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LADY
FEATURE

2026

Film 4 / BFI / Screen Scotland / Level Forward

Dir: Olive Nwosu
Prod: Alex Polunin
Sundance Film Festival 2026:World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting Ensemble
76th Berlin International Film Festival, premiered in 'Panorama' section

PILLION
FEATURE

2025

Element Pictures / BBC Film / A24

Dir: Harry Lighton
Prods: Lee Groombridge, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Emma Norton
*Official Selection: Un Certain Regard, Cannes Film Festival 2025
*Nominated:Outstanding British Film and Outstanding Brisih Debut, BAFTA 2026
*Nominated: Best Editing, British Indepentent Film Awards 2025
*Nominated: Best Edited British Drama, BFE Cut Above Awards 2026
*Winner: British/Irish Film of the Year, London Film Critics' Circle 2026

THE SALT PATH
FEATURE

2024

Number 9 Films / Black Bear Productions / BBC Film

Dir: Marianne Elliott
Prods: Kristin Irving, Elizabeth Karlsen, Beatriz Levin, Lloyd Levin, Norman Merry, Thorsten Schumacher, Stephen Woolley
*Special Presentation Gala: Toronto International Film Festival 2024

ROLE PLAY
FEATURE

2022

StudioCanal / Amazon

Dir: Thomas Vincent
Prods: Kaley Cuoco, Alex Heineman, Andrew Rona

ALICE DARLING
FEATURE

2022

Lionsgate

Dir: Mary Nighy
Prods: Katie Bird Nolan, Christina Piovesan, Noah Segal, Lindsay Tapscott
*Gala Presentation: Toronto International Film Festival 2022

THE PURSUIT OF LOVE

2021

Moonage Pictures / Open Book Productions / Amazon Studios

Dir: Emily Mortimer
Prod: Rhonda Smith
*WINNER: Best Editing in a MOW or Mini-series, 2022 CCE Awards

AFTER LOVE
FEATURE

2020

The Bureau / BFI / BBC Films

Dir: Aleem Khan
Prod: Matthieu de Braconier
* Official Selection: Critics Week, Cannes Film Festival 2020
* TIFF Industry Selects Programme: Toronto International Film Festival 2020
* Official Selection: Telluride Film Festival 2020
* Official Selection: BFI London Film Festival 2020
*Winner of 6 BIFA Awards including Best British Independent Film
*Nominated for 6 BAFTA awards including Outstanding British Film of the Year
*Nominated: Best British Film, The Big Screen Awards 2022

THE COURIER
FEATURE

2020

Film Nation / Lionsgate

Dir: Dominic Cooke
Prods: Adam Ackland, Rory Aitken, Ben Browning, Ben Pugh
* Official Selection: Sundance Film Festival 2020

HOW TO BUILD A GIRL
FEATURE

2019

Monumental Pictures / Film4

Dir: Coky Giedroyc
Prods: Debra Hayward, Alison Owen
* Won: FIPRESCI Prize for the Special Presentations program, Toronto International Film Festival 2019

INFORMER

2018

Neal Street Productions

Dir: Jonny Campbell
Prod: Julian Stevens
* Nominated: Outstanding Drama Series, BAFTA TV Awards 2019

PHILIP K. DICK'S ELECTRIC DREAMS
HUMAN IS

2017

Channel 4 / Sony Pictures Television / Amazon Studios

Dir: Francesca Gregorini
Prod: Dan Winch

STRIKE
THE CUCKOO'S CALLING

2017

Bronte Film and TV / BBC / HBO

Dir: Michael Keillor
Prod: Jackie Larkin

HARLOTS
EPS 1-3

2017

Monumental Pictures / Hulu / ITV Encore

Dir: Coky Giedroyc
Prods: Lawrence Till, Alison Carpenter, Alison Newman, Alison Owen, Debra Hayward

PEAKY BLINDERS
ADDITIONAL EDITOR, SERIES 3, EPS 1 & 6

2016

Tiger Aspect

Dir: Tim Mielants
Prod: Simon Maloney

HADWIN'S JUDGEMENT DOCUMENTARY

2015

Passion Planet / True West Films / Film 4

Dir: Sasha Snow

* Official Selection: Hot Docs Festival 2015
* Nomination: Ted Rogers Best Feature Length Documentary, Canadian Screen Awards 2016

UNDERCOVER

2016

BBC1

Dir: James Hawes
Prod: Richard Stokes

THE HOLLOW CROWN
HENRY VI PART 1, HENRY VI PART 2, RICHARD III

2016

Neal Street Productions / NBC Carnival / BBC

Dir: Dominic Cooke
Prod: Rupert Ryle-Hodges
* Nominated: Best Mini-Series, BAFTA Awards 2017

PENNY DREADFUL
EDITOR, SERIES 1, EP 7 & ADDITIONAL EDITOR, SERIES 1, EP 4

2014

Neal Street Productions / Desert Wolf Productions / Showtime / Sky Atlantic

Dirs: James Hawes, Dearblah Walsh
Prods: James Flynn, Morgan O'Sullivan

THE TUNNEL
SERIES 1, EPS 9-10

2013

Kudos / Sky Atlantic

Dir: Thomas Vincent
Prod: Ruth Kenley-Letts

* Nominee: Best Drama Series, International Emmys 2014

WHAT REMAINS
SERIES

2013

BBC

Dir: Coky Giedroyc
Prod: Grainne Marmion

* Winner: Best Editing for Television or Mini-Series, CCE Awards 2014

CALL THE MIDWIFE II
SERIES

2012

Neal Street Productions

Dir: China Moo-Young
Prod: Hugh Warren

SPIES OF WARSAW
2 x 90MIN

2012

Fresh Pictures / BBC

Dir: Coky Giedroyc
Prod: Richard Fell, Matthew Patnick

THE HOUR II
SERIES

2012

BBC / Kudos

Dir: Sandra Goldbacher
Prod: Ruth Kenley-Letts

* Nominee: Best Editing (Fiction), BAFTA Craft Awards 2013
* Nominee: Best Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television, Golden Globes 2013

THE HOUR
SERIES

2011

BBC / Kudos

Dir: Coky Giedroyc, Jamie Payne
Prod: Ruth Kenley-Letts

* Nominee: Best Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television, Golden Globes 2012

THIS MOVIE IS BROKEN
FEATURE

2010

Alliance / Rhombus / Shadow Shows
(co-editor)

Dir: Bruce MacDonald
Prod: Niv Fichman

* Nomination: Best Editing Award, Canadian Cinema Editors Awards 2011

THE NATIVITY
4-PART MINI-SERIES

2010

BBC / CBC / Temple Street / Red Planet

Dir: Coky Giedroyc
Prod: Ruth Kenley-Letts

* Winner: Best Picture Editing, DGC Awards 2011

COOKING WITH STELLA
FEATURE

2009

Mongrel / Hamilton-Mehta

Dir: Dilip Mehta
Prod: Deepa Mehta, David Hamilton

FLASHPOINT S1-S4
TV SERIES

2008 - 2011

CBS / CTV / Pink Sky / Avamar

Dir: Various
Prod: Anne Marie La Traverse, Bill Mustos

* Nomination: Best Picture Editing, Gemini Awards 2009
* Nomination: Best Picture Editor, DGC Awards 2010

LESS THAN KIND
TV SERIES

2008

City TV / Breakthrough / Buffalo Gal

Dir: Various
Prod: Mark McKinney

THE MURDOCH MYSTERIES
TV SERIES

2008

City TV / Bravo / Shaftesbury

Dir: Various
Prod: Christina Jennings

THIS SPACE FOR RENT
TV SERIES

2007

CBC / Omni / Resonance

Dir: Michael Kennedy
Prod: Jason James

THE TRACEY FRAGMENTS
FEATURE

2007

Odeon / Alcina / Corvid / Shadow Shows
(co-editor)

Dir: Bruce MacDonald
Prod: Sarah Timmins

* Nomination: Best Picture Editing, Genie Awards 2008

REAL TIME
FEATURE

2008

Maple / Serendipity / January
(co-editor)

Dir: Randall Cole
Prod: Paula Devonshire, Julia Rosenberg
Exec Prod: Robert Lantos

EVERYTHING'S GONE GREEN
FEATURE

2006

Think Film / Radke / True West

Dir: Paul Fox
Prod: Chris Nanos

THE TOURNAMENT S1 - S2
TV SERIES

2005 - 2006

CBC / Adjacent 2

Dir: Various
Prod: Bruce Hills

* Winner: Best Picture Editing, Gemini Awards 2005

THE LIFE AND HARD TIMES OF GUY TERRIFICO
FEATURE

2005

Alliance-Atlantis / Darius Films

Dir: Michael Mabbott
Prod: Nicholas Tabarrock, Bryan Gliserman

THE DELICATE ART OF PARKING
FEATURE

2005

Cinema Libre / Anagram Pictures
(additional editor)

Dir: Trent Carlson
Prod: Blake Corbet

* Nomination: Best Picture Editing, Leo Awards 2004

LAST WEDDING
FEATURE

2001

Think Film / CHUM / TMN
(additional editor)

Dir: Bruce Sweeney
Prod: Stephen Hegyes

* Nomination: Best Picture Editing, Genie Awards 2001

Short Films

ProductionCompanyNotes

MARMALADE

2024

Dir. Jamie Hawkesworth
Prod. Sylvia Farago
Music by Jarvis Cocker

THE SHEPHERD
SHORT FILM

2023

Argo Films / Disney+

Dir: Iain Softley
Prods: Alfonso Cuarón, Rupert Jermyn, Richard Johns, Bill Kenwright
*Nominated for Best Short Film, Academy Awards Longlist 2024

BLACK MASCARA
Sally Potter Music Video

2023

Dir: Sally Potter

LOOK AT ME

2022

Adventure Pictures / Bleeker Steet

Dir: Sally Potter
Prod: Christopher Sheppard
Starring Javier Bardem & Chris Rock
*Out of Competition Short Films: Venice Film Festival 2022

LIAM & LENKA

2014

Warp Films

Dir: Michael Keillor
Prod: Ally Gipps

HEN PECKED

2014

Film 4

Dir: Marcus McSweeney
Prod: Rienkje Attoh, Gerardine O'Flynn

Commercials

ProductionCompanyNotes
2026

Fresh Light Films Ltd

Dir. Mary Nighy

Comme de Garçon x Dover Street Market x Converse

2023

Dir: Jamie Hawkesworth