Nick Lear

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Education

Equipment

My Equipment/Kit: Custom built sound-treated edit suite - Full Adobe Creative Cloud suite (Premiere, After Effects, Photoshop, etc.) - Davinci Resolve Studio - iZotope RX, Ozone, Neutron Advanced - Neat Video Noise Reduction - Film Convert Nitrate

I can use:

About me

Nick is a two time D&AD pencil winner with credits for Sky One, BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, CNN & Discovery+. He has worked on brands such as Sony, Red Bull, Pantene, Mastercard, Johnnie Walker, Hi-Tec & Nokia and a number of his edits have had over 1 million views online.

He has also won the Antville Music Video editor of the year & had his work shown at Cannes, IFF Boston, Buffer Toronto, the London Short Film Festival and Slamdance.

He has had beside him in the edit suite Edgar Wright, Joe Cornish, Georgi Banks-Davies, Steve Oram, Alice Lowe, Louis Cole and Francis Annan.

He also founded and oversees a social enterprise in Cape Town called Manenberg Films with the aim of telling authentic stories and providing training and livelihoods for young people in the townships.

AWARDS/SCREENINGS

D&AD Wood Pencil: Battles “Tonto”
D&AD Wood Pencil: PlayStation 2 “Ape Escape”
Antville best music video editor: Battles “Tonto”
Cannes Straight8 premiere: “Connections”
Official selection, Slamdance, Boston, LSFF: “Theo”
Festival honour, Buffer Festival Toronto: “Beyond Borders”

Referees: Available on request.

CREDITS

Alpha South Africa – Brand Campaign – Film Editor
Axa – Commercial – Film Editor
BBC World Service Trust – Brand Campaign – Film Editor
Babyshambles “Delivery” – Music Video – Film Editor
Babyshambles “You Talk” – Music Video – Film Editor
Battles “Tonto” – Music Video – Film Editor
Bethlehem: No room for peace – Broadcast Documentary (Channel 4) – Film Editor
Beyond Borders – Feature Documentary – Film Editor
Campaign for Better Transport – Brand Campaign – Director
Channel 4 Tax The Fat – Broadcast Trailer – Film Editor
Chivas Venture – Brand Campaign – Film Editor
Connections – Short film (Straight8 film competition) – Co-director
Corc/SA SDI Alliance – Documentary – Film Editor
Currys – Corporate – Film Editor
David Gray Live – Live Performace – Film Editor
De Montfort University – Commercial – Film Editor
Death Wish Live – Broadcast TV (Channel 4) – Online Editor
Doug Walker “The Mystery” – Music Video – Film Editor
Film4 French season trail – Commercial – Film Editor
Freddy Hirsch – Corporate – Film Editor
Handel-Halvorsen’s Passacaglia – Music Video – Film Editor
Hi-Tec “Live Extraordinary” – Brand Campaign – Film Editor
Hi-Tec “Time to Live” – Brand Campaign – Film Editor
Hot Fuzz: The Fuzzball Rally – Documentary – Film Editor
I Matter – Brand Campaign – Film Editor
Iain Archer “Minus Ten” – Music Video – Film Editor
Integrated Clinical Solutions – Corporate – Film Editor
Interceptor – Commercial – Film Editor
Iraq: A Forgotten Hope – Brand Campaign – Film Editor
Jaime Scott – Music Video – Film Editor
Johnnie Walker – Brand Campaign – Film Editor
Louie – Music Video – Film Editor
Läkerol – Commercial – Film Editor
Magnum One Arm Challenge – Brand Campaign – Film Editor
Maruwaan: Forever Changed – Documentary – Film Editor
Maximo Park “Karaoke Plays” – Music Video – Film Editor
Mionetto – Brand Campaign – Film Editor
Mister Who – Music Video – Film Editor
Monkey Magic – Broadcast TV (Channel 5) – Online Editor
Moving Day – Broadcast TV (ITV) – Online Editor
No Neutral Ground – Brand Campaign – Film Editor
Nokia – Brand Campaign – Film Editor
On Road – Short Film – Film Editor
Pantene – Brand Campaign – Film Editor
RSPCA – Commercial – Film Editor
Radar “Lunacy” – Music Video – Film Editor
Red Bull – Brand Campaign – Film Editor
Sandi Thom “What if I’m right” – Music Video – Film Editor
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World – pre-production editor
Secret World of Magic – Broadcast Documentary (Sky One) – Film Editor
Seeff – Commercial – Film Editor
Sightseers – Pre-production editor
Skewed View Design for Life – Broadcast TV (CNN) – Film Editor
Sony Playstation 2 “Ape Escape” – Brand Campaign – Film Editor
Stateless “Bloodstream” – Music Video – Film Editor
Sultana Fruit & Form – Commercial – Film Editor
SunLife – Commercial – Film Editor
Switches – Music Video – Film Editor
The Real Hustle (BBC) Pilot – Film Editor
The Stewards Trust – Corporate – Film Editor
The Sword “Freya” – Music Video – Film Editor
The Webb Sisters – Music Video – Film Editor
Theo – Short Film – Film Editor
Three and Out – Trailer Editor
Three and a half minutes – Documentary – Film Editor
Vanish – Commercial – Film Editor
Western Cape Government – Brand Campaign – Film Editor

License & Passport

Skills

Secondary Job Title	Producer
Job Titles	Video Editor, Post-Production Management / Support, Producer
Years in industry	6+ years