Nick LearEditor | |||
PROFILE | |||
Nick is a highly respected and award-winning editor with credits spanning 18 years across Broadcast, Documentary, Commercials and Music Videos. He has credits for Discovery+, Sky, BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and CNN. Initially in the commercials and promos space, he won two prestigious D&AD pencils as well as Antville music video editor of the year. He brings that level of craft editing to his many years of documentary work, which has lead him to work with directors like Edgar Wright & Joe Cornish and with production companies in the US as well as the UK. He is an expert in all things post production and a regular contributor for Pro Video Coalition.
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EXPERIENCE: Credits | |||
Beyond Borders Discovery+ Original feature length doc cut from over 200 hours of footage of the round the world flight attempt of Louis Cole and JP Schulze in a 50 year old Cessna 210 single-engine airplane. | Live The Adventure for Discovery+ | Feature Documentary | Editor |
Bethlehem: No Room For Peace Doc on the Israel/Palestine conflict. Voiced by Tamsin Greig, the film looks at the Israeli West Bank barrier from both sides – interviewing both Israelis and Palestinians. | Salt Pictures for ITV | Documentary | Editor |
Secret World of Magic Pete Firman and Alistair Cook, ace magicians take us on a mysterious tour of magic, meeting their heroes as they reveal secrets of the world’s most legendary tricks. | Objective Prods for Sky One | Documentary | Editor |
The Real Hustle pilot A team of real-life confidence tricksters carry out notorious scams on unsuspecting members of the general public, whilst hidden cameras capture all the action. | Salt Prods for BBC Three | Factual Entertainment | Editor |
A.I.: A Double Edged Sword This documentary interviews experts on Artificial Intelligence and asks the question – is it here to help us or harm us? | Manenberg Films | Documentary | Editor |
Hot Fuzz: The Fuzzball Rally Following the Hot Fuzz crew of Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost around the US during their media tour after launching the film. | Big Talk for DVD and BluRay | Feature Documentary | Editor |
Scott Pilgrim Vs the World Dreamy delivery girl Ramona captures Scott Pilgrim’s heart, but he must vanquish all seven of her evil exes in martial arts battles to win her love. | Big Talk | Feature Film | Pre-Production Editor |
My Floating Home Follows the exploits of individuals, couples and families who dream of leaving landlocked suburbia behind and instead live in a home that floats. | Windfall Films for Channel 4 | Factual Entertainment | Additional Editor |
Chateau DIY From crumbling ceilings to time-worn turrets, British families discover what it takes to buy and renovate beautiful chateaux in France. | Kindling Media for Channel 4 | Factual Entertainment | Additional Editor |
Unearthed Investigates new evidence that reveals the myths and mysteries behind ancient civilizations and the iconic megastructures they built. | Windfall Films for Discovery US | Factual Entertainment | Additional Editor |
Green Nettle Green Nettle is a project that produces sustainable eco-material from large stinging nettles grown on the beautiful slopes of Mount Kenya. It brings livelihoods to local farmers and at the same time contributes to the fight against climate change. This award winning short documentary shows the process and the transformation of the farmers lives. | Manenberg Films | Documentary | Editor |
Death Wish Live 1 x 60′ | Objective Prods for Channel 4 | Factual Entertainment | Editor |
Moving Day The series shows the stresses and strains of moving house. | RDF Television for ITV | Factual Entertainment | Finishing Editor |
Monkey Magic Show made up of short tricks and stunts by magicians Jonathan Goodwin, Pete Firman, Ali Cook and Pete McCahon. | Objective Prods for Channel 5 | Factual Entertainment | Finishing Editor |
Google Short observational documentaries of people from around the globe. | Fluent Prods | Documentary | Editor |
BBC Storyworks Short documentaries from around the world covering science, technology and the environment. | Manenberg Films | Documentary | Editor |
CNN: Design for Life Short spots for CNN on interesting global figures. | CNN | Documentary | Editor |
Family Strong A series of web episodes documenting US families surviving lockdown. | Fluent Productions | Documentary | Editor |
Connections A straight8 film competition finalist short film featuring Hollywood stars Steve Oram and Alice Lowe. | Straight8 | Short Film | Director |
Sony PlayStation D&AD Pencil. | LOVE | Digital Short | Editor |
SunLife Direct Dir. Jevon O’Neill | Hubbleberry Prods | Commercial | Editor |
RSPCA Dir. Jevon O’Neill | Hubbleberry Prods | Commercial | Editor |
Sultana Dir. Simon Willows | BlinkInk Prods | Commercial | Editor |
Läkerol Dir. Simon Willows | BlinkInk Prods | Commercial | Editor |
Hi-Tec Dir. Freddie Reed | 27nine | Commercial | Editor |
Babyshambles 'Delivery' 6M views | HSI London | Music Video | Editor |
Battles 'Tonto' D&AD Pencil. | Warp Films | Music Video | Editor |
Maxïmo Park 'Karaoke Plays' | Warp Films | Music Video | Editor |
Sandi Thom Dir. Mark Adcock | Alchemy Films | Music Video | Editor |
Iain Archer Dir. Mark Adcock | Alchemy Films | Music Video | Editor |
Jaime Scott Dir. Paul Gore | Flynn Prods | Music Video | Editor |
Switches Dir. Marco Sandeman | Flynn Prods | Music Video | Editor |
CONTACT DETAILS |
For all bookings please call (+44) 020 7287 6110 or email hello@tovs.co.uk
EDUCATION |
Undergrad and Masters at Cambridge (Natural Sciences).
EQUIPMENT |
Custom built work-from-home setup with fast fibre internet
Full Adobe Creative Cloud suite (Premiere Pro, After Effects, etc.)
Avid Media Composer
DaVinci Resolve Studio
iZotope Post Production Suite (RX Advanced, etc.)
Neat Video Noise Reduction
Topaz Video Enhance AI