Nick Fenton
Nick is an award winning and internationally renowned English film editor, now based in Victoria.
For 20 years Nick has worked across all genres of Feature, Television, Music, Art and Documentary film.
Since relocating to Australia, Nick has collaborated with Justin Kurzel on his upcoming film THE TRUE HISTORY OF THE KELLY GANG, starring George MacKay, Essie Davis, Nicholas Hoult, Charlie Hunnam and Russel Crowe for producers Daybreak Pictures and Porchlight Films.
Nick trained at the NFTS in the UK and began his career by editing short films and working with artists such as Turner Prize winner Jeremy Deller. Another long standing relationship of twenty years is with acclaimed director Clio Barnard collaborating on her early short films and then THE ARBOR, THE SELFISH GIANT and most recently DARK RIVER.
Recently Nick was awarded a BIFA for best editing and in the US an Independent Spirit Award Nomination for editing the 2018 Sundance hit AMERICAN ANIMALS with director Bart Layton. Other feature film credits include Matthew Heineman’s A PRIVATE WAR, Richard Ayoade’s SUBMARINE and THE DOUBLE, Anton Corbyn’s LIFE, Benedict Andrews’ UNA starring Rooney Mara and Ben Mendelsohn, and Ian McEwan’s screen adaptation of his novel ON CHESIL BEACH directed by Dominic Cooke starring Saoirse Ronan.
Television documentary credits include the EMMY award winning THE BOY WHOSE SKIN FELL OFF, for which Nick won a BAFTA TV Award for Best Factual Editing. In 2016 Nick was part of the team that cut the Emmy award winning series EXODUS: OUR JOURNEY TO EUROPE, picking up an RTS Award for Best Factual Editing and BAFTA TV craft award nomination.
Television drama credits include two of David Hare’s THE WORRICKER TRILOGY, TURKS AND CAICOS and SALTING THE BATTLEFIELD. TV comedy credits include cult classics such as Julia Davis’s NIGHTY NIGHT and the Charlie Brooker / Chris Morris satirical series NATHAN BARLEY.
Feature documentary credits include BAFTA nominated TAKING LIBERTIES and the kaleidoscopic musical journey ALL TOMORROW’S PARTIES. Other musical collaborations have been with Sigur Rós on their films HEIMA and INNI. Nick also co-directed, with Peter Strickland, and edited the music documentary film BJÖRK: BIOPHILIA LIVE for the hugely popular Icelandic singer.
Nick is currently editing Francis Annan’s ESCAPE FROM PRETORIA shot in South Australia starring Daniel Radcliffe for Arclight Films.
For 20 years Nick has worked across all genres of Feature, Television, Music, Art and Documentary film.
Since relocating to Australia, Nick has collaborated with Justin Kurzel on his upcoming film THE TRUE HISTORY OF THE KELLY GANG, starring George MacKay, Essie Davis, Nicholas Hoult, Charlie Hunnam and Russel Crowe for producers Daybreak Pictures and Porchlight Films.
Nick trained at the NFTS in the UK and began his career by editing short films and working with artists such as Turner Prize winner Jeremy Deller. Another long standing relationship of twenty years is with acclaimed director Clio Barnard collaborating on her early short films and then THE ARBOR, THE SELFISH GIANT and most recently DARK RIVER.
Recently Nick was awarded a BIFA for best editing and in the US an Independent Spirit Award Nomination for editing the 2018 Sundance hit AMERICAN ANIMALS with director Bart Layton. Other feature film credits include Matthew Heineman’s A PRIVATE WAR, Richard Ayoade’s SUBMARINE and THE DOUBLE, Anton Corbyn’s LIFE, Benedict Andrews’ UNA starring Rooney Mara and Ben Mendelsohn, and Ian McEwan’s screen adaptation of his novel ON CHESIL BEACH directed by Dominic Cooke starring Saoirse Ronan.
Television documentary credits include the EMMY award winning THE BOY WHOSE SKIN FELL OFF, for which Nick won a BAFTA TV Award for Best Factual Editing. In 2016 Nick was part of the team that cut the Emmy award winning series EXODUS: OUR JOURNEY TO EUROPE, picking up an RTS Award for Best Factual Editing and BAFTA TV craft award nomination.
Television drama credits include two of David Hare’s THE WORRICKER TRILOGY, TURKS AND CAICOS and SALTING THE BATTLEFIELD. TV comedy credits include cult classics such as Julia Davis’s NIGHTY NIGHT and the Charlie Brooker / Chris Morris satirical series NATHAN BARLEY.
Feature documentary credits include BAFTA nominated TAKING LIBERTIES and the kaleidoscopic musical journey ALL TOMORROW’S PARTIES. Other musical collaborations have been with Sigur Rós on their films HEIMA and INNI. Nick also co-directed, with Peter Strickland, and edited the music documentary film BJÖRK: BIOPHILIA LIVE for the hugely popular Icelandic singer.
Nick is currently editing Francis Annan’s ESCAPE FROM PRETORIA shot in South Australia starring Daniel Radcliffe for Arclight Films.
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