Nick is an award winning editor with two prestigious D&AD pencils and over 70 credits on IMDb spanning documentary, commercials, music video and broadcast. He has cut for Discovery+, Sky One, BBC, ITV & CNN, as well as campaigns for Sony, Google, Mastercard, Red Bull, Hi-Tec & Nokia. His work has been seen far and wide with a number having had over 1 million views online.
He has won the London Antville Music Video editor of the year & had his work shown at some of the top festivals in the world, such as Cannes, the London Short Film Festival and Slamdance.
He has had beside him in the edit suite Edgar Wright, Joe Cornish, Georgi Banks-Davies, Steve Oram, Alice Lowe, Louis Cole and Francis Annan.
He also founded and oversees a social enterprise in Cape Town called Manenberg Films to enable young people from disadvantaged communities to get training and opportunities in the film industry.
He has a masters in theoretical physics from Cambridge and is a contributor for leading industry blog Pro Video Coalition.
He lives with his wife and four children between the UK and Cape Town.
Lear Media Ltd is registered in England & Wales. No: 14788888. Registered Office: Gadespring, 109 Piccotts End, Hemel Hempstead, Herts HP1 3AT.
AWARDS/SCREENINGS
- D&AD Wood Pencil: Battles “Tonto”
- D&AD Wood Pencil: PlayStation 2 “Ape Escape”
- Antville best music video editor: Battles “Tonto”
- Cannes Straight8 premiere: “Connections”
- Official selection, Slamdance, Boston, LSFF: “Theo”
- Festival honour, Buffer Festival Toronto: “Beyond Borders”
- Winner, Best Resilience Film, UN Better Cities Film Festival
CREDITS
- 2 minuted to midnight – shorts – Film Editor
- Alpha South Africa – Brand Campaign – Film Editor
- A.I. A Double Edged Sword – feature documentary – Film Editor
- Axa – Commercial – Film Editor
- BBC World Service Trust – Brand Campaign – Film Editor
- BBC Storyworks – Documentary shorts – Film Editor
- Babyshambles “Delivery” – Music Video – Film Editor
- Babyshambles “You Talk” – Music Video – Film Editor
- Battles “Tonto” – Music Video – Film Editor
- Bethlehem: No room for peace – Broadcast Documentary (Channel 4) – Film Editor
- Beyond Borders – Feature Documentary – Film Editor
- Campaign for Better Transport – Brand Campaign – Director
- Cape Cultural Collective – Short – Film Editor
- Channel 4 Tax The Fat – Broadcast Trailer – Film Editor
- Chivas Venture – Brand Campaign – Film Editor
- Connections – Short film (Straight8 film competition) – Co-director
- Corc/SA SDI Alliance – Documentary – Film Editor
- Currys – Brand film – Film Editor
- David Gray Live – Live Performace – Film Editor
- De Montfort University – Commercial – Film Editor
- Death Wish Live – Broadcast TV (Channel 4) – Online Editor
- Doug Walker “The Mystery” – Music Video – Film Editor
- Family Strong – documentary shorts – Film Editor
- Film4 French season trail – Commercial – Film Editor
- Freddy Hirsch – Brand film – Film Editor
- Google – documentary shorts – Film Editor
- Green Nettle – documentary short
- Handel-Halvorsen’s Passacaglia – Music Video – Film Editor
- Haefele Software “A United Pursuit” – Brand Campaign
- Here, Not Here – Short – Film Editor
- Hi-Tec “Live Extraordinary” – Brand Campaign – Film Editor
- Hi-Tec “Time to Live” – Commercial – Film Editor
- Hot Fuzz: The Fuzzball Rally – Documentary – Film Editor
- I Matter – Brand Campaign – Film Editor
- Iain Archer “Minus Ten” – Music Video – Film Editor
- Integrated Clinical Solutions – Brand film – Film Editor
- Interceptor – Commercial – Film Editor
- Iraq: A Forgotten Hope – Brand Campaign – Film Editor
- Jaime Scott – Music Video – Film Editor
- Johnnie Walker – Brand Campaign – Film Editor
- Louie – Music Video – Film Editor
- Läkerol – Commercial – Film Editor
- Magnum One Arm Challenge – Brand Campaign – Film Editor
- Maruwaan: Forever Changed – Documentary – Film Editor
- Mastercard “Jaza Duka” – Documentary Short
- Maximo Park “Karaoke Plays” – Music Video – Film Editor
- Mionetto – Brand Campaign – Film Editor
- Mister Who – Music Video – Film Editor
- Monkey Magic – Broadcast TV (Channel 5) – Online Editor
- Moving Day – Broadcast TV (ITV) – Online Editor
- No Neutral Ground – Brand Campaign – Film Editor
- Nokia – Brand Campaign – Film Editor
- On Road – Short Film – Film Editor
- Pantene – Brand Campaign – Film Editor
- RSPCA – Commercial – Film Editor
- Radar “Lunacy” – Music Video – Film Editor
- Red Bull – Brand Campaign – Film Editor
- Sandi Thom “What if I’m right” – Music Video – Film Editor
- Scott Pilgrim vs. the World – pre-production editor
- Secret World of Magic – Broadcast Documentary (Sky One) – Film Editor
- Seeff – Commercial – Film Editor
- Sightseers – Pre-production editor
- Skewed View Design for Life – Broadcast TV (CNN) – Film Editor
- Sony Playstation 2 “Ape Escape” – Brand Campaign – Film Editor
- Sparrow Society – documentary short
- Stateless “Bloodstream” – Music Video – Film Editor
- Sultana Fruit & Form – Commercial – Film Editor
- SunLife – Commercial – Film Editor
- Switches – Music Video – Film Editor
- The Real Hustle (BBC) Pilot – Film Editor
- The Stewards Trust – Brand film – Film Editor
- The Sword “Freya” – Music Video – Film Editor
- The Webb Sisters – Music Video – Film Editor
- Theo – Short Film – Film Editor
- Three and Out – Trailer Editor
- Three and a half minutes – Documentary – Film Editor
- Vanish – Commercial – Film Editor
- Western Cape Government – Brand Campaign – Film Editor