Film Institute and was its Chair from 1997 – 2002. She is a director of Cinemobile 2000, Ireland’s mobile cinema and was a founding director of Moonstone International.