Kim Nikolajsen

Editor

PROFILE

As an award winning editor Kim’s passion is storytelling & having been a freelancer for over 15 years he is a master of his trade. Kim enjoys focusing his talents on making the best programme possible, engaging with clients both old & new, then refining their needs & requirements to make this happen.

Originally from Copenhagen Kim has now lived in London since the early 90s. Since he has been in the UK he has worked on a wide spectrum of credits ranging from documentaries & factual series to entertainment, music documentaries & comedy programmes. Kim is hugely experienced & ready to get his teeth stuck into his next project.

 

EXPERIENCE: Credits
Life Behind Bars: Visiting Hour

With unprecented access at Low Moss maximum security prison in Glasgow, inmates doing hard time share moments with their loved ones, plan weddings & meet grandkids for the first time.

Chalkboard TV
for Channel 4
Factual EntertainmentEditor
Homestead Rescue
Raw TV
for Discovery
FactualEditor
Paul O'Grady: The Sally Army and Me
ITV Productions
for BBC One
Observational DocumentaryEditor
Special Forces: Ultimate Hell Week

A group of recruits are pushed beyond their limits by special forces veterans.

BBC2Factual EntertainmentEditor
Stately Homemaking

with Phil Spencer

Mayfly TV
for More4
PropertyEditor
World's Biggest Beast

Prod: Ollie Twinch. 1 x 88 mins

Blink Films
for the Smithsonian Channel
FactualEditor
Storyville: Lust for Life

The story of 30 year old film maker Heather Leach who when suddenly diagnosed with a thyroid disease & cancer turns the camera onto herself.
Dir: Heather Leach. Exec Prod: Alan Hayling. 1 x 60 mins

Renegade
for BBC4
Drama DocumentaryEditor
The Secret Life of Buildings

Ep 1 & 3. Tom Dyckhoff explores the impact the design of buildings can have on us.
Dir: Louise Hooper (1) & Louise Wardle (3).
Prod: by Mike Christie. 2 x 60 mins

Renegade
for Channel 4
DocumentaryEditor
DreamXtreme

Four of the worlds best sports athletes. Four terrifying & extreme dream missions & four breath-taking 3D docs.

Christie HQDrama DocumentaryEditor
Inside Incredible Athletes

Dir: Mike Christie. Exec Prod: Alan Hayling. Nominated for: Best Popular Factual at Broadcast Awards 2011

Renegade
for Channel 4
DocumentaryEditor
Words of War

Marking 90th anniversary of the signing of the
Armistice which ended WW1 on 11th November 1918.
Dir: by Paula Lichtarowicz.
Winner: Best Factual Education Arts at RTS Awards 2009. 1 x 52 mins

ITVDocumentaryEditor
Bayt Abdullah

Following staff & patients at the largest children’s hospice in the world created to provide the very best of care to all children in Kuwait diagnosed with cancer.
Dir: Michael McKinnon. 1 x 60 mins

McKinnon FilmsDocumentaryEditor
The Fried Chicken Shop

DP: Yonni Usiskin. Prod: Pete Brown.
1 x 60 mins

Mentorn
for Channel 4
DocumentaryEditor
Deadliest Seas

SP: Ed Wardle. 1 x 60 mins

Raw
for Discovery USA
DocumentaryEditor
Coppers

SP: Gabe Solomon. 1 x 60 mins

Blast
for Channel 4
Drama DocumentaryEditor
South Bank Show: New York & Faith

Exec Prod: Melvyn Bragg. 1 x 52 mins

LWT
for ITV
DocumentaryEditor
Nicolas Sarkozy: President Bling-Bling

Exec Prod: Lucy Hetherington.
1 x 60mins

BBC2DocumentaryEditor
Yesterday We Were In America

The amazing story of Brits Alcock & Brown who in 1919 became the first men to fly nonstop across the Atlantic ocean.
Dir & Prod: Mike Christie

Aquarius FilmsDrama DocumentaryEditor
The Hazel Stewart Trial (Colin Howell)

The deaths of Trevor Buchanan & Lesley Howell & the trial of their respective spouses, 18 years later.
1 x 60 mins

BBC2DocumentaryEditor
Battle of The Boy Bands

Exploring the phenomena of boy bands over the past thirty plus years from the Osmonds to Boyzone & Busted
Exec Prod: Steven D. Wright.
1 x 60 mins

Shine
for Channel 4
DocumentaryEditor
Engineering For The Weather: ‘Chicago’

The Trump Tower is one of the tallest buildings in USA, so how does it withstand two seasons of hurricanes each year?
Exec Prod: David McNab. 1 x 60 mins

Tip Top TV
for Weather
Channel
DocumentaryEditor
Listening Post

1 x 30 mins

Moonbeam
for Al Jazeera
Current AffairsEditor
What A Waste

1 x 30 mins

Rockhopper
for BBC World
Current AffairsEditor
Dimbleby

1 x 60 mins

Lightmill
for ITV
Current AffairsEditor
BBC Learning

5 x 3 mins

BBC
for BBC Online
ChildrensEditor
Hounded

Comedian Rufus Hound journeys into a fantastic parallel universe of special effects.
Prod: John Pocock. 13 x 30 mins

BBC
for CBBC
ComedyEditor
Inside Clyde

Nominated: Best Children’s Programme at
Broadcast Awards 2005
Dir: David Croft. 6 x 30 mins

Talent TV
for Disney
ChildrensEditor
50 Years of Eurovision

1 x 30 mins

BBC 1DocumentaryEditor
In the Hot Seat

1 x 120 mins

LWT
for ITV
Light EntertainmentEditor
Shock Treatment

Dir: David Croft. 6 x 60 mins

Diverse
for Sky 1
EntertainmentEditor
The Great British Body

1 x 120 mins

LWT
for ITV
Factual EntertainmentEditor
Styled To Rock

Prod: Danny Bell. 1 x 60 mins

Twenty Twenty
for Sky
Factual EntertainmentEditor
Celebrity Wedding Planner

Exec Prod: Alan Hayling. 1 x 60 mins

Renegade
for BBC3
Observational DocumentaryEditor
What Happens In Kavos

(Series 2) Following young Brits over a summer in Kavos.
Prod & Dir: Lizz Biggs

Dragonfly
for Channel 4
Observational DocumentaryEditor
The Magaluf Weekender

Following young Brits abroad to get a glimpse of what happens in the hedonistic party town.
Prod & Dir: Alex Kohler

Two Four
for ITV2
Observational DocumentaryEditor
Posh and Becks: The Reign in Spain

1 x 60 mins

ITN Factual
for ITV
Light EntertainmentEditor
Brad & Angelina: A Fatal Attraction

1 x 90 mins

Shine
for Five
Light EntertainmentEditor
Paradise Hotel

12 x 60 mins

Mentorn
for Fox USA
Observational DocumentaryEditor
Making the Video: Kanye West
MTVMusic DocumentaryEditor
The Truth about Take That

1 x 60 mins

Shine
for Channel 4
Music DocumentaryEditor
Beat It: Michael Jackson

1 x 50 mins

At It Productions
for Channel 4
Music DocumentaryEditor
Duets Top 10

1 x 52 mins

Chrysalis
for Channel 4
MusicEditor
CONTACT DETAILS

For all bookings please call (+44) 020 7287 6110 or email hello@tovs.co.uk

EDUCATION

Economics (BSC): Copenhagen Business School
Film & TV (MA): University of Westminster

EQUIPMENT

Avid (Offline & Online)
Symphony
Final Cut Pro (FCP)