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PAUL KNIGHT Editor (7/16/21) PAUL KNIGHT Editor www.paulknightediting.com FILM & TELEVISION DIRECTOR COMPANIES PRODUCERS “PEAKY BLINDERS” Anthony Byrne BBC Annie Harrison Baxter (Seasons 5 & 6) Tiger Aspect “A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES” Jamie Donoughue Bad Wolf Edoardo Ferretti (Series, Season 3) Acorn Media Group BBC America “DEADWATER FELL” Lynsey Miller Kudos Film & Television Daisy Coulam (Mini-series) Endemol Shine Caroline Levy David Tennant “THE VICTIM” Niall MacCormick STV Sarah Brown “THE INNOCENTS” Jamie Donoghue New Pictures Chris Croucher “DEEP STATE” Matthew Parkhill Endor Productions Sara Johnson (Season 1, 4 Episodes) 6 Degree Media Matthew Parkhill “DIANA AND I” Peter Cattaneo BBC Karen Lewis (TV movie) Big Talk Productions “IN DARKNESS” * Anthony Byrne XYZ Films Adam Morane-Griffiths Ben Pugh Josh Varney “NO OFFENSE” Catherine Morshead Abbott Vision Paul Abbott (Season 2, 1 Episode) Martin Carr “THE LAST KINGDOM” Jamie Donoughue Carnival Film & Television Stephen Butchard (Seasons 1 & 2, 8 Episodes) Peter Hoar Nigel Marchant Nick Murphy Gareth Neame “RIPPER STREET” Anthony Byrne BBC Stephen Smallwood (Season 3, 3 Episodes) Lookout Point Ltd. Simon Vaughan Tiger Aspect Prods. Richard Warlow “GLASGOW GIRLS” Brian Welsh BBC Kate Cook (TV Movie) Minnow Films Colin Barr Winner: RTS Scotland Award for Best Drama Winner: British Academy Scotland Award for Best Television Drama “PREY” Nick Murphy Red Production Co. Tom Sherry (Season 1) Nicola Shindler Nomination: BAFTA Award for Best Mini-Series “DRACULA” Tim Fywell Carnival Film & Television Colin Callender (Season 1, 3 Episodes) Nick Murphy Playground Ent. Daniel Knauf Steve Shill Universal Television Tony Krantz SANDRA MARSH & ASSOCIATES +1 (310) 285-0303 [email protected] • www.sandramarsh.com (7/16/21) PAUL KNIGHT Editor - 2 - FILM & TELEVISION DIRECTOR COMPANIES PRODUCERS “MURDER ON THE HOME- Geoffrey Sax Carnival Films Gareth Neame FRONT” Christopher Hall (TV Movie) “THE POLITICIAN’S HUSBAND” Simon Cellan Jones Daybreak Pictures David Aukin (Mini-series) Paula Milne Lucy Richer “INSIDE MEN” James Kent BBC Hilary Salmon (Mini-Series) “STOLEN” Justin Chadwick BBC Rebecca Hodgson (TV Movie) Open Door Productions Sita Williams “THORNE: SCAREDY CAT” Benjamin Ross Sky Jolyon Symonds “SILK” Catherine Morshead BBC Hilary Salmon (Season 1, 2 Episodes) Peter Moffat “CHRISTOPHER AND HIS KIND” Geoffrey Sax Mammoth Screen Celia Duval (TV Movie) “THE FIRST GRADER” Justin Chadwick BBC Films Sam Feuer Sixth Sense Productions Richard Harding Origin Pictures David M. Thompson “MI-5” Various BBC Simon Crawford Collins (5 Seasons, 14 Episodes) Kudos Film & TV Jane Featherstone Winner: Televisual Bulldog Award for Best Editing 2007 Nomination: BAFTA Award for Best Editing 2002 “DESPERATE ROMANTICS” Paul Gay BBC Franny Moyle (Season 1, 3 Episodes) Hilary Salmon “THE FIXER” Sam Miller Kudos Film & TV Jane Featherstone (Season 2, 2 Episodes) ITV Christopher Hall “HEARTLESS”* Philip Ridley May 13 Films Pippa Cross Cross Day Productions Richard Raymond “MISTER ELEVEN” Paul Gay Tiger Aspect Prods. Greg Brenman (Mini-series) Richard Fell “THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL”* Justin Chadwick Columbia Pictures Scott Rudin Focus Features David Thompson (cont.) SANDRA MARSH & ASSOCIATES +1 (310) 285-0303 [email protected] • www.sandramarsh.com (7/16/21) PAUL KNIGHT Editor - 3 - FILM & TELEVISION DIRECTOR COMPANIES PRODUCERS “BLEAK HOUSE” Justin Chadwick BBC Sally Haynes (Mini-series, 7 Episodes) WGBH Laura Mackie Winner: BAFTA Award for Best Editing 2006 Winner: RTS Award for Best Editing 2006 “LAST RIGHTS” Bill Anderson Touchpaper Television Rob Pursey (Mini-series) 4 Ventures Ltd. “MURDER PREVENTION” Justin Chadwick World Productions Simon Heath (Season 1, 2 Episodes) “RED CAP” Justin Chadwick Stormy Pictures Sarah Wilson “NINE LIVES” Andrew Green A&A Films Andrew Green Nikolas Korda “BRIDGET JONES’ DIARY” Sharon Maguire Universal Pictures Tim Bevan (Additional Editor) Miramax Films Eric Fellner Working Title Films Jonathan Cavendish “TWO DAYS, NINE LIVES” Simon Monjack Stairafilm Simon Monjack Untitled 2000 Ltd. Taira Rafiq COMMERCIALS “JOHN FRIEDA” Daniel Jewel Third Man Films “LANCOME” Daniel Jewel Third Man Films *- shared credit Citizenship: U.K. SANDRA MARSH & ASSOCIATES +1 (310) 285-0303 [email protected] • www.sandramarsh.com .
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