Kim Nikolajsen
Editor
Contact Details
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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.
Selected Credits
| Life Behind Bars: Visiting Hour | Factual Entertainment | Chalkboard TV for Channel 4 | Editor 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. |
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| Homestead Rescue | Factual | Raw TV for Discovery | Editor |
| Paul O'Grady: The Sally Army and Me | Observational Documentary | ITV Productions for BBC One | Editor |
| Special Forces: Ultimate Hell Week | Factual Entertainment | BBC2 | Editor A group of recruits are pushed beyond their limits by special forces veterans. |
| Stately Homemaking | Property | Mayfly TV for More4 | Editor with Phil Spencer |
| World's Biggest Beast | Factual | Blink Films for the Smithsonian Channel | Editor Prod: Ollie Twinch. 1 x 88 mins |
| Storyville: Lust for Life | Drama Documentary | Renegade for BBC4 | Editor 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 |
| The Secret Life of Buildings | Documentary | Renegade for Channel 4 | Editor 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 |
| DreamXtreme | Drama Documentary | Christie HQ | Editor Four of the worlds best sports athletes. Four terrifying & extreme dream missions & four breath-taking 3D docs. |
| Inside Incredible Athletes | Documentary | Renegade for Channel 4 | Editor Dir: Mike Christie. Exec Prod: Alan Hayling. Nominated for Best Popular Factual at Broadcast Awards 2011 |
| Words of War | Documentary | ITV | Editor 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 |
| Bayt Abdullah | Documentary | McKinnon Films | Editor 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 |
| The Fried Chicken Shop | Documentary | Mentorn for Channel 4 | Editor DP: Yonni Usiskin. Prod: Pete Brown. 1 x 60 mins |
| Deadliest Seas | Documentary | Raw for Discovery USA | Editor SP: Ed Wardle. 1 x 60 mins |
| Coppers | Drama Documentary | Blast for Channel 4 | Editor SP: Gabe Solomon. 1 x 60 mins |
| South Bank Show: New York & Faith | Documentary | LWT for ITV | Editor Exec Prod: Melvyn Bragg. 1 x 52 mins |
| Nicolas Sarkozy: President Bling-Bling | Documentary | BBC2 | Editor Exec Prod: Lucy Hetherington. 1 x 60mins |
| Yesterday We Were In America | Drama Documentary | Aquarius Films | Editor The amazing story of Brits Alcock & Brown who in 1919 became the first men to fly non-stop across the Atlantic ocean. Dir & Prod: Mike Christie |
| The Hazel Stewart Trial (Colin Howell) | Documentary | BBC2 | Editor The deaths of Trevor Buchanan & Lesley Howell & the trial of their respective spouses, 18 years later. 1 x 60 mins |
| Battle of The Boy Bands | Documentary | Shine for Channel 4 | Editor 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 |
| Engineering For The Weather: ‘Chicago’ | Documentary | Tip Top TV for Weather Channel | Editor 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 |
| Listening Post | Current Affairs | Moonbeam for Al Jazeera | Editor 1 x 30 mins |
| What A Waste | Current Affairs | Rockhopper for BBC World | Editor 1 x 30 mins |
| Dimbleby | Current Affairs | Lightmill for ITV | Editor 1 x 60 mins |
| BBC Learning | Childrens | BBC for BBC Online | Editor 5 x 3 mins |
| Hounded | Comedy | BBC for CBBC | Editor Comedian Rufus Hound journeys into a fantastic parallel universe of special effects. Prod: John Pocock. 13 x 30 mins |
| Inside Clyde | Childrens | Talent TV for Disney | Editor Nominated: Best Children’s Programme at Broadcast Awards 2005 Dir: David Croft. 6 x 30 mins |
| 50 Years of Eurovision | Documentary | BBC 1 | Editor 1 x 30 mins |
| In the Hot Seat | Light Entertainment | LWT for ITV | Editor 1 x 120 mins |
| Shock Treatment | Entertainment | Diverse for Sky 1 | Editor Dir: David Croft. 6 x 60 mins |
| The Great British Body | Factual Entertainment | LWT for ITV | Editor 1 x 120 mins |
| Styled To Rock | Factual Entertainment | Twenty Twenty for Sky | Editor Prod: Danny Bell. 1 x 60 mins |
| Celebrity Wedding Planner | Observational Documentary | Renegade for BBC3 | Editor Exec Prod: Alan Hayling. 1 x 60 mins |
| What Happens In Kavos | Observational Documentary | Dragonfly for Channel 4 | Editor (Series 2) Following young Brits over a summer in Kavos. Prod & Dir: Lizz Biggs |
| The Magaluf Weekender | Observational Documentary | Two Four for ITV2 | Editor Following young Brits abroad to get a glimpse of what happens in the hedonistic party town. Prod & Dir: Alex Kohler |
| Posh and Becks: The Reign in Spain | Light Entertainment | ITN Factual for ITV | Editor 1 x 60 mins |
| Brad & Angelina: A Fatal Attraction | Light Entertainment | Shine for Five | Editor 1 x 90 mins |
| Paradise Hotel | Observational Documentary | Mentorn for Fox USA | Editor 12 x 60 mins |
| Making the Video: Kanye West | Music Documentary | MTV | Editor |
| The Truth about Take That | Music Documentary | Shine for Channel 4 | Editor 1 x 60 mins |
| Beat It: Michael Jackson | Music Documentary | At It Productions for Channel 4 | Editor 1 x 50 mins |
| Duets Top 10 | Music | Chrysalis for Channel 4 | Editor 1 x 52 mins |
Equipment Used
- Avid (Offline & Online)
- Symphony
- Final Cut Pro (FCP)
Education
Economics (BSC): Copenhagen Business School
Film & TV (MA): University of Westminster