Cliff WestEditor | |||
PROFILE | |||
Cliff started his career at Reuters Television, moving to LWT as an assistant film editor where he was promoted to editor within 5 years. Whilst at LWT he worked on a wide variety of programmes from light entertainment, through to current affairs, dramas and documentaries, editing on both film and video. Working primarily on Avid and Premiere Pro, he has also trained editors on behalf of Lightworks. Cliff’s work has been nominated at the BAFTA TV Awards & won an RTS Award amongst others.
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EXPERIENCE: Credits | |||
Genghis Khan's Mongolia | Lion TV for Smithsonian Channel | Documentary | Editor, offline |
Hauntings Episode ‘The Conjuring House’. Four-part series investigating the most terrifying and horrifying paranormal activities of the last 50 years across Britain and America. | Story Films for Paramount+ | Drama Documentary | Editor, offline |
World’s Most Scenic Rivers Series episode celebrating life on one of Irelands most beautiful rivers. | Britespark Films for Channel 5 | Documentary | Editor, offline |
Frontline: Iraq’s Assassins Investigation into allegations that Iranian backed Shia militias are threatening critics and US interests in Iraq. | PBS America | Current Affairs | Editor, offline |
The Sound of TV with Neil Brand Series examining the use of music in the development of television. | BBC4 | Documentary | Editor, offline |
Jesus: His Life Drama documentary of Jesus’s life told by those closest to him. One episode of an eight part series. | Nutopia for History Channel | Drama Documentary | Editor |
This Filthy Earth Feature loosely based on Emile Zola’s “La Terre”. Dir: Andrew Kötting | Tall Stories with Film Four | Drama Feature | Editor, offline |
Zero Hour "The Last Hour of Flight Eleven" Analysing the final hour on board the first aircraft to crash into the World Trade Center | Cineflix Productions for Discovery & Five | Drama Documentary | Editor, offline |
Là Bas Cinema short. Dir: Andrew Kötting. | BBC with BFI | Drama | Editor, offline |
New Years Eve British short romance independent film starring Kiera Knightley. | Col Spector (Dir) | Drama | Editor, offline |
Our Classical Century Series celebrating the greatest moments in classical music in the 20th century. | Lion TV for BBC4 | Documentary | Editor |
Wasting Away: The Truth About Anorexia Nominated: Broadcast Award 2018 | Brook Lapping Prods for Channel 4 | Documentary | Editor, offline |
Lord Lucan: My Husband, The Truth Portrait of a marriage that ended in tragedy. | Brook Lapping for ITV 1 | Documentary | Editor, offline |
By Our Selves Chronicling the 80 mile walk from Epping to Helpston made by poet John Clare. | Soda Pictures | Feature Documentary | Editor, offline |
Martin Luther King & the March on Washington Dir: John Akomfrah | BBC / PBS Co-production | Documentary | Editor, offline |
The Beatles: Hippies & Hells Angels Feature documentary revealing the truth behind the Beatle’s Apple Corps | Nerd TV for Sky Arts | Feature Documentary | Editor |
Sing For Your Life Following a group of cancer patients forming a choir. | Channel 4 | Documentary | Editor, offline |
Thelma’s Gypsy Girls | Channel 4 | Observational Documentary | Editor, offline |
Swandown Recording the voyage of two men – filmmaker/artist Andrew Kötting and writer/novelist/psychogeographer Iain Sinclair | Fly Film | Feature Documentary | Editor, offline |
The Promise Portrait of the artist & Holocaust survivor | Fergal Keane (self funded) | Feature Documentary | Editor, offline |
The Bible: A History One ep of a seven part series. Each film is written & presented by a prominent figure with a particular interest or experience relevant to the part of the Bible being examined. | Channel 4 | Documentary | Editor, offline |
Dispatches: Immigration... The Inconvenient Truth Three part series exploring immigration in the UK. | Channel 4 | Current Affairs | Editor, offline |
My Shocking Story Examining the lives of people afflicted with extreme medical conditions. | Discovery | Observational Documentary | Editor, offline |
I Am An American Soldier This unflinching examination of the war in Iraq follows soldiers from the elite 101st Airborne Division for 14 months, from Stateside preparations to their deployment in Iraq and back home again. | John Laurence | Feature Documentary | Editor, offline |
Gallivant A journey around the coastline of Britain. | BFI with Channel 4 & Tall Stories | Feature Documentary | Editor, offline |
Arena: The Burger and the King An idiosyncratic look at the demise of Elvis through his cuisine. | BBC | Music Documentary | Editor, offline |
Howard Hawks: American Artist Celebrating the centenary of Hawks’ birth, directed by Kevin McDonald. | BFI | Feature Documentary | Editor, offline |
What Makes Us Human? Series exploring the background to our unique | Channel 4 | Documentary | Editor, offline |
UFO's: The Secret Evidence A two hour special on the history of UFO sightings in the US & Britain. | Channel 4 | Documentary | Editor, offline |
Black Box Four part series on air crash investigators. | Channel 4 & Discovery | Documentary | Editor, offline |
The Beautiful Game Thirteen part series tracing the history of football & its social impact around the world | Pearson TV | Sports Documentary | Editor, offline |
Painted Dragon Six part series on the history of Welsh art. | BBC Wales | Arts Documentary | Editor, offline |
Seeing Salvation Four part series on the history of religious art. | BBC Two | Arts Documentary | Editor, offline |
Arthouse: The Cowboy & The Eclipse Profile of American artist James Turrell. | Channel 4 | Arts Documentary | Editor, offline |
Rembrandt, By Himself Focusing on the artist’s self portraits. | BBC Two | Arts Documentary | Editor, offline |
Arthouse: The Lost Supper Film on the restoration of Da Vinci’s masterpiece. | Channel 4 | Arts Documentary | Editor, offline |
On The Map | Channel4 Schools | Educational | Editor, offline |
Dim Ond Celf | BBC Wales | Arts | Editor, offline (in Welsh) |
Hanys Bop The history of Welsh language pop music. | BBC Wales | Music Documentary | Editor, offline |
A Real World Recorded | ZDF | Music Documentary | Editor, offline |
Building Sights Series on architecture. | BBC Two | Documentary | Editor, offline |
South Bank Show Several films for this award winning series. | BBC | Arts | Editor, offline |
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