A BRIEF INTRO:
I currently work as multimedia editor with Dialogue Earth, a non-profit environmental news organisation based in London, UK. I lead on multimedia strategy and am responsible for commissioning a wide range of different formats from graphics to photo stories, podcasts and videos. This website is a personal showcase of my work as a film and video editor, highlighting my passion for documentary and my additional skills as a self-shooting producer and translator of Mandarin Chinese.
Welcome to my magical editing cave!
MY editing platforms:
Adobe Premiere Pro (12+ years)
Avid Media Composer (certified user, 2017)
Final Cut Pro (10+ years)
AS AN EDITOR:
Self-motivated and story focused, I take a thoughtful, creative approach whilst also being thorough and efficient. My background in documentary and news has given me a deft hand at distilling complex information and a solid understanding of narrative structures. My aim is always to dig deep, find the heart of the story, and build a truly cinematic film.
Although I specialise in offline editing, I can help manage your project from ingest to export. I'm After Effects trained and constantly building on my colour grading and sound design skills. I also have several years' experience with voiceovers and subtitling (usually involving Chinese-to-English translation).
MORE ABOUT ME:
I joined Dialogue Earth in 2019 after moving to London in 2016 to take an MA in Film Editing at Goldsmiths and then freelancing for two years. Prior to that, I was working in the far-flung Welsh town of Aberystwyth as educational media producer for the CADARN Learning Portal, and as a video producer and editor in Bristol. This followed my return to the UK in 2012 after 12 formative years in China, where I was based mainly in Beijing. While there, I served as Greenpeace East Asia’s first producer for the region, setting up their video department and discovering my calling as an editor along the way. I also worked for both China Central Television and China Daily as an English-language news subeditor (plus occasional reporter), and I was able to spend a few years developing my own documentary projects too… everything I know about filmmaking I learnt the hard way!
Having grown up in Africa, I’ve spent half my life overseas. I landed in China right after graduating with an MA in History from Edinburgh University. Twelve years in one of the world's most polluted countries made me a committed environmentalist. But the projects I’ve worked on have subjects as diverse as kebab shop gentrification and contemplations on Caravaggio. The films I love most tell simple stories about people and their journeys.
My dreams are to set up a co-op of kick-ass female editors, take my son on a gastro-tour of the world, keep my own bees, and finally start writing that feature film script.
some of my clients:
