Biography
Trained at the BBC in London, I emigrated to Boston, MA, in 1986. I am an award-winning film editor who has worked at many production companies, including WGBH, and as a freelance editor and consultant. My work includes Jim Allison: Breakthrough which premiered at SXSW and was one of the Washington Post’s Top Ten Movies of 2019; Poetry In America for which he has worked as both Editor and Editing Consultant; Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive, which aired on American Masters PBS; Latino Americans for PBS, which won a Peabody Award in 2012; The Last Mountain, which was an Official Selection at Sundance 2011 and winner of the IDA Pare Lorentz award; The Price of Sugar, which won the Emerging Visions Award at SXSW and was short-listed for an Academy Award; and Harvest of Fear,
a Frontline/NOVA co-production which won a duPont-Columbia award. As a
sound editor at the BBC in 1984 I was nominated for a British Academy award for
Bleak House.
I work in a broad variety of styles, ranging from cinema verité films like The Year We Thought About Love, to dramatized documentaries like The War That Made America, and Reconstruction: The Second Civil War for PBS. I have made museum installations for the WWII Museum in New Orleans and directed two children’s comedies, Act Your Age and An Alien Sneezed on Brook Street.
I also have extensive experience as an editing consultant, offering advice to documentary filmmakers both with extensive screening notes and short-term editing to bring a film from rough cut to fine cut.
I also have extensive experience as an editing consultant, offering advice to documentary filmmakers both with extensive screening notes and short-term editing to bring a film from rough cut to fine cut.
Awards
25 Texans in The Land of Lincoln
Audience Award: GlobeDocs Festival 2019
Best Doc Short: San Antonio Film Festival 2019
Best Doc Short: Boston Latino International Film Festival
Jim Allison: Breakthrough
Offical Selection Independent Film Festival of Boston
Offical Selection South By SouthWest
Best Science Doc: Bergen International Film Festival 2019
Washington Post’s Top Ten Movies of 2019
Independent Lens, PBS 2020
The Year We Thought About Love
Audience Award: Southwest Gay Lesbian Film Festival
16th Annual Social Justice Award for Documentary Film
James Baker: The Man Who Made Washington Work
WorldFest HIFF Remi Award
Latino Americans: A History
Peabody Award 2012
The Last Mountain
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2011
The People vs. Leo Frank
Special Jury Award, History Makers 2010
Audience Award: GlobeDocs Festival 2019
Best Doc Short: San Antonio Film Festival 2019
Best Doc Short: Boston Latino International Film Festival
Jim Allison: Breakthrough
Offical Selection Independent Film Festival of Boston
Offical Selection South By SouthWest
Best Science Doc: Bergen International Film Festival 2019
Washington Post’s Top Ten Movies of 2019
Independent Lens, PBS 2020
The Year We Thought About Love
Audience Award: Southwest Gay Lesbian Film Festival
16th Annual Social Justice Award for Documentary Film
James Baker: The Man Who Made Washington Work
WorldFest HIFF Remi Award
Latino Americans: A History
Peabody Award 2012
The Last Mountain
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2011
The People vs. Leo Frank
Special Jury Award, History Makers 2010
Circus Dreams
Winner: Sprockets Toronto Int. Festival for Children & Youth
Winner: Boston International Film Festival
Winner: Seattle International Fim Festival
Sin City Law
IDA Award 2008
The Price of Sugar
Short-listed for Academy Award 2008
Emerging Visions Award, South by Southwest
The Gift of the Game
Best of the Fest Award, 2002 Woods Hole Film Festival
Frontline: Harvest of Fear
Winner: Du Pont Columbia Award
Nova: Battles in the War on Cancer
American Cancer Society Award, CINE Golden Eagle Award,
National Emmy Award Nomination, New York Film & TV Festival Finalist
Bleak House, BBC TV
British Academy Award (BAFTA) Nomination for Best Sound Editing
Winner: Sprockets Toronto Int. Festival for Children & Youth
Winner: Boston International Film Festival
Winner: Seattle International Fim Festival
Sin City Law
IDA Award 2008
The Price of Sugar
Short-listed for Academy Award 2008
Emerging Visions Award, South by Southwest
The Gift of the Game
Best of the Fest Award, 2002 Woods Hole Film Festival
Frontline: Harvest of Fear
Winner: Du Pont Columbia Award
Nova: Battles in the War on Cancer
American Cancer Society Award, CINE Golden Eagle Award,
National Emmy Award Nomination, New York Film & TV Festival Finalist
Bleak House, BBC TV
British Academy Award (BAFTA) Nomination for Best Sound Editing
Resume
Poetry In America, 2017-2022
Directed by Elisa New for PBS
Walter Winchell: The Power of Gossip, 2019
Produced by Ben Loeterman for American Masters, PBS
25 Texans in The Land of Lincoln, 2018
Produced by Ellen Brodsky
– Audience Award: GlobeDocs Festival
– Best Doc Short: San Antonio Film Festival
– Best Doc Short: Boston Latino International Film Festival
Jim Allison: Breakthrough
Directed by Bill Haney
– Offical Selection Independent Film Festival of Boston
– Offical Selection South By SouthWest
– Best Science Doc: Bergen International Film Festival 2019
– Washington Post’s Top Ten Movies of 2019
– Independent Lens, PBS 2020
Various videos and graphics for Museum Installations, 2017
Northern Light Productions
Edgar Allen Poe: Buried Alive, 2016
Produced by Eric Stange for American Masters, PBS
– Offical Selection Independent Film Festival of Boston
Nasser: The People’s Republic, 2015
Produced by Michal Goldman
Young Voices for the Planet:
10 Short Success Stories, 2015
Produced by Lynne Cherry
The Year We Thought About Love, 2015
Produced by Ellen Brodsky
– Audience Award: Southwest Gay Lesbian Film Festival
– 16th Annual Social Justice Award for Documentary Film
James Baker: The Man Who Made Washington Work, 2013
Produced by Eric Stange for PBS
– WorldFest HIFF Remi Award
Latino Americans: A History, 2012
Produced by Adriana Bosch for WETA
– Peabody Award
– Imagen Award: Best Informational Program
John Portman: A Life of Building, 2011
Produced by Ben Loeterman
Sounds of the Silents
Produced by Lynn Cadwallader
The Last Mountain, 2010
Directed by William Haney
Co-Written by Peter Rhodes
– Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2011
Frontline: Inside the Meltdown, 2009
Produced by Mike Kirk for WGBH
The People vs. Leo Frank
Produced by Ben Loeterman for PBS
– Special Jury Award, History Makers 2010
Circus Dreams
Produced by Signe Taylor
– Winner: Sprockets Toronto Int. Festival for Children & Youth
– Winner: Boston International Film Festival
– Winner: Seattle International Fim Festival
Renewal, 2007
Produced by Martin Ostrow and Terry Rockefeller
– Best of Fest, Hazelwolf Environmental Film Festival
Frontline World: Ayurveda
Produced by Jon Palfreman and Steve Atlas for WGBH
Sin City Law, 2006
Produced by Denis Poncet and Jean-Xavier De Lestrade
– IDA Award 2008
The Price of Sugar
Directed by William Haney
Co-Written by Peter Rhodes
– Short-listed for Academy Award 2008
– Emerging Visions Award, South by Southwest
The War That Made America, 2004
Produced by Ben Loeterman for WQED
Racing Against the Clock
Directed by William Haney
Frontline: Diet Wars
Produced by John Palfreman for WGBH
NOVA: The Most Dangerous Woman in America, 2003
Produced by Nancy Porter for WGBH
The American Experience: Reconstruction
Produced by Elizabeth Deanne for WGBH
The Gift of the Game, 2002
Directed by William Haney
– Best Of Fest Award, 2002 Woods Hole Film Festival
Misunderstood Minds
Produced by Mike Kirk for WGBH
The American Experience: Murder at Harvard, 2001
Starring Simon Schama
Produced by Eric Stange for WGBH
Frontline: Harvest of Fear
Produced by John Palfreman for WGBH
– Winner: Du Pont Columbia Award
The American Experience: The Hunt for Dillinger, 2000
Produced by Ben Loeterman for WGBH
The American Experience: Houdini
Produced by Nancy Porter for WGBH
The American Experience: Race for the Superbomb, 1998
Produced by Thomas Ott for WGBH
Yidl in the Middle: Growing Up Jewish in Iowa
Produced by Marlene Booth
From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians, 1997
Produced by Bill Cran
Co-Produced by Peter Rhodes for Frontline WGBH
Nova: A Science Odyssey: Bigger, Better, Faster, 1996
Produced by Carl Charlson for WGBH
Frontline: Who’s Afraid of Rupert Murdoch?
Produced by Bill Cran & Jim Gilmore for WGBH
The American Experience: Murder of the Century
Produced by Carl Charlson for WGBH
Breakthrough: Science and the American Dream, 1994
Produced by Joseph Tavares
Nova: Hunt for the Serial Arsonist, 1993
Produced by Carl Charlson for WGBH
Frontline: Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald?, 1993
Produced by Bill Cran & Ben Loeterman for WGBH
Frontline: The Trouble with Baseball
Produced by Mike Kirk for WGBH
The Prize: Oil, War and Strategy, 1992
WGBH/BBC
Nova: Made in America?, 1991
WGBH
Chedd Angier Prod. Co, 1986-1991
Nova: Battles in the War on Cancer
– American Cancer Society Award, CINE Golden Eagle Award,
– National Emmy Award Nomination, New York Film & TV Festival Finalist
Nova: Race for the Top
Race to Save the Planet: In the Name of Progress
Scientific American Frontiers
Discover: the World of Science
Aviation Week: Space Shuttle - The Recovery
– CINE Golden Eagle Award
WGBH
Enterprise Special: Run for the Money, 1986
BBC, London, England
Film Editor, 1984-1986
– Panorama
– Timewatch
– The Late Late Breakfast Show
– London Plus
Sound Editor, 1984
– Bleak House
– British Academy Award (BAFTA) Nominationfor Best Sound Editing
Grange Hill
– Twice BAFTA Award Winner for Best Children's Drama
Assistant Film Editor, 1982-1984
Directed by Elisa New for PBS
Walter Winchell: The Power of Gossip, 2019
Produced by Ben Loeterman for American Masters, PBS
25 Texans in The Land of Lincoln, 2018
Produced by Ellen Brodsky
– Audience Award: GlobeDocs Festival
– Best Doc Short: San Antonio Film Festival
– Best Doc Short: Boston Latino International Film Festival
Jim Allison: Breakthrough
Directed by Bill Haney
– Offical Selection Independent Film Festival of Boston
– Offical Selection South By SouthWest
– Best Science Doc: Bergen International Film Festival 2019
– Washington Post’s Top Ten Movies of 2019
– Independent Lens, PBS 2020
Various videos and graphics for Museum Installations, 2017
Northern Light Productions
Edgar Allen Poe: Buried Alive, 2016
Produced by Eric Stange for American Masters, PBS
– Offical Selection Independent Film Festival of Boston
Nasser: The People’s Republic, 2015
Produced by Michal Goldman
Young Voices for the Planet:
10 Short Success Stories, 2015
Produced by Lynne Cherry
The Year We Thought About Love, 2015
Produced by Ellen Brodsky
– Audience Award: Southwest Gay Lesbian Film Festival
– 16th Annual Social Justice Award for Documentary Film
James Baker: The Man Who Made Washington Work, 2013
Produced by Eric Stange for PBS
– WorldFest HIFF Remi Award
Latino Americans: A History, 2012
Produced by Adriana Bosch for WETA
– Peabody Award
– Imagen Award: Best Informational Program
John Portman: A Life of Building, 2011
Produced by Ben Loeterman
Sounds of the Silents
Produced by Lynn Cadwallader
The Last Mountain, 2010
Directed by William Haney
Co-Written by Peter Rhodes
– Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2011
Frontline: Inside the Meltdown, 2009
Produced by Mike Kirk for WGBH
The People vs. Leo Frank
Produced by Ben Loeterman for PBS
– Special Jury Award, History Makers 2010
Circus Dreams
Produced by Signe Taylor
– Winner: Sprockets Toronto Int. Festival for Children & Youth
– Winner: Boston International Film Festival
– Winner: Seattle International Fim Festival
Renewal, 2007
Produced by Martin Ostrow and Terry Rockefeller
– Best of Fest, Hazelwolf Environmental Film Festival
Frontline World: Ayurveda
Produced by Jon Palfreman and Steve Atlas for WGBH
Sin City Law, 2006
Produced by Denis Poncet and Jean-Xavier De Lestrade
– IDA Award 2008
The Price of Sugar
Directed by William Haney
Co-Written by Peter Rhodes
– Short-listed for Academy Award 2008
– Emerging Visions Award, South by Southwest
The War That Made America, 2004
Produced by Ben Loeterman for WQED
Racing Against the Clock
Directed by William Haney
Frontline: Diet Wars
Produced by John Palfreman for WGBH
NOVA: The Most Dangerous Woman in America, 2003
Produced by Nancy Porter for WGBH
The American Experience: Reconstruction
Produced by Elizabeth Deanne for WGBH
The Gift of the Game, 2002
Directed by William Haney
– Best Of Fest Award, 2002 Woods Hole Film Festival
Misunderstood Minds
Produced by Mike Kirk for WGBH
The American Experience: Murder at Harvard, 2001
Starring Simon Schama
Produced by Eric Stange for WGBH
Frontline: Harvest of Fear
Produced by John Palfreman for WGBH
– Winner: Du Pont Columbia Award
The American Experience: The Hunt for Dillinger, 2000
Produced by Ben Loeterman for WGBH
The American Experience: Houdini
Produced by Nancy Porter for WGBH
The American Experience: Race for the Superbomb, 1998
Produced by Thomas Ott for WGBH
Yidl in the Middle: Growing Up Jewish in Iowa
Produced by Marlene Booth
From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians, 1997
Produced by Bill Cran
Co-Produced by Peter Rhodes for Frontline WGBH
Nova: A Science Odyssey: Bigger, Better, Faster, 1996
Produced by Carl Charlson for WGBH
Frontline: Who’s Afraid of Rupert Murdoch?
Produced by Bill Cran & Jim Gilmore for WGBH
The American Experience: Murder of the Century
Produced by Carl Charlson for WGBH
Breakthrough: Science and the American Dream, 1994
Produced by Joseph Tavares
Nova: Hunt for the Serial Arsonist, 1993
Produced by Carl Charlson for WGBH
Frontline: Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald?, 1993
Produced by Bill Cran & Ben Loeterman for WGBH
Frontline: The Trouble with Baseball
Produced by Mike Kirk for WGBH
The Prize: Oil, War and Strategy, 1992
WGBH/BBC
Nova: Made in America?, 1991
WGBH
Chedd Angier Prod. Co, 1986-1991
Nova: Battles in the War on Cancer
– American Cancer Society Award, CINE Golden Eagle Award,
– National Emmy Award Nomination, New York Film & TV Festival Finalist
Nova: Race for the Top
Race to Save the Planet: In the Name of Progress
Scientific American Frontiers
Discover: the World of Science
Aviation Week: Space Shuttle - The Recovery
– CINE Golden Eagle Award
WGBH
Enterprise Special: Run for the Money, 1986
BBC, London, England
Film Editor, 1984-1986
– Panorama
– Timewatch
– The Late Late Breakfast Show
– London Plus
Sound Editor, 1984
– Bleak House
– British Academy Award (BAFTA) Nominationfor Best Sound Editing
Grange Hill
– Twice BAFTA Award Winner for Best Children's Drama
Assistant Film Editor, 1982-1984