I am a film editor, director, producer and writer. I have edited an award winning feature film, theatrically released documentaries, prime time documentaries for all the major UK broadcasters, BBC comedies - which have won Emmy, BAFTA, RTS and Rose d'Or awards.

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I have made films about rock groups, including Queen, The Rolling Stones and The Who. Documentaries about filmmakers including Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and Cecil B DeMille. Arts documentaries about choreographers Kenneth MacMillan and Frederick Ashton. Films about personalities such as Greta Garbo and Princess Diana. Films about institutions including London Zoo and Thames Water. And several comedy series, including Brian Pern: The Life of Rock, A Year in the Life of a Year, and Dodger.

 

I have also directed five documentaries, most recently The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story for ABC. I won a Rondo Hatton Award for I'm King Kong: The Exploits of Merian C Cooper.

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I started in the business with a directing internship on a Sir Richard Attenborough film. I then joined Oscar-winner Kevin Brownlow's company, working as assistant editor on his 2000 restoration of the legendary masterpiece Napoleon (1927). I went on to become his editor and co-director.

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At the same time I edited the independent feature film Emotional Backgammon, which had a theatrical release and won three awards.

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I created and teach the rig editing workshop at the National Film and Television School as part of the Film Editing MA, and am a visiting tutor there.

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I am also a film historian, with various articles and restorations to my name. I regularly put on public shows using vintage equipment and rare film prints from my personal collection, at places like the Cinema Museum in London, Cinema Rediscovered in Bristol, the British Film Institute, and the Pordenone festival .